Caribbean Photo of the Week: Leaving the Soggy Dollar

By: - November 7th, 2015
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By the Caribbean Journal staff

No one likes to leave the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke. But sometimes you have to.

That brings us to the latest Caribbean Photo, which Caribbean Journal reader Giana Benson took after leaving the Soggy Dollar.

Do you have a great photo of the Caribbean? Send it to news@caribjournal.com with CPOTW in the subject line.

It could be the next one!

— CJ

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