MiamiHerald.com: Caribbean Travel http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Caribbean Travel http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Caribbean Travel 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:03:42 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com Drinking it all in -- in the Turks and Caicos Islands http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1337827.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1337827.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST There's nothing I hate worse than a super blue drink. It's unnatural. It's off-putting, and it usually tastes terrible. Landing in Providenciales, the most populated island in the Turks and Caicos, I was preparing myself for an onslaught of cobalt-colored cocktails and annoying paper umbrellas. What I found instead was a wonderfully diverse bar scene, where the only blue liquids were the sky-mirroring sea. New air service puts Bahamas' Out Islands within reach http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1315284.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1315284.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Despite the economy, new resorts have been cropping up on the Out Islands, particularly in Eleuthera. In response, air service is expanding. Sandals buys closed resort in Bahamas, plans upgrade http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1203203.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1203203.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:40 EDT Officials of Sandals Resorts international announced plans to buy the former Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma at Emerald Bay for an undisclosed amount and reopen it in January. Season for deals: A frugal traveler's guide to the islands http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182604.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182604.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT We've all been cornered. The gauntlet thrown down by America's new economic realities: Change your evil, thrift-less ways. But making do with less doesn't have to mean cutting out a Caribbean holiday. Paradise found: Chic isle harbors affordable charms http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182603.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182603.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Picture perfect. In some places in the world, that phrase isn't a cliché. It's an accurate description. The beaches of Antigua, for example, are picture perfect. Cheap thrills: Resorts roll out the bargains http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182605.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182605.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT The poor economy and the usual seasonal reduction in prices have combined to make a Caribbean vacation a better bargain than it has been in years. ''You see prices [now] that you've never seen before,'' said Hugh Riley, interim secretary-general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Golf resorts up their game http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182613.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182613.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT This seaside stretch, a half-hour's drive east of the airport in San Juan, is not placid in midday. Construction equipment rumbles through the beachfront while workers sweat out installing the marble floors and granite countertops in developer Donald Trump's latest Caribbean venture. Gamblers will find plenty of good bets in the islands http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182606.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182606.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT The main attraction of a Caribbean vacation has always been the sugar-white sand and clear, turquoise sea of a quiet beach. But some visitors prefer to spice up their tropical getaway by trying their luck at the green-felt gaming tables. With deals like this, family vacation is child's play http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182609.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1182609.html Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT The goofy underwater shots of my husband and much-younger son grinning behind their masks always make me smile -- just the way a vacation photo should. On a roll at Cayman skateboard park http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1142330.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/caribbean/story/1142330.html Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Amazing. It's vacation and the teens are awake and ready to roll before 8 a.m.! That's what happens on those rare occasions when they love the itinerary you've planned. Avid skateboarders Max Weinberg, my 12-year-old cousin, and his buddy Miles Singer, 13, are heading to the world's second-largest skateboard park, Black Pearl in the Cayman Islands.