White Bay

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Another Day on Jost Van Dyke

 The latest Caribbean Photo of the Week comes from Caribbean Journal reader Raif Hastings, who sent this photo of White Bay taken during a week-long stay at a villa on the island in the British Virgin Islands. “We were really …

VIDEO: A Secret Sandbar in the Bahamas

 There is no one here. And it feels like no one has ever been here. This is White Bay, a secret sandbar off the western coast of Great Exuma in the Bahamas, a beach straight out of a beer commercial, a …

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Opinion

Op-Ed: A New Beginning for Puerto Rico

 By Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz Two years ago last month, Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, ultimately taking more than 3,000 lives. It also exposed the structural vulnerabilities of existing buildings, and further exacerbated the already painful impact of a more than decade-long …

• Editor’s Note: Abaco, Grand Bahama and the Comeback to Come

• Op-Ed: The Future of Dominican Republic Tourism

Rum Journal

Rum Journal: In Puerto Rico, the History of a Little Barrel

 By Alexander Britell He would carry it around in a small wooden barrel, rum in arm, giving tastes to his friends and those who wished to try it. Don Pedro Fernandez, a third-generation sugarcane grower in Puerto Rico, had studied …

• Rum Journal: A Special Rum from Guadeloupe’s Reimonenq

• Rum Journal: A Concerto From Guadeloupe’s Longueteau

Markets

Turks and Caicos Real Estate Keeps Surging

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The real estate market in Turks and Caicos continues to show strong growth, according to a new report from Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty. Sales volume totaled $135 million in the first half of …

• Real Estate Firm Engel & Völkers Expands to Turks and Caicos

• Aruba’s Newest Luxury Real Estate