If you’re looking at the frost and daydreaming of a beach idyll, then the Turks and Caicos islands might just be the hot ticket right now. The lesser-known Caribbean hideaway was yesterday voted the globe’s leading beach destination at the World Travel Awards (WTA), dubbed the Oscars of the travel industry. Characterised by blue skies, [...]
Choosing the Caribbean Island That’s Right for You
September 14, 2012 | Posted by
The dozens of islands scattered across the Caribbean are a remarkably diverse lot. Pulsing Jamaica has little in common with group-filled Aruba, and even islands in plain sight of each other like St Kitts and Nevis are vastly different not just in appearance but in what they offer visitors. So for the Caribbean-bound visitor, which [...]
Dominica: The ‘Nature Island’ of the Caribbean
September 8, 2012 | Posted by
There’s a flotilla of lounge chairs docked by the infinity pool and along a white sand beach. The menu at the sprawling hotel’s swim-up bar includes frosty local favorites all day long. You have an all-inclusive choice of food and activities, as long as you stay on the manicured resort grounds. All you have to [...]
Dominican Republic: Puntacana Resort & Club’s Tortuga Bay Makes a Great 1st and Lasting Impression
August 31, 2012 | Posted by
You’ve heard there’s one chance to make a first impression and there’s no where better to illustrate this truism than PUNTACANA Resort & Club’s Tortuga Bay boutique hotel in the Dominican Republic. Here’s my first impression. Arrival at the airport is the old fashioned way—you disembark the plane by descending stairs onto the tarmac. Upon [...]
