Just a few days after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s primary air hub has reopened, Caribbean Journal has learned. Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport officially reopened Nov. 1 for limited commercial flights. The airport’s reopening is a major boost for the island following the devastation wrought by Melissa, which was concentrated in the western […]
Wine? From the Caribbean? And no, we don’t mean tropical fruit wine, from mangos or “ginger wine” from Jamaica. We mean wine — from actual grapes. Made in the Caribbean. While the Caribbean’s rainy climate has often posed an insurmountable challenge for would-be vintners (along with the fact that very few have ever tried it) […]
It’s one of the great wonders of St Vincent and the Grenadines, but you may not have heard of it: the towering pinnacle called Fort Duvernette off Young Island. The rock is a 195-foot-high volcanic “plug” made of basalt. While it’s of course no longer a working fort, there are several batteries extant, and you […]
It’s the most charming hotel in Bequia: Sugar Reef, the boutique hotel with just eight rooms on a magical beach in the Grenadines. The property is set on a 65-acre coconut plantation on the edge of a quarter-mile-long beach. It’s a throwback to another era of Caribbean travel — four -poster-beds, stone walls, total privacy. […]
