There’s a stretch of sand in St. Barts where the afternoons feel slower than the rest of the island. The water at Flamands Beach stays wide and bright blue all day, the waves roll in softly enough for long swims, and the beach never gets crowded in the way people expect from St. Barts. You […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff While the island of Barbuda was right in the eye of Hurricane Irma, leading to at least three deaths and massive destruction, its neighboring island of Antigua was largely spared, officials said. There was no loss of life in Antigua due to the storm, and most residential, business and hotel […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands on Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning as a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. Irma thrashed Barbuda with 185-mph winds before making landfall in St Barth and St Martin this morning with massive winds and flooding. While the eye of the […]
Airbnb hosts in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico have earned more than $266 million so far in 2017, according to the company’s latest data report. These destinations have attracted nearly 2 million guest arrivals this year, representing a 170 percent increase from the same eight months in 2016. The report comes as Airbnb […]
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