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Nov 24, 2009, 5:41 am
St. Barts, French West Indies (11/2009)
The Caribbean now has its first Relais & Châteaux property with a Grand Chef distinction. Chef Stéphane Mazières of St. Bart’s Hôtel Le Toiny and its R... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 9:10 am
You’d think that being a lobster would make you pretty much invincible on the reefs of the Caribbean. This is possibly except where humans are concerned, who can simply pick you up and drop you in a... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2009, 4:02 am
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22 November 2009
Cape Town, South Africa
Jamaica Lightning Bolt is racing towards Geraldton-Greenough, Western Australia, after a dramatic start to Race 4 of Clipper 09-10 in C... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 11:43 am
Here’s a look at some of the events that visitors are welcome to experience for themselves:
Carnival
Known as one of the Caribbean’s most original Carnivals, Dominica’s Carnival will take place... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 10:57 am
It’s one of those aspects of West Indian life. You are expected to greet people, when you meet them. Even if you don’t know them. It sometimes seems odd, coming from a big city in which people bar... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 5:00 am
Celebrate on 21 November, 2009 at 7:00pm.
Rose Hall, Jamaica, November 2009 – One of the oldest restaurants in Jamaica, the Sugar Mill Restaurant at Half Moon in partnership with Caribbean Producer... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 4:07 am
Whoops. Apologies for the oversight this week. No entry for the Definitive Caribbean blog.
You’ll be glad to know, however, we have been using our time well at World Travel Market, a travel trade f... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 10:48 am
Enjoy the best of both worlds with a NEW ‘Shore Side Sailing’ package which has been launched by Horizon Yacht Charters Antigua, an American Sailing Association (ASA) affiliated facility offering ... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 6:29 am
Flights to the Caribbean from Europe leave in the middle of the day. It’s not exactly a normal time to go to sleep, but in my case – as I’ve usually packed late into the night before - I doze of... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 5:34 am
Holidaymakers in Antigua can take advantage of an exciting excursion to Montserrat with lower-priced day trip packages by air now available. A ferry service will also return between the two islands in... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 7:34 am
1. The Waitukubuli National Trail set to raise the bar for Caribbean activity holidays
The opening of the Caribbean’s first long-distance hiking trail within the next two years is set to attract a... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 10:02 am
Bananas plants are not trees. Technically they are actually very large herbs. They grow from a rhizome, on a stem of tightly packed leaves a bit like a cigar. They can grow as tall as five metres or m... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 10:10 am
Halloween haunted Zipline Tours (The stinch of Gloom for a night of doom), Halloween costumes are accepted, closed toes shoes are required. Tour starts at 9:30pm USD $45.00 per person, group of ten (1... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 7:41 am
It’s one of those quiet pleasures of travelling the Caribbean. To hear, in the speech of West Indians, sounds that you are sure originate elsewhere. Well, they might, anyway. Accents are notoriously... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2009, 5:44 am
Jamaica Farewell is an exceptionally touching memoir of a man in the process of leaving an island to which he belongs. It was the 1970s, politically a difficult time around the Caribbean, and many of ... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2009, 8:50 am
Treasure Beach has recently announced the appointment of Kirk Kirton as Head Chef. Kirton takes the helm at the hotel’s award-winning ‘Al Fresco’ restaurant in time for the winter season and pro... Comment - Like
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Sep 28, 2009, 9:50 am
Airports are mostly pretty faceless, sterile places, despite what Alain de Botton (recently writer in residence at Terminal 5) would have us believe. The terminals are generally pretty ugly and people... Comment - Like
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Sep 28, 2009, 5:42 am
THE GALLERIES AT LANCASTER GREAT HOUSE
The Galleries, Gallery Shop and Gardens at Lancaster Great House are available for viewing (by appointment only). Please call 432 0458.
1. The Summer Exhib... Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2009, 4:45 am
22nd September
The Bay of Biscay has the reputation of being one of the most feared stretches of ocean in the world. This morning, however, it was more pussy cat than lion for the start of Race 2 of ... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2009, 4:08 am
As you’d expect, there are many different types of citrus fruit in the Caribbean. You’ll see them in colourful piles in the markets - limes, lemons, oranges (or ‘greens’ as some of them ought ... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2009, 9:31 am
Dominos is an all-Caribbean game, played from Cayman round to Curaçao, and particularly via Cuba, where even El Jefe, Fidel Castro, was known to be partial to a game.
You will see it in action in ba... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2009, 8:00 am
More than 100,000 people lined the banks of the Humber to watch the start of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race today. As the cannon fired, the ten internationally sponsored yachts crossed t... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2009, 7:18 am
Jamaica Lightning Bolt, one of ten stripped-down 68 foot ocean racing yachts sailed past The Deep, the iconic ‘submarium’ visitor attraction in Hull, North Yorkshire, UK, in readiness for the Clip... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 9:06 am
Chef Martin Maginley of Round Hill Hotel and Villas in Montego Bay, Jamaica added a pinch of Jamaican spice and a splash of Jamaican rum to the BNP Paribas Taste of Tennis event at the W Hotel in New ... Comment - Like
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Sep 7, 2009, 3:35 am
It’s an eccentric view, to be sure, but I have often imagined the Caribbean islands as an animal skeleton. It sits, looking left, perched at Jamaica, its body Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Rep... Comment - Like
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Sep 4, 2009, 4:04 am
Petit St. Vincent in the Grenadines – affectionately known as PSV – is considered by many to be paradise. There is no ‘hotel’ or ‘room’ to speak of, just 22 simple yet luxuriously comforta... Comment - Like
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Sep 2, 2009, 6:13 am
MOST NEW OR EXPECTANT MOTHERS dream about the day they can take their babies home with them from hospital.
Crystal Bynoe did not have this privilege.
Seven weeks after giving birth, the 23-year-ol... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2009, 2:43 am
As a group of islands, you’d expect the Caribbean to have some, well... ‘sporting’ landing strips. And so it turns out. There are short runways, runways with cross-winds, runways with cliffs at ... Comment - Like
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Aug 26, 2009, 11:49 am
#17 ART GALLERY
Corrie Scott’s studio/gallery. Original fine art and photography, limited edition lithographs, prints and cards.
For viewing appointments please contact Corrie as she may be out pain... Comment - Like
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Aug 25, 2009, 3:17 am
Olympic gold medallist sprinter Usain Bolt was on hand to help celebrate the announcement that Jamaica will field an entry in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Jamaica’s Minister for Tou... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2009, 4:43 am
Of all the weird and wonderful instances of insect behaviour found around the Caribbean – and there are ‘Hercules’ beetles six inches long in Dominica and ancient insects millions of years old c... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2009, 3:48 am
August 20 (Las Vegas, Nevada) – Over 6000 travel professionals from Virtuoso, the U.S. leading luxury travel network, cast their ballots declaring Half Moon the Best Family Programme at Virtuoso’s... Comment - Like
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Aug 18, 2009, 11:52 am
An unparalleled destination wedding locale to open in December 2009, 1,100 feet above the sea. Ladera will unveil its new Paradise Pavilion, a dramatic open-air destination wedding venue destined to b... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2009, 6:07 am
West Indians certainly do sales with aplomb. Market stalls are as carefully presented as art galleries. You might see a range of colour co-ordinated cigarette packets, a pyramid of avocados or a clutc... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2009, 3:56 am
OCEAN PARK has run out of money, and needs an injection of funds if it is to have a future.
August 30 has already been identified as the final day of operations for the park, pending the results of ... Comment - Like
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Aug 14, 2009, 5:48 am
Peter Island Resort & Spa, an idyllic private island in the heart of the British Virgin Islands is delighted to announce the completed refurbishment of all 32 Ocean View Rooms and 20 Beachfront Junior... Comment - Like
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Aug 10, 2009, 9:33 am
Plenty of types of fruit can be a bit messy to eat, but none surely tops a mango, for which frankly you need a bib? Or possibly swimming trunks. I met a person who jokingly said that they are best eat... Comment - Like
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Aug 4, 2009, 7:57 am
The Finals of the season ending High Goal Section of the Hi-Pro & ICWI Family Polo Tournament took place on Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the St. Ann Polo Club in front of a huge crowd from all over the... Comment - Like
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