Bequia (pronounced Beck-way) is part of the Grenadines, a chain of over one hundred islands and reefs extending more than sixty miles between St. Vincent and Grenada. This is the least-developed edge of the Caribbean where small inns have not been replaced by high-rise resorts and golf courses; whirling fans outnumber air conditioners. The population…

A friend Susan and I were checking out of our hotel in Ayacucho, Peru, when seven men—each well over six feet—entered the lobby. From their height and fair hair we guessed they were Scandinavian. We learned they were a film crew from Sweden making a documentary about a Swedish priest living among indigenous Indians in…