Memories of the Carribbean

We are finally settling in our new home in Finland. I didn’t have a chance to blog while we were travelling, as I only had my mobile… My Instagram followers have seen more than enough of my ”travel braids” as I posted at least one braid from each country we went to. So now for those, who are not on Instagram: I’ll show you a few favourites from our Carribean trip.

First, we went to Jamaica. It was amazing. We all agree that out of all the countries we went to, Jamaica was our favourite. The people we super nice, food was good, atmosphere, music, weather, the sea… everything.

There were braiders everywhere! And so many amazing braids! When we first got out the plane, my 5-year old said ”mummy, everyone here has much nicer braids than what you make!”… So, I took it as a challenge, and this was the first morning in Jamaica:

Interlocking french braids, french braid feather braid combo

I got so many compliments for this and other braids throughout the 2 weeks in Jamaica, I even got job offers from the local braid-salons! Really felt that my work was appreciated in Jamaica 🙂

Next, we went on a Caribbean cruise visiting six of the Eastern Caribbean Islands. On each island we did a little trip to a beach, did some snorkeling or just relaxed and went swimming. The braids were always destroyed in the end of the day from all the seawater, so perfect excuse to do new braids every day. Here are some of my favourites (snake braid in St. Kitts, rope braid in Antigua and fishtail-french braid in St. Lucia):
Snake braid on a beach in St. Kitts rope lace braid into rope braid ponytail french feather braids into a fishtail braid

After the cruise we went to Mexico, where I’ve always wanted to visit. It was really interesting with all the history, Mayan ruins etc. and of course Mexican food, one of my favourite cuisines!

Again, we swam a lot, so needed to re-do the braids all the time. I was trying to decide which photo to put here, and then found this:
french braid

This braid was done by my husband. He was complaining he never gets any braiding practice anymore, as I always do the hair! So he came up with this braid, which I thought was beautiful!!

But that’s enough from our holiday (I might do another post with a bit more, but if I add it here it will be too long!)… I hope I’m better at blogging regularly now that we finally have a home again!

 

 

12 comments

  1. Gayle says:

    Your braiding is AMAZING!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! I need your opinion and advice. I am having surgery on my hand soon, so I won’t be able to wash my hair for a while afterward. Therefore, I’m thinking of braiding my hair so it won’t be all scraggly during and after surgery. Is there a braid that will last for several days? I am thinking corn rows like the ones you did on your daughter when you went to Jamaca. Or perhaps just two French braids with a part down the middle of my head. My hair is super fine and light weight to light medium thickness. Guess I need to consider sleep comfort too.
    Any input you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

    Kind regards,
    Gayle
    Mistywind49@aol.com

  2. Gayle says:

    Your braiding is AMAZING!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM! I need your opinion and advice. I am having surgery on my hand soon, so I won’t be able to wash my hair for a while afterward. Therefore, I’m thinking of braiding my hair so it won’t be all scraggly during and after surgery. Is there a braid that will last for several days? I am thinking corn rows like the ones you did on your daughter when you went to Jamaca. Or perhaps just two French braids with a part down the middle of my head. My hair is super fine and light weight to light medium thickness. Guess I need to consider sleep comfort too.
    Any input you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

    Kind regards,
    Gayle
    Mistywind49@aol.com

  3. jennipetanen says:

    If your hair is very fine, there will be fly always quite soon… The smaller the braid, the better. Corn rows last well, and a lace braid zig zagging across the head, or a spiral braid.
    Good luck with both the surgery and the hair!!

  4. jennipetanen says:

    If your hair is very fine, there will be fly always quite soon… The smaller the braid, the better. Corn rows last well, and a lace braid zig zagging across the head, or a spiral braid.
    Good luck with both the surgery and the hair!!

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