Linda Whitwam of Eyewitness Travel Guide

Freelance Writer Linda Whitwam, left, and Mr Roland Lopes, Public Relations, St.Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation.


Photographer records cultural, historical Statia

ST. EUSTATIUS— Linda Whitwam, a freelance photographer from Yorkshire, England, in the United Kingdom, visited St. Eustatius Feb. 4th to 6th 2008. Ms Whitwam photographed a number of sites on the island. Whitwam is working on an “Eyewitness Travel Guide” for DK Publications.
Whitwam says that the Eyewitness guides try to focus on the cultural and historical aspects of the places they cover, and include many photos. The Caribbean book, which will be ready in the summer of 2009, will cover 17 islands. She has visited, or will visit, most of the islands between Martinique and Puerto Rico.
Whitwam says she has found the Statia people to be very hospitable, and also photogenic, friendly, and helpful. She climbed the Quill with Park Ranger Nadio Spanner, and visited Fort Oranje, the Miriam Schmidt Botanical Garden, the Historical Foundation Museum, Zeelandia Beach, and Fort de Windt. She was able, with a boat from King’s Well Resort, to photograph the Quill from the sea. Whitwam feels that her book will boost Statia’s tourism by providing information to special interest groups who will want to experience what Statia has to offer.


Freelance Writer Linda Whitwam, left, with Roland Lopes, Public Relations, St.Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation.