When a new discount airline offered flights to the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe for less than $150, I jumped at the chance to spend five days on the French island during the dead of winter. Having studied French for a
After the hurricane, visiting St. Croix and Buccaneer Resort
One year ago, two back-to-back hurricanes ravaged the Caribbean. The Virgin Islands were hit; first, the British, then the U.S. St. John took the brunt of the damage, while St. Thomas experienced damage that shut down the hospital and the
Come Sail Away in BVI
It’s cliche, but here I sit, eating a cheeseburger in paradise. I can’t help it. Jimmy Buffet was right: there is nothing better than a cheeseburger and a cold beer when sitting in the warm Caribbean air. Actually, I haven’t
Paradise Found: Jumby Bay, Antigua
Here I sit on a shaded veranda overlooking the Atlantic Ocean reclining on a swinging porch “bed” — not a swing but a long bed built for two — watching the palm trees bend toward the west as the wind