An Accidental Tourist

Ignoring the usual cruise ship option, Jason Smart decides to visit the Caribbean by air. Utilising the services of much-maligned Liat Airlines, he hops between the islands, seeing as much as he can in the short time available to him. Starting in Barbados and ending in Suriname, Jason Smart's latest light-hearted travelogue takes in the beauty, nature and history of ten independent Caribbean nations, focusing upon their capital cities.He observes hummingbirds in Trinidad, visits a Hollywood film set in St. Vincent, witnesses a beating in St. Lucia, walks around an old slave market in St. Kitts, is almost rained out in Antigua, and sees hurricane damage in Dominica. His trip almost ends in disaster in Georgetown, Guyana, when he ends up in a downtown hospital.Caribbean Island Hopping sees Jason Smart visit Barbados, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts, Dominica, Guyana and Suriname.Jason Smart is the published author of eleven other travel books: