By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 153 (September/October 2018)
Willemstad, Curaçao | Wish you were here
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Arrive, Travel, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Sint Maarten, Barbados, Jamaica
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 152 (July/August 2018)
Head for heights | Round Trip
There’s nothing like the thrill of a higher perspective, far above the ground — from ziplining to rock-climbing to floating in a hot-air balloon. Get ready to soar
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
By Simon Lee ● Issue 39 (September/October 1999)
The beating heart of Suriname
On the bank of a slow sliding brown river, Javanese gamelan musicians play the halting melody of the Jarakapang, or Horse Spirit Dance....
Travel, Shopping, Sint Maarten, St. Martin
By Judy Diptee ● Issue 51 (September/October 2001)
Not just a shoppers’ paradise
Discover Sint Maarten and Saint Martin Where else in the world can you get two countries and cultures for the price of one? Where you can...
Embark, Festivals and Events, Curacao, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Word of mouth (Jan/Feb 2018)
It’s Carnival time! Come on a panyard lime with Barbara Jenkins, experience the thrilling, shape-shifting ritual of J’Ouvert in a poem by Shivanee Ramlochan, and discover Carriacou’s unique Shakespeare mas. Meanwhile, Jamaica celebrates its musical heritage at Reggae Month
Arrive, Leisure, Travel, Sports, Bonaire, Belize, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Go deep: six of the Caribbean’s best dive sites | Round Trip
From coral reefs teeming with aquatic life to dramatic shipwrecks, from underwater canyons to sinkholes and caves, the warm waters of the Caribbean can boast some of the world’s most thrilling sites for scuba diving — like the six memorable locations in the following pages
Embark, Arts and Architecture, Music, Festivals and Events, Haiti, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
By Philip Sander, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Nixon Nelson ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Word of mouth (Nov/Dec 2017)
Why Jean-Michael Basquiat is a posthumous art star, how the Sunset Festival in Trinidad is changing Caribbean dance music, and where to end 2017 with a truly big bang: Paramaribo