http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbaggaley/tags/summer/ Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:12:14 -0800 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:12:14 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/buddyicons/23425256@N03.jpg?1369254520#23425256@N03 http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbaggaley/tags/summer/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbaggaley/8412982575/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/paulbaggaley/">Baggers 2013</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbaggaley/8412982575/" title="Summers Coming - Hotel Chocolat"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8412982575_e4b293e416_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Summers Coming - Hotel Chocolat" /></a></p> <p>Perhaps a little optimistic, but at least it's forecast that it's going to warm up over the weekend! Have a good one!<br /> <br /> <b> A little about our stay at Hotel Chocolat, for those who're interested... </b> <br /> For anyone who's familiar with the brand of chocolate &quot;Hotel Chocolat&quot; this is the hotel, restaurant and plantation where it all begins. We were lucky enough to meet co-owner Peter Harris on our stay, a fascinating guy who started the business as a mail order chocolate company and has worked to create something virtually unique. I've not met many true entrepeneurs before, but what I found most interesting is that I got no sense that he'd built this for the money. It seemed much more about creating something very special, realising a dream if you like. It seemed clear that the workers here are getting a good deal. The plantation works to promote agriculture and to help farmers set up their own crops, with a clear focus on education and providing a fair return on the cocoa! If ever you're lucky enough to visit St Lucia, I cannot recommend this place enough. It makes you see your chocolate in a whole new light, and I doubt you'll ever grumble again at paying a couple of pounds for quality bar of dark chocolate once you've seen the work that's gone into it!</p> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 04:12:14 -0800 2012-10-08T22:24:17-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Baggers 2013) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8412982575 13.829245 -61.045274 13.829245 -61.045274 162131 Summers Coming - Hotel Chocolat <p>Perhaps a little optimistic, but at least it's forecast that it's going to warm up over the weekend! Have a good one!<br /> <br /> <b> A little about our stay at Hotel Chocolat, for those who're interested... </b> <br /> For anyone who's familiar with the brand of chocolate &quot;Hotel Chocolat&quot; this is the hotel, restaurant and plantation where it all begins. We were lucky enough to meet co-owner Peter Harris on our stay, a fascinating guy who started the business as a mail order chocolate company and has worked to create something virtually unique. I've not met many true entrepeneurs before, but what I found most interesting is that I got no sense that he'd built this for the money. It seemed much more about creating something very special, realising a dream if you like. It seemed clear that the workers here are getting a good deal. The plantation works to promote agriculture and to help farmers set up their own crops, with a clear focus on education and providing a fair return on the cocoa! If ever you're lucky enough to visit St Lucia, I cannot recommend this place enough. It makes you see your chocolate in a whole new light, and I doubt you'll ever grumble again at paying a couple of pounds for quality bar of dark chocolate once you've seen the work that's gone into it!</p> Baggers 2013 summer food hot beautiful cuisine restaurant rainforest warm dusk chocolate sticky sweaty frogs piton caribbean serene bluehour tropics stlucia chocolat quisine soufrière hotelchocolat saintlucia amazingfood petitpiton summerscoming chocolateplantation chocolateinallthreecourses http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbaggaley/8328455381/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/paulbaggaley/">Baggers 2013</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulbaggaley/8328455381/" title="New Dawn"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8328455381_6807754fcf_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="New Dawn" /></a></p> <p>So here's to the end of a great year! Wishing you all the best for 2013!</p> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:05:57 -0800 2011-09-06T17:30:15-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Baggers 2013) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8328455381 42.664387 18.070321 42.664387 18.070321 847612 New Dawn <p>So here's to the end of a great year! Wishing you all the best for 2013!</p> Baggers 2013 longexposure trees sunset sea summer orange seascape water beauty sunrise dawn rocks glow purple dusk smooth croatia calm smokey serene filters dubrovnik happynewyear leadinglines nofilters 2013 mistysea averagedimagefromseveralshotstocreatethelongexposure