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Where to Go Right Now in The Bahamas, From Nassau to Tiny, Under-the-Radar Islands

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The Bahamas is open for business after Hurricane Melissa — and the islands have never been better. From Nassau to San Salvador, flights are running, resorts are open, and the sea is that impossible shade of turquoise that never stops changing color. Travelers are finding the country at its most balanced moment: lively but uncrowded, […]

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The Five Best Ocho Rios Resorts

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Headed to Jamaica? If you’ve already seen the sunset in Negril and soaked up the rays on Doctor’s Cave Beach in Montego Bay, why not spend a few days in Ocho Rios? The north coast hotspot has long been a popular weekend getaway for locals, and staying here means you’re “thisclose” to Jamaica’s two most […]

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The 5 Best Clothing Optional Resorts

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If you want to pack light – and we mean really light – there are a handful of Caribbean resorts where you’ll need little more than sunscreen and flip-flops, and nothing will come between your buns and sun. If that sounds good to you, check out our pick of the best clothing-optional resorts, and then […]

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The Caribbean’s Uninhibited Hotel

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Exploring Hedonism II By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It’s been a long time since I’ve seen so many naked people in one place. Thirty years, to be exact. That’s how long ago, as a fresh-faced student, I lived at Hedonism II during an 11-month-long college internship at the legendary adults-only all-inclusive resort in Negril, […]


The 5 Best Clothing Optional Resorts

Negril, Jamaica’s celebrated beach isn’t really seven miles long; it’s actually closer to six. But for throngs of visitors who’ve been drawn here since the bohemian resort town first became popular in the 1970s, its exact distance is immaterial. What really matters: the soft white sand; warm and clear waters; and the footloose and carefree […]

The 10 Best Caribbean Nude Beaches

Going to a nude beach is something of an art. And while there are nude beaches all over the world, the best nude beaches anywhere are on the sands of the Caribbean. Of course, there are varying degrees of what it means to be au naturel in the Caribbean, from skinny dipping at night to […]

A New Look at Jamaica’s Hedonism II

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor It took two years and approximately seven million dollars, but now Jamaica’s classic clothing-optional all-inclusive resort, Hedonism II, has a new look as one of the premier destinations for nude beaches. Updates to the 35-year-old Negril resort include a redesign of the lobby and the addition of a new […]

How Caribbean Youth Are Turning Digital Content Into a Business

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Role-Models are Essential When you talk with Caribbean youth about the possibilities and hope that working online offers, you have to give them real-life examples to hang their dreams on and help them to understand that it can be done and that others are doing it. So in my […]

Taking Puerto Rican Fashion to New York

Above: Stella Nolasco (All photos by CJ) By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor For the first time, two designers from Puerto Rico showed their spring/summer 2015 collections at New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. CJ recently visited their San Juan ateliers, and since spring now seems to finally have sprung, we couldn’t think of a better time […]

Forbes: Media Freedom in Jamaica

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Media Freedom in Jamaica can be examined from the point of view of the consumers — that is — the reader, the listener, the viewer, or, from the point of view of the content creator and or distributor – The Media House/The Press/The Citizen Journalist. Within the context of […]

Beach Collector: Finding the Perfect Beach in St Barth

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor GOUVERNEUR BEACH, one of 14 beaches on St Barth, is defined more by what it lacks than its attributes. There’s no “beautiful people” scene like you’d find on St Jean or Shell Beach; no shady palms; no food; no water sports concessions; not even changing facilities. Instead, the crescent-shaped […]