When Christopher Columbus and his merry band dropped anchor for the first time in the “New World” in 1492, they found the the Taínos and Arawaks of Hispaniola (now two-thirds occupied by the Dominican Republic) smoking some funny kinda dried brown
“A huge advantage of being here in St. Lucia is the year round growing season”, says Allen Susser, Consulting Chef atJade Mountain Resort. A twisting back country road leads from Soufriere, the closest village, traversing deep forest and steep cliff
Does anyone have any information on progress on the new airport on St.Vincents?
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Like virtually every country in the Caribbean, Barbados has more than its fair share of beautiful beaches. But for those who want to see more of this former British colony—the most developed island in the region and the third most developed country i
Wake up, Cuba: The Dominican Republic may be stealing your business. While your tourism numbers were flat for 2012, visits to the D.R. were up almost 6%, and travel from the United States leaped 14%. Why?
Certainly Cuba has no shortage of charming Spanish colonial and early post-colonial architecture, from Pinar del Ríoout west to Santiago in the east. But for me the place that most makes me feel like I’ve actually stepped into the past of a century
Ever climbed up a waterfall? Read on. As far as Dominican vacation destinations go, this stretch of the country's north coast with the city of Puerto Plata at its center has been over shadowed by Punta Cana out east. But for the active, outdoorsy, an
A fellow Tripatini member would greatly appreciate your suggestions - to help please reply not here but at this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum.
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from member Lynn Sullivan:
Curaçao is the largest and most economically developed of the three ABC islands. The beaches are lovely, and the vast countryside is covered in a mix of desert and tropical flora. Much of the island’s colorful architecture
Help me, Rhonda. Or anyone else. Name your favorite restaurant(s), attractions, sites, activities on Trinidad and Tobago, and I'll try to get to them on an upcoming trip.
Just one heartfelt request: Eating termites on Tobago (see photo) -- okay, that
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For 50 years this tiny island near St. Martin has been a Mecca for celebrities, models, and hedge-fund managers, but this Mecca comes with topless sunbathing. And unlike many other islands, it has restricted growth and maintained its ambience as a un
The brouhaha that erupted a couple of years ago about the “questionable taste” of Royal Caribbean bringing its passengers to a leased beach at Labadee (aka Labadie), on Haiti‘s north coast, is a good example of the inevitable awkwardness in overlayin
While looking up the well-known exclamation "ay, bendito!" I came across this fairly comprehensive list on Wikipedia, which taught me quite a bit I didn't know (and I've been speaking Spanish for decades!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puerto
Double agents, high drama, betrayal and plenty of high-tech gadgetry. The Good Shepherd, directed by Robert De Niro and released in 2006, had all the magic ingredients of a classic spy film. With Matt Damon and Angelina Jolieproviding the obligatory
One of the best snorkeling sites in the Caribbean lies barely 100 yards off the west coast ofAruba and a few miles north of the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino. The water there is calm, visibility is excellent, and the the site features t
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This was to be my seventh trip to SuperClubs’ adults-only, clothing-optional beachfront resort (just half the resort is nude), but I was still excited. On 22 acres toward the northern end of Jamaica's NegrilBeach, the longtime all-inclusive known as
A Tripatini member is traveling to Cuba with a group of 20-somethings and would love suggestions, preferably beachside. Please respond not here but rather at this link to our Ask A Travel Pro forum. Gracias!
Few cultural forms are more associated with the Dominican Republic than merengue music and the brisk, shuffling, hip-wagging dance that goes with it (no one’s exactly sure where the name comes from – sweet, frothy beaten egg whites or the “mareng” o
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