La Celia A. Prince Ambassador, Embassy of St. Vincent & the Grenadines
What is the biggest issue facing your country? Dealing with the effects of climate change and the impact on small countries such as mine is an added burden threatening our development and stretching our scarce resources. your favorite vacation spots in your country that travelers shouldn’t miss? St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is a multi-island state of 32 small islands and cays, nine of which are inhabited.We are the complete package, with mainland St.Vincent being verdant, rugged and mountainous, so it is great for hikes to the volcano and several water falls. The topography of the Grenadine islands is different in that they are less mountainous.That is where you find some of the world’s best waters to sail, snorkel or scuba dive. Even though I am from mainland St. Vincent, my favourite place is Bequia, a completely unspoilt, naturally beautiful island. If there is paradise on earth, it would be Bequia. Incidentally, outgoing Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall visited there two years ago; I helped her plan the trip and she was sold! But travelers to SVG must also not miss the opportunity to tour Mustique and the Tobago Cays. motto/quote you live by? One of my favourite quotes comes from a writer whose work helped me build a greater self-awareness and spirituality. My motto is “I am fully aware that I have to die.That’s why I do not invest to accumulate riches; I invest in life itself…..Only when we have full consciousness of the fact that we die do we feel 100 percent alive.” — Paulo Coelho from “Confessions of a Pilgrim.” favorite book And what are you currently reading? The literary world is too rich for me to confine myself to one book as a favourite. I have been riveted by “The Constant Gardener,” spiritually enlightened by “The Pilgrimage,” deeply moved by “Half of a Yellow Sun,” cautioned by “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and “Le Petit Prince” and educated by “Guns, Germs and Steel.” My aim is to be constantly reading books of different subject matters. favorite charity/cause? I do not have a favourite charity, but some of the issues that make quite an impression on me are homelessness and hunger. It is sometimes difficult to fathom that in a country such as the United States, and more particularly a wealthy city such as Washington, D.C., that there are so many people that are homeless and hungry. I volunteer at D.C. Central Kitchen Jesse Suskin
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