The first thing you notice is how small it is. You come in by boat across the North Sound, with the low green shapes of Virgin Gorda and the reef line in the distance, and then Saba Rock appears ahead as a single, compact island with buildings on top of it. No roads. No cars. […]
Yes, there’s one in Brazil. But there’s also a Sugarloaf in the Caribbean called Pain de Sucre, tucked in the heart of the French Caribbean. It takes a 15-minute rocky walk to get here, but when you arrive you find one of the most beautiful little bays in the West Indies, the must-visit beach on […]
Above: a Diablotin By the Caribbean Journal staff The highest mountain in Dominica is called Morne Diablotins. It gets its name from the Diablotin, the “black-capped petrel.” But a Diablotin bird hasn’t nested in Dominica in more than 150 years — or so it’s thought. A new project in Dominica is searching for the rare and […]
Above: Morne Trois Pitons (Photo: Stewart Andrews) This week’s Caribbean Photo of the Week was taken by reader Stewart Andrews of the UNEP World Heritage Site in Dominica, showing the Morne Trois Pitons mountain just after dawn. Morne Trois Pitons is the second-highest peak in Dominica, at 1346 metres. Do you have a Caribbean photo […]
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