Caribbean (Plus) Corner

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. And yes, the (Plus) means we're including the Bahamas and Bermuda!

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A quick peek at the best of Bonaire

Matt KiefferOne of the “ABC” islands* of the Dutch Antilles, just 50 miles off the coast of Venezuela, this 111-square-mile island is a welcoming and tranquil trove of eco-adventure (which they play up with the tourism tagline “It´s in Our Nature”), and it´s known especially for its diving and snorkeling. For a nice, laid-back slice of the old Caribbean (albeit a pretty arid one, so please don´t go expecting luxuriant greenery), many travelers in the know very much appreciate this…

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11 of the best experiences in Haiti

SPC Gibran Torres Haiti, really? You´re no doubt wondering. Well, yes, the Americas´ most impoverished country has been an abject basket case for many years, and its current tragic vicissitudes with violence and instability make it seem unlikely to recover any time soon. But here´s a reminder of what a fundamentally beautiful country this is, how rich is its history, how vibrant its culture, and how friendly its people – as I can attest when I visited way back in 26 years ago. This, then, is…

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St. John, the USA´s dreamiest Caribbean island paradise

Josh Duncan The smallest of the three U.S. Virgin Islands – just seven miles long and three miles wide (roughly 11 by five kilometers) and with a permanent population just under 99,000 – is the favorite of some because it´s less developed and more pristine-feeling than St. Croix and St. Thomas. Some of its highlights include...read post

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The jewel in Puerto Rico's eco crown: El Yunque rainforest

Javier_Art_Photography The "Isle of Enchantment" offers an amazingly diverse menu of options to visitors, in capital San Juan and well beyond - history and culture, for sure, but also tasty eating, drinking, and beaching, along with memorable partying and much much more. But one side of Puerto Rico you should definitely not miss is its wealth of eco opportunities, from glowing "bioluminescent" bays to spectacular waterfalls, and most especially a large swath about an hour's drive from San Juan:…

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David Lawrence August 11, 2010 at 4:47pm

It doesn't make the hotel ungreen but the whole trip on balance uses more energy and makes more co2 and so on than if the trip didn't happen.

I'll still go to the Carribbean especially whenever I get a chance to go sailing there but on balance its greener to sail near home.
Patricia Borns August 11, 2010 at 4:30pm

Anil, you are so right, it's an outlook. Some Caribbean countries have had more of a green culture than others, growing food at home, cross-ventillation instead of AC, wonderful soil, etc., now gone or disappearing. Little steps like St. Croix growing food are heartening, though.
Michaela Karger August 11, 2010 at 4:26pm

May I ask David, what you mean by "too much cleaning" and "luring kids away from traditional lives"? Can GREEN be the exact same everywhere in the world, be it a hotel in Denmark, Africa, China or the Caribbean? Don't people fly to London from different parts of the world as well as they do to the Caribbean? Does it make a hotel 'ungreen' if the traveler comes by plane?
Anil August 11, 2010 at 4:04pm

You just cant be GREEN overnight. One can implement energy saving strategies and start encouraging local produce, but GREEN it aint. I always thought being GREEN was an outlook to life.
Patricia Borns August 11, 2010 at 3:43pm

Right.
David Lawrence August 11, 2010 at 3:35pm

CAN THE CARIBBEAN REALLY GO GREEN?

Just read that CAST a caribbean trade group and GREEN GLOBAL are joining up to make the Caribean travel industry green. I've worked in hotels and been a traveler to the Carribbean and maybe they can get greenER, but they can't get GREEN. Too much cleaning and flying and importing food and a/c and luring kids away from traditional lives. Its just P.R., right?
Allie McCoy August 7, 2010 at 6:16pm

Last night I tried the Coconut Shrimp recipe from Grenada that this Web Site is featuring. I did not follow the last step, because I am not of the reggae generation, but the recipe was delicious. Has anyone else tried it yet?
Tony King July 29, 2010 at 11:34pm

Not sure what procedure the Cypriots have but whatever they do seems to be working for them. Maybe you could check out Cyprus' requirements.
Anil July 29, 2010 at 11:27pm

People are scared of a "certain kind" of tourist-expats from taking roots so to speak. This is purely from people who want to retire and do not have a substantial wealth coming to them. I know of couple from Manchester who have been visiting the caribbean and are looking to retire some place, BVI, Barbados, St. Lucia are all on their radar.

So how does one ensure the "right" crowd are attracted to the islands. ?
Tony King July 29, 2010 at 10:49pm

Anegada could do with a new dock, but a MARINA...!! Wow.