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The Sweet Smell of Relaxation
Chocolate. Well, Roses and chocolate to be exact with the translation. The boutique hotel and spa Rosas & Xocolate. This seemed like, once we heard the name, a no-brainer. Why…
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That Ol’ Devil Rum: Raising Cane
Some years ago at Cap Juluca, then-G.M. Guish Guishard capped a delightful dinner with some pre-Castro Montecristo No. 2s and a bottle of 1952 Rhum Clément. The slightly shriveled stogies…
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Hide me away in the Riviera
Layacar has a totally different feel to it than other areas of the Yucatan. I knew there was diversity here as I’ve visited many of the destinations from Cancun to…
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Fine Jamaican Rum
Plantations were the economic staple of many Caribbean islands in the 1700s. The majestic sugar cane plantations were the origins of world-famed rum and provided the major source of income…
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Spa at Four Seasons Resort Nevis
Nevis attracted visitors from across the Atlantic thanks to its first tourist attraction: its healing, volcanic springs. The island’s first guesthouse, appropriately named the Bath Hotel, was built in 1778…
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Rethinking Island Food
CuisinArt Golf Resort & Spa and its new sister property, The Reef by Cuisinart, both located on the white-sand beaches of Anguilla, are shining a brilliant light on what we…
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A Dominican Tale
Some things mellow with age, not the Dominican Republic. Here it seems that time only serves as a refinery for the finer things in life. This island’s long and storied…
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Margaritaville
Cayman’s New Rock Star Should I head a few feet offshore and snorkel, assured of at least the 150 foot visibility Grand Cayman is famous for, or just drop onto…
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Book Review “Cuba Libre”
Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard Spun with the classic detail and grit of Leonard’s renowned style, Cuba Libre drops readers into a Cuban pressure cooker ready to blow. In 1888…
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