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Nature and Conservation
October 18th, 2011
Bolongo Bay - the Caribbean's most entertaining beach resort - and Caribbean Travel + Life have partnered to offer an exclusive contest just to CT+L's Facebook fans!
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September 30th, 2011
Caribbean Travel and Life celebrates Aruba in the next installment of our Best of the Caribbean series, airing October 8th....
August 3rd, 2011
You've seen the photos and read the stories, but what's it really like to swim with whale sharks? Caribbean Travel + Life contributor Chanize Thorpe shares an exclusive video clip from her recent snorkeling encounter at the annual Whale Shark Festival in Mexico....
August 4th, 2010
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As an avid Caribbean diver and snorkeler, I've known about the lionfish invasion going on across the region's reefs for quite some time...
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May 25th, 2010
The largest confirmed whale shark measured a whopping 41 feet long and weighed in at 47,000 pounds — just for comparison’s sake, the average 38-foot-long school bus, fully loaded with around 84 teenagers, weighs around 43,000 pounds....
April 21st, 2010
Here's a link to an interesting report on treehugger.com about lionfish, the extravagantly beautiful killer that's a mortal threat to Caribbean reef fish because it has no regional predators....
March 16th, 2010
We were delighted to see "The Cove" win the Oscar for best documentary. It's an exciting movie about a guerilla investigation into shockingly inhumane dolphin "harvesting" practices in Japan, and it also touches on that country's manipulation of Caribbean island nations to gain votes to enable commercial whaling....
January 7th, 2010
Recently, I blogged about Nisbet Plantation's unique video amenities that allow guests to record their vacations for free; But now the boutique resort has added another cool amenity that I think is pretty great for the active set....
December 21st, 2009
On the island of Antigua, Shirley has his Heights, Nelson has his Dockyard, and now Obama has his Mount — radio antenna and all. Last August, in a ceremony brimming with Antiguan pomp and circumstance, Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer made good on his promise to rename his island’s loftiest summit — 1,300-foot Boggy Peak — after the 44th president of the United States....
June 22nd, 2009
Last week in St. John, I took a break from the beach to hike the lovely Reef Bay Trail, one of the most popular in the USVI National Park. It's 2.5 miles downhill (works for me!), and at the end there's beautiful deserted bay and beaches....
