The Island of Barbados: Adventures on ‘The Rock’
We hover at 130 feet (39 m) alongside the riotously colorful propeller on one of Barbados’ — and the Caribbean’s — premier wreck dives,…
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Treasure Islands: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
“Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate,” says Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to young Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) in the Walt Disney…
Dominica: The Eastern Caribbean’s Nature and Adventure Island
Millions of years ago, volcanic eruptions unleashed their fury in what’s now the Eastern Caribbean. A towering island rose from the center of the…
Dominica: Natural Wonders Above and Below
“It’s just a two-hour drive to Roseau,” said the agent of Island Car Rentals at picturesque Melville Hall Airport in Dominica. He made sure…
Saba and Statia: Mighty Mounts of the Lesser Antilles
Who would guess that these two tiny, cloud-dusted mounts rising abruptly from the ocean floor in the eastern Caribbean could harbor so many secrets,…
The British Virgin Islands: A Pirate Haven Turned Diver’s Playground
Our charter boat slices through the calm waters of Sir Francis Drake Channel, the passage that runs down the middle of the British Virgin…
Puerto Rico: The Caribbean’s Rich Port
Early Taino Indians who inhabited Puerto Rico called it Borinquen, which means “the great land of the valiant and noble lord.” In the late…
Grand Bahama Island: Paradise, by Design
Until the ’50s, the island of Grand Bahama was sparsely populated, consisting of small fishing villages and little industry. My, how times have changed….
Outposts of the Bahamas: Sampling the Southern Out Islands
If the axiom is true that the more remote the destination, the better the diving, then we’re all in luck: Along the vast chain…
Islands of Discovery: The Southern Out Islands of the Bahamas
Trek to the southern Out Islands of the Bahamas is a back-to-nature, people-to-people kind of experience. Locals socialize around the conch bar in the…