I couldn’t let this week go by without commenting on Jamaica being voted the third-happiest country in the world. According to the authors of the Happy Planet Index, which rates 143 countries, the largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean comes second only to Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in terms of happiness, life expectancy [...]

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From the second I set foot in Tulum I knew I’d be back. It’s a total beach town, just the way you think a beach town should be – lazy, funky, not touristy or overbuilt, with friendly locals and an amazing beach. The kind of beach with sand like flour and so few people that [...]

For a bona fide beach-a-holic like myself, time spent away from the sand on a Caribbean vacation is merely an interlude until my next sandy sojourn. But on my recent trip to St. Kitts I got a chance to check out Brimstone Hill, which it just happens to be one of the forts we covered [...]

It’s a balmy 87 degrees on this beautiful BVI morning, but insistent trade winds are sweeping through the palm-fringed beaches and cooling the warm sandy paths that weave throughout Biras Creek. The sun is out, the water is calm, and it’s just about the prettiest day I’ve seen yet during my week here on Virgin [...]

The first of this year’s Winemakers Dinners kicked off last night at Necker Island, the private BVI estate of billionaire Virgin magnate Sir Richard Branson. While Branson takes residence on Necker throughout the year, the private island also functions as an ultra-exclusive resort and can be experienced for around $51,000 per night – a price [...]

A couple of weeks ago I spent a long weekend at Secrets Maroma Beach on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, and enjoyed an enchanted couple of hours chillaxing in their spa. Cossetted in a plush robe, I sipped herbal tea in the relaxation lounge; frolicked like a 9-year-old beneath the water jets in the hydrotherapy pool; and [...]

Despite the proximity to my home in Florida, the British Virgin Islands are about a 12-hour expedition by commercial air. I learned this the hard way as I zigzagged my way through four airports, two car shuttles and a ferry yesterday trying to get here. But after the long, delay-ridden travel day, I finally arrived [...]

Today, as I sit in my cube on yet another rainy central Florida afternoon, I find myself reminiscing. Casting my mind back to sunnier, happier days. Days spent in this swimming pool at the St. Kitts Marriott, with no computer mouse in my hand, but only a delicious, refreshing happy-hour plastic cup of Carib beer. [...]

I’m off to the British Virgin Islands tomorrow to check out the 2009 Winemakers Dinners event – a series of six- and seven-course food and wine pairings prepared by award-winning chefs and winemakers from around the world. I know, it sounds dreadful, right? But I’m a professional, and I’ll suffer my way through a week [...]