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The good guide to private islands

MSC Cruises is the latest line to announce it will be building a private Caribbean island for the exclusive use of its passengers. To be named Ocean Cay, it will be launch in December 2017. […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 18 2016
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Destinations

Destination: Caribbean – Jamaica

Lively, captivating and compelling, Jamaica has a spirit all its own. Nearly 90 percent of population is of African descent, and the influence can be felt through Jamaica’s music, food, art and culture. Hailed as the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Caribbean – Dominican Republic

The second largest Caribbean nation, the Dominican Republic sits just off the southeast tip of Cuba and shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. It was settled by the Spanish in 1492 and the capital […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Caribbean – British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands are made up of four main islands; Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke. BVI  was colonised by the Brits in 1672 and remains a British Overseas Territory though, unusually, […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Caribbean – Barbados

Another of the Caribbean’s former British colonies, Barbados gained independence in 1966 and is often popularly known as Little England. Located on the eastern side of Caribbean, Barbados has gorgeous sandy beaches as a the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Caribbean – Bahamas

The Bahamas is an archipelago of nearly 700 islands and more than 2,000 coral reefs. Less than 200 kilometres off the coast Florida, it’s one of the most-visited Caribbean nations and a popular spot for short cruises. […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Caribbean – Aruba

Aruba sits just 18 miles off the northern coast of Venezuela and is one of the six islands that make up the Dutch Caribbean. Unlike many of its sister Caribbean islands, Aruba has an arid climate with […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Caribbean – Antigua & Barbuda

Located between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the twin-island country of Antigua and Barbuda was named by Christopher Columbus in 1493 in honour of Spain’s Virgin of La Antigua. Barbuda means bearded in […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 11 2016
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Destination: Florida & the Gulf

The southeast corner of the United States is the world’s biggest cruise hub. The three busiest ports in the world – Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando – are in the state of Florida and between […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Mar 10 2016
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