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A must-do list on Tobago for avid Caribbean travelers

Trinidad’s bucket-list bacchanal incorporates a slew of must-do public events. Here’s the skinny on what happens when. 

How much do we love the TCI? From the ritzy resorts on the islands' hub of Providenciales to the deserted sands of quirky outpost Salt Cay and all the beguiling islets in between, here are a few of our favorite things about one of our favorite destinations.

As Cuba slowly opens up to American tourists, now is the time to go for any traveler looking for a trip with a local touch. 

Guatemala has been tapped by National Geographic as a top tourist spot for 2012. Photographer Al Argueta visits this unspoiled slice of modern Maya.

A dozen Caribbean denizens and some top places to see them.

It doesn’t get more relaxed than the boho boondocks of Tulum (a 90-minute drive south of Cancun). Check out these tips to enjoy the ultimate beach-bum hangout.

According to the Maya Calendar, the world will end this year. An unlikely pilgrim resolves to experience Tulum before the it does—or more specifically, before the spell of German pop-up the Papaya Playa Project does. DJs, hipsters, designers, and shamans all share the Mayan shade until May 5th, 2012.

The North Sound of Virgin Gorda is a world unto itself—relaxed and removed, yet accessible, civilized and central to some of the BVI’s must-see locales, including the idyllic isle of Anegada, a quick 14 miles to the north.

I came to the Bitter End with the loose intention of learning how to sail. OK, that’s not entirely true: I arrived on Virgin Gorda with fantastical visions of standing at the helm and hurtling out of the North Sound and into the open sea, squinting heroically into the salt spray and barking orders to first mate Stovall with timber-shivering authority. Trim this! Hoist that! Batten down the other thing! But after damned near sinking a Boston Whaler (a dinghy with the slogan “The Unsinkable Legend”) in two feet of water on my first day, I have grave misgivings.