Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, St. Kitts and Nevis
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Charlestown, Nevis | Neighbourhood
The capital of St Kitts’s sister isle boasts historic architecture, museums, and proximity to one of the Caribbean’s most famous beaches
By Paul Crask ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Clearing the trail | Escape
Dominica’s Waitukubuli National Trail is the jewel in the Nature Isle’s ecotourism crown. 2017’s Hurricane Maria devastated the trail — along with the rest of Dominica — but now an unusual breed of “voluntourists” are helping restore it. Paul Crask meets two of them
Arrive, Travel, Cuba, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 151 (May/June 2018)
Love is in the air | Round trip
For many lovebirds around the world, the idea of a Caribbean wedding — making vows on the beach, with a backdrop of glimmering blue sea — seems like a dream. And it easily comes true
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Bonaire
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 151 (May/June 2018)
Kralendijk, Bonaire | Neighbourhood
The gateway for dive tourists drawn to Bonaire’s pristine waters, the island’s capital has a relaxed charm, and touches of colourful history
Arrive, Travel, People, Grenada
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 151 (May/June 2018)
“Just drive all around the island” | Personal tour
Artist Suelin Low Chew Tung offers a tour of her home island, Grenada, from beaches to hiking to the best place to buy local chocolate
Arrive, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Havana hello | Destination
Caribbean Airlines’ newest destination is one of the region’s — and the world’s — most iconic cities. From music to revolutionary history, baroque architecture to pastel-hued classic cars, from the Malecón to the bar where mojitos were (supposedly) invented — welcome to Havana, now serviced by two direct flights from Port of Spain each week
Arrive, Culture, Music, Travel, Lifestyle
By David Katz ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
São Luís do Maranhão — Brazil’s reggae city | Travellers’ tales
Founded in 1612 on Brazil’s Atlantic coast, the city of São Luís do Maranhão is a treasurehouse of historic achitecture, encrusted with ornate blue tiles, and has a long tradition of avant-garde poets. It’s also — as unlikely as it sounds — a hotbed of reggae music. David Katz pays a visit, to investigate how this city more than two thousand miles from Kingston has adopted reggae as its very own, with a new museum celebrating the cultural link
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Art in the open | Round trip
Year-round, across the Caribbean, you can experience art in the street, in public spaces, out in the open — no need to buy a museum ticket. Here are murals, monuments, and even an impromptu art gallery in Port-au-Prince