Waiting for Monday: Volcanic Eruptions in the Caribbean

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Caribbean, Martinique, Montserrat

Montserrat, February 2015   When Jimmy Buffet recorded the lines “I don’t know where I’m a gonna go when the volcano blow,” in Montserrat in 1979, he had no reason to believe that the volcano about which he sang (Soufriere on

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What Comes Down Must Go Up: Hiking the Caribbean Islands

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Caribbean, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Virgin Islands

Our driver in Dominica verbalized the arduous lesson our calves and quads have been schooled in repeatedly over the last year of Caribbean hiking: “What comes down must go up.” Don’t be fooled: Any relief you think you’re getting in

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