Close Hauled Down the Thorny Path

Brita
Abaco, Bahamas, Boat Living, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Elbow Cay - Hope Town, Virgin Islands

(For the non-sailor readers, there is a band around the direction of the wind in which sailing is not possible; that close to the wind the sails do not catch enough wind to propel the boat forward. If a sailboat

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What Comes Down Must Go Up: Hiking the Caribbean Islands

Brita
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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Las Virgines

Brita
Caribbean, Virgin Islands

We spent an entire month with the Virgins – two weeks with the Spanish, two weeks with the US, and one (legendary) night with the British. The Virgins exceeded my expectations in many ways. Turtles swim around anchorages; deer, donkeys

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