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This fabled sea, covering more than a million square miles and 7,000 islands with diverse languages, cultures, and ecosystems, has become probably the planet's premier vacation playground. Here it's all about its regional issues and allures.

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On Aruba's De Palm Island, fun both above & below water

De Palm Island I’ve always envied my scuba-diving friends who describe their magical underwater world full of coral reefs and colorful fish. I’ve snorkeled aplenty but it’s not quite the same. Now, although I remain uncertified as a diver, I have an idea of what the majesty is all about thanks to my SNUBA experience at De Palm Island, an islet just down the coast from Aruba's capital Oranjestad. read post

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Cuisinart -- no, not the blender.

Cuisinart takes the Mediterranean decor + foodie themes of Anguilla and runs with them. Here, a blue-and-white (now Anguilla's marketing colors) room with the unfortunate (for the decorator, not for me) intrusion of long, pale feet.

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Malliouhana, an Auberge Collection Resort

Malliouhana created the Anguilla "brand" and even changed the definition of a Caribben resort when it opened in 1983/4. Instead of faux Colonial-style design, it was updated Mediterranean in its look. And while there were still luxury resorts in the islands that served Sanka and instant potatoes, Malliouhana's founder declared that a high-end resort should offer sophisticated cuisine, so he hired Jo Rostang, a Michelin-starred chef. Other resorts that opened in Anguilla followed this model,…

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Anguilla's Unfair Advantage?

Would it be wrong to say that Anguilla's abundance of drop-dead gorgeous beaches gives it an unfair advantage over some of the other islands? FYI, this is the beach at Cap Juluca, a Belmond Hotel.

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Paul Varmuza May 18, 2022 at 11:10am

St Lucia is an irresistible draw for travel writers for a good reason - here's the latest example, by a freelancer for Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adammorganstern/2022/02/25/10-amazing-...
José Balido April 9, 2022 at 11:34am

At the end of this past year, Lonely Planet came out with this article from its Cuba guide writer about pandemic-era travel to the island, which has had a low number of COVID cases and the world's second highest vaccination rate. Interesting reading; check it out: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/what-its-like-to-travel-to-cu...

Cuba reopens to tourists: what you need to know before you go - Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet's Cuba travel expert visited the country in December as it reopened to visitors. So how did he find restrictions, or was it business as…
- Hal Peat > José Balido April 9, 2022 at 11:14pm
  
  Heavily focused on the logistics of the COVID issue ins/outs, and skirts the issues of cost effectiveness. Whether you're going for leisure or work purposes - the latter being people like me - the air cost has skyrocketed since I went there for the first time in 2017. $400 R/T for a 40 min. flight between MIA/FLL - Havana? You can almost get to Europe from here for that. Biden hasn't solved any of that huge upsurge in air cost since he came in. Very disappointing. Glad I went when I did, was in love with Havana and want to see more, but until the logistics and price points in air and accommodation all change radically back to at least near where they were, it's not for me again.
- José Balido > Hal Peat April 10, 2022 at 2:39pm
  
  Thanks for your observation, Hal. For most of the history of charter and commercial flights between the US and Cuba in the past decades, unreasonably high fares have been more the rule than the exception. I guess like everything else, we'll have to see how this plays out the rest of this year and beyond. But I have a feeling that for the foreseeable future, Cuba is going to take a back seat to more pressing issues in the US, including inflation and other aspects of the economy; the fallout from Russia's invasion of the Ukraine as well as legal/political trauma around Jan. 6 insurrection; the upcoming midterm elections, and more. I hope I'm wrong, but...
Jeffrey Kunst March 4, 2022 at 12:23pm

What's new in the Caribbean for 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/travel/caribbean-new-development...
Ed Wetschler January 6, 2019 at 4:38pm

The untold story here is not just the coming of a new airport terminal; it's St. Lucia's embrace of a trend throughout the Caribbean to spread travelers around each island instead of clustering resorts in just one or two hotspots (e.g. Montego Bay, San Juan). In this case,

St. Lucia's plan is to encourage more hotels in the underdeveloped southern part of the island. That's not just where the airport is; it's also closer to the Pitons. Here's the skinny.

St. Lucia Will Build a New Airport Terminal

The redevelopment of Saint Lucia’s international airport will get underway very soon. On Tuesday, December 11, 2018, the Parliament of Saint Lucia vo…
Tripatini August 14, 2018 at 8:57pm

How can we help you, MerryFishers?
MerryFishers August 14, 2018 at 8:38pm

Hello,

I am new i want some infro for travel
Ed Wetschler September 9, 2017 at 4:44pm

Check out short video of post- HurricaneIrma St. Martin.

Also, see how you -- yes, you -- can help in disaster relief and recovery.
Ed Wetschler March 4, 2014 at 4:07pm

An apology and correction: The tweetchat about Guadeloupe, the hottest destination in the Caribbean (up 23% in 2013), is today at 2 pm., not yesterday. I hope you can make it. For corrected invitation see

http://www.tripatini.com/group/caribbean/forum/topics/guadeloupe-tw...