Cruise ship may stop at Brac Negotiations are in progress for the first cruise ship to visit Cayman Brac for more than five years. According to Port Superintendent Ashton Bodden, the last cruise ship call was April 2001. This was a small luxury cruse ship, the Windstar, which stopped twice on the Brac altogether and [...]
The Caribbean: cruise-ship free On islands the ships bypass, empty beaches and authentic charms await. On my first trip to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands a decade ago, I was struck by the island ‘s laid-back north coast, ribboned with tranquil coves of plush white sand. One that stayed planted in my memory was [...]
Caribbean Maidens The only snowballs are those sickly-sweet cocktails. The only skis are the ones that whizz across the clear, turquoise water. This is the Caribbean in winter – a necklace of sunshine islands a world away from the cold, grey UK skies. Cricket is still king and the pace of life is slower than [...]
Couples Seeking Out Destination Weddings Christy Lee Hughes wanted her wedding to be a fantasy come true, exchanging vows with Thomas, her husband to be, on a gorgeous, windswept, white sand beach. So the couple looked a few thousand miles south to the Bahamas and booked their April wedding at Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort in [...]
The Best Indies In the West Indies, there are as many sorts of holiday as there are islands. You can cycle around Cuba, sail off Antigua, or simply flake out on the beach in Barbados. Plan your ideal escape from the winter with this comprehensive guide by Fred Mawer. If you are thinking of taking [...]
Caribbean awash in deals after passport worries Alarmed that new U.S. passport requirements could cost the Caribbean region billions of dollars in lost visitors and tourism jobs, resorts and tourism bureaus there are offering a variety of discounts to keep travelers coming to their sandy shores. In the past, U.S. travelers often needed only a [...]
Passport changes worry Caribbean `Life Needs the Caribbean. You Need a Passport.” That advertising slogan, posted at airports throughout the Caribbean, has this tourism-dependent area bracing for a hurricane-force blow. For decades, U.S. citizens have escaped winter’s ravages for the white-sand beaches on a whim. When re-entering the United States, they have needed to show [...]
Men for sale? Perched on the edge of her sunlounger, the young Jamaican man picks up the woman’s hand and lavishes it with kisses. “You is very beautiful, you know that, girl?” he says. The ‘girl’ giggles as she sips her cocktail. Somewhere in her early 40s, she hardly qualifies for the description. Nor is [...]
Exotic locations not just for the honeymoon When Kim (Miller) Derks conjured up her dream wedding, she knew right away some of what she wanted. Soft sand beneath her feet, palm trees gently waving in the breeze, a sparkling ocean as a backdrop. For Kim and Bob Derks, the answer was surprisingly simple: the couple [...]
On the road with Shaggy Forget what you read in magazines and see on TV; the life of a male superstar is not all glamour, red carpets and hot mamacitas. It’s more of travel nightmare, constant jet lag and God help you if you have to perform in what Shaggy terms a “war-torn jungle”. Sounds [...]