VIDEO: A Secret Beach in Tortola

By: - July 5th, 2017

There are few greater joys for Caribbean travelers than uncovering a secret beach. But that’s precisely the case at the largely untraveled Long Bay East Beach in Tortola.

It’s a beach that few tourists ever set their feet upon, and that means you typically find your own private beach for the afternoon.

This is what it’s like

— CJ

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By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor At first you think it’s satellite radio or recorded music playing. Then as you approach the lobby bar on your way to dinner at Riu ClubHotel Negril, you realize it’s neither. You realize what you’re hearing is live. And what you’re hearing is Paul Sundal. At 8 o’clock each […]

Rum Journal: America’s Best Rums, 2017

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