Caribbean Photo of the Week: Pirate’s Bay in Tobago

By: - February 16th, 2014

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from CJ reader and frequent CPOTW contributor Sabine Fröhlich, who sent in this snapshot of Pirates Bay near Charlotteville in eastern Tobago. Do you have a great CPOTW? Send it to news@caribjournal.com.

— CJ

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