As you may know, dominica has been hit by the devastating hurricane maria. when me and my family approached, we saw a dry and dead island. everything that used to be once so green became grey. everyone has been trying to do everything they can to help them recover.to support this, me , nina and francesca, went as volunteers to a horse riding stable

It might have just been the angle, or the lighting, but i definitely saw it...a fish smile. we were snorkelling and i was hanging around an underwater cave, waiting very still for my sister to give me my gopro. whilst i waited, i watched the different coloured fish, each prettier than the last. as i was doing so, i saw a fish that looked strangely

These are some magic squares that i invented myself. they are very good and easy to make, i hope you enjoy them too. ingredients: - 2 medium eggs - 125ml vegetable oil - 250ml milk - 200g sugar - 400g plain flour & 3 tsp of baking powder - 1 tsp salt filling: - blueberry jam - nutella - lime zest custard (or choose your own ) method: 1. heat the ov

It was a warm cloudy day at mawgan porth beach in cornwall. after trying and trying to catch even the smallest of waves, ( and failing miserably) i gave up. cold and wet i made my way out of the rough waves. after a minute or so of walking i turned around to watch the waves breaking. that's when i noticed a black outline of our dog. his white shagg

I don't know how it happened, where i was, or why i was there. i was just there in the right place at the right time to see it happen... to see the magic. now i will tell you my secret story. i remember walking out my front door and seeing the usual forest, i don't know what made me do it, but it felt right. i stepped on to the dry leaf scattered g

As i sat at the bow watching cocolo soaring through the dominican water outside the 1000m contour, i felt myself moving up and down with the waves. every time i went up i could feel as i had butterflies in my belly. gradually i was giving up to see sperm whales. after a bit, i started thinking of completely irrelevant things, but i got interrupted

You know i live on a boat, but i haven't told you what happens on board! our boat is called cocolo. cocolo is a sailing boat with one mast, a main sheet and a very big steering wheel. the hull is white with a thin blue line and a red bottom. the name of the boat is written on the stern (the back) right next to the platform that my dad made ( so you

Malaga 18th october 1484 dear majesty, i'm writing with regard to the voyage i intend to complete across the ocean sea. i have a theory that if we travel west we will be able to find a shorter sea route to the orient.we could achieve unimaginable wealth, increase spain's political influence and trading power.as evidence to support my request i can

Yesterday yesterday, after we went to visit another tayana 52 (which is the same as our boat) we had a short sail from union island to the windward village in carriacou. when we arrived, me, my parents and some friends went to shore. as we stepped on the dry and powdery sand, i saw a sign saying 'boat building site' with an arrow pointing to the ri

Hello my name is kim, and this time i will tell you about my mum's 50th birthday. personally i loved it all, the breakfast, presents🎁, afternoon walk, pick nick, swim, the beach and all the people. but nothing could over come the evening, so now i will tell you what happened then... after the walk we all had aching bones, and obviously i had a f