Dutch Caribbean

Embark, Festivals and Events, Bonaire, Puerto Rico, Sint Maarten, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands

Caribbean Datebook (May/June 2014)

St Lucia Groove to the rhythm Twelve days. Over fifty entertainers and artists. One of the Caribbean’s loveliest landscapes for a...

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Arrive, Travel, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago

Back and fort

Castillo San Felipe del Morro San Juan, Puerto Rico; 16th century UNESCO World Heritage Site Dating back to 1539, El Morro is reputed to be...

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Engage, Culture, Environment, Science, Bonaire

Keys to the coral kingdom: protecting Caribbean reefs

A pinhead. Worth US$375 billion. Annually. This is the magical mathematics of coral: a microscopic organism, invisible to the naked eye,...

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Engage, Culture, Suriname

Big Bang: Owru Yari (Old Year) celebrations in Suriname

In many parts of the world, people welcome the New Year with fireworks and music. In Paramaribo, capital of Suriname, Owru Yari (Old Year)...

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Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Sint Eustatius

The stones of Statia

Growing up with the ruins of a three-hundred-year-old fortress on the beach in your back yard can send your life in a certain direction. It...

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Embark, Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Curacao

All that glitters: Curaçaoan designer Rebecca Paz

BECK Dutch Caribbean’s beautifully handcrafted jewellery, created by designer Rebecca Paz, draws inspiration not only from her...

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Immerse, Arts and Architecture, Culture, People, Suriname

Marcel Pinas: the art of presence

Because of the available flight connections from Trinidad, I always arrive in and depart from Suriname nodding between sleep and waking,...

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Immerse, Culture, Film and Television, People, Aruba

Juan Francisco Pardo: Stories for the eye

It takes significant skill and perhaps even more restraint to tell a good visual story in just sixteen minutes. To lead the viewer through...

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