Paradise Found by Captain John Borden The Saronic Islands of Greece, Part I 37.50 Degrees N. Lat/23.50 Degrees E. Lon While in Greece last April, my wife Carole and I celebrated Easter two weeks in a row-thanks to the Greek Orthodox Church which believes the resurrection occurred a week later than is honored several hundred […]
Paradise Found by Captain John Borden The Island of Anegada 18.46 N.Lat / 64.24 W.Lon “There! Right there, I think I see something.” These words are uttered by nearly every sailor who ventures 14 miles north of Virgin Gorda on route to the most overlooked island in the British Virgin Island chain. Not only is […]
Paradise Found by Captain John Borden The Virgin Islands, Part I, St. Croix 17.5 N.Lat / 65.0 W.Lon Hired straight out of college as a manager trainee by the Buccaneer Hotel and Resort on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, my brother William had been in “America’s Paradise” for nearly a year before I […]
Paradise Found by Captain John Borden A San Salvadoran Thanksgiving 24.00 N. Lat / 74.32 W. Lon As I approach the mid-century mark, I have found that my definition of paradise has evolved. In my 20’s, setting off on a life of adventure at sea, paradise was an infinite gumbo of Virgin Beaches, carnival jump […]