Sometimes people and people get the best of me and I've got to get myself to those little latitudes. Where steel drums bang out calypso, and mangos are ready to be chopped for the chutney. I've made a home in the Midwest but there's still that Caribbean soul deep down inside and you never really lose that once you've spent a few Christmases under palm trees. So if any of you were looking for me at the Blade Show, I'm sorry. But really, where would you expect Expat to be--in the cordura-laden Cobb Galleria, alongside $30,000 mammoth warthog ivory slabs? Or eating conch salad while sailing to the next soggy dollar bar? Life is best when you live it. Otherwise you're just killing time until it finally returns the favor. Permanently. Hoisting the sails with a cooler full of Barritt's Bermuda Ginger Beer down below goes a good distance toward melting away alarm clocks, cubicles, meetings, and cover sheets on your TPS reports. At Expat Knives, we want you to sail to the horizon. Seriously. Grab a traveling partner, your best hat, and jump over the back fence. Don't over think it or over plan it. Trust us on this one. Get out there and start a fire. And cook your own food over it. Bonus points for doing it on the beach. Hopefully you can get a reservation where this is the dining room view: In the meantime, feel free to purchase one of our knives and ask for some of our world famous stickers that grace the best coolers, boat lockers, and palm trees the world over. Lest you think my life is 100% Jimmy Buffett and 0% Warren Buffett, I did have to do SOME work. Jeff wants me to get the ESEE freighter floating and seaworthy again. As you can see, I have my work cut out for me: By the way, she's called "The Ten Ninety Five" Thank you all for your support, mon!
Here I was thinking you had just been picked up AGAIN for some outstanding warrants and were doing a little County Time...
No, that's what I'm AVOIDING down here. Besides, no more county time for me, it's all federal from this point forward....
We have been to Aruba, Antigua and three times to Grand Caymen. My wife has no interest in scuba. We like to snorkel from shore. Grand Caymen was the best of the three but the whole vib is changing as they are bringing in lots of foreigners, knocking many Caymanians out if jobs. We are contemplating Bonaire, any recommendations?
I’ve heard good things about Bonaire but haven’t been there. Probably my favorite is the British Virgin Islands. Jost van Dyke is a great little gem. Virgin Gorda is more developed. I’m not sure about snorkeling there, although there is diving. St John over in USVI has good snorkeling. The other place I would be willing to give a shot would be Turks and Caicos. And Bermuda. I would stay away from Trinidad no matter what. St Martin is not worth it either. In my opinion.
Sooo what if i can't get to a nice beach like that? Will the sagebrush lined shore of the Thompson River do?
The Conch Shack in Turks and Cacos is awesome. You order it and a guy wades out to a pen, pulls it out of a shell, and starts whacking
You could probably sell a lot of cleavers on instagram..... Haha Great pictures. The closest thing we have to sandy beeches around here is still gravel haha.
Spent a great deal of time in the Caribbean and South America as a deck officer on cargo ships,had a great time. Still have a Masters Unlimited. Kept it valid.Havent sailed for a couple of years ,teach sea survival now. Miss it and may go back to sailing in the next few years. Just need a good women to look after my bird dogs. Would rather my bird dogs than sail ...would rather my bird dogs than a good women. Guess we cant have it all
That seems like a future Expat branded class. "When in a tropical environment, it's important to calm down and assess your priorities - Are there coconuts nearby? Do you have a reliable source of rum? Can you still stand upright long enough to make it to your hammock?" I imagine a line of Expat survival cards that are just cocktail recipes.