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This Caribbean Island Has Fewer Than 400 People, Stunning White-Sand Beaches — and a Brand-New Airport 

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It’s one of the most remote, hard-to-reach little islands in the whole region. Or at least it was. Now, a tiny Caribbean island has a huge new future. The Bahamas has officially unveiled a new airport terminal on the island of Mayaguana, a remote outpost with fewer than 400 residents and a reputation for white-sand […]

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The Best Cigar Shop in St Martin

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By Alexander Britell MARIGOT — No matter where you are in the Caribbean (outside of Cuba of course), it’s rarely easy to find great Cuban cigars. That includes most of the region’s top cruise destinations, where, even if you can find a stick that appears to be Cuban, it’s often a fake. Thankfully, there’s an […]

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St Martin Eyes Developer for Major New Marigot Bay Harbour Project

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St Martin has big plans for Marigot Bay Harbour. The French Caribbean tourism hub has launched an international tender for developers looking to enter into an economic investment partnership for a “sustainable tourism project” on the site. The project includes the development of some 21-hectares of reclaimed land, the dredging and excavation of a shipping […]

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This Caribbean Hotel Just Launched Its Own Beer

A new St Lucia beer By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia’s Capella Marigot Bay Resort has teamed with chocolatier Cocao Carib and local beer company Antilia Brewing Company to launch its own beer: Capella’s Moon Bay Chocolate Stout. The beer which is specifically brewed for the resort and its guests, incorporates a great proportion […]


St Martin Eyes Developer for Major New Marigot Bay Harbour Project

One night in the French Caribbean By Alexander Britell MARIGOT —Just the hum of a generator and the distant chirp of a coqui frog. This was low season in Marigot, that forgotten Caribbean capital often overshadowed by its cruise hub neighbor, Philipsburg, and its culinary hub neighbor, Grand Case. It was in this city in St […]

Island Bites: At Sandy's in St Martin, Classic Creole Cooking

Above: Sandy’s Creole Cuisine in Marigot (All photos by CJ) Just at the edge of the ferry terminal in downtown Marigot, St Martin, you’ll find a cluster of tiny eateries. As with almost all of the restaurants in this Caribbean culinary hub, you can’t go wrong at any of them: but for a down-home, delectable […]

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