Photo by: Stuart Westmorland
Table of ContentsNovember 1999 Volume 14 Number 7FEATURES
JUST SAY SPAAAA!Being Pampered, polished and perfumed over and over and over again in a series of tropical dream destinations is not as easy as it sounds. Yeah, right. By Karen T. BartlettALIVE AND KICKING BACK IN THE BAY ISLANDSHurricane Mitch's legacy of destruction has entered island lore, but did Central America's worst storm in 200 years leave Roatán's famed reefs intact? Story and photographs by Bob FrielBARBADOS: BEYOND THE GLITZWhat escapes the eye of the escapist traveler? From an epicenter of Caribbean history and art, a writer ponders the culture question. By Phil TruppBECALMED IN THE BAHAMASIn a world of fast food and fast ferries, an island-bound family learns to stop and smell the fritters. By Bob Morris, photographs by Greg JohnstonDEPARTMENTS
POSTCARDSGAZETTESt. Croix hits the jackpot; the bug that ate Grenada; and how to surf the Caribbean net and capture more color for your vacation photos.DAY TRIPSanto Domingo: Walk the capital of Spain's colonial American empire in the footsteps of Columbus, Cortés, Ponce de León and Sir Francis Drake. By Eileen Robinson SmithACTIVE TRAVELEROn a classic wooden schooner sailing through the U.S. and British Virgins, you can help sail a little or lounge around a lot -- and your next port of call is up to the wind. By M.J. StarkCARIBBEAN LIFEHere a flap, there a flap, flap at Belize's butterfly farms; a tiny T-shirt and sexy poster still raise a stir; and from cracked conch to continental cuisine in big city Bahamas.Bookshelf: Coffee Table CubaTRAVEL DESKCuraçao stakes its claim; Cayman gets down for the millennium; and a guide that will guide you to the right guidebook.CARIBBEAN KITCHENAnguilla's talented chefs are winning awards and personalizing Caribbean cuisine at George's, Pimms, Koal Keel and Palm Court restaurants.ITINERARYMartinique hosts its ninth biannual jazz festival, plus Christmas in the Caribbean: Sandy Claus is coming to town in Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize and the Bahamas.
