Some Caribbean islands are shaped by beaches, resorts, and easy shorelines. Saba is shaped by edges — sharp cliffs, climbing roads, and an island silhouette that doesn’t resemble anywhere else in the region. It’s the sort of place travelers hear about long before they ever meet someone who’s actually been, a huge volcanic peak rising […]
It’s a Thursday evening and a live band is jamming out on “Funky Nassau,” the jazz-funk hit that is one of the best-selling Bahamian albums of all time. This is Jon Batiste’s: the world-renowned jazz star’s new jazz club at the Baha Mar in Cable Beach. I’m sipping on a glass of Planteray and savoring […]
A new cocktail bar has opened at a top resort in Belize, adding a fresh culinary — cultural — dimension to the guest experience. And it’s all about math. The new bar, called Arlie’s, is named in honor of Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematician and professor at Duke University. Petters, who also holds appointments in physics […]
If you know us, you know we love overwater bars. No, not beach bars (though we love those, too). We mean bars that are perched right above the water, offshore, accessed only by a small deck or bridge. It means you’re surrounded. While we loved the overwater options on a recent trip to Belize’s Ambergris […]
