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In one very special corner of the Caribbean the use of machetes extends to art; an ancient martial art some 225 years old called Tire Machèt.

GREAT ADVICE from the woman who wrote the book on exactly how to find and experience the best of the Dominican Republic.

The Sundowner Music Festival offers much more than the usual series of performances for music lovers to watch.

Constructed in 1891, Devon House remains today as it was back then one of the most stately and revered buildings in all of Jamaica.

My latest Aruba escape to the Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort, the adults-only enclave set on expansive Eagle Beach, was my all-time favorite.

I wasn't sure what to make of her at first glance. After all, she looks like she's got a lot going on in there...

Luxurious Deep Water Cay suggests that the bygone style of parlous male bonding once enjoyed here is gone. This old school fishing lodge says otherwise.

Most people probably see this as little more than a ruin; the sad remains of an old jetty long reclaimed by the sea. Not me.

Of all the quintessential deserted islands in the Caribbean, none are as sweet as Saona... at least to lovers of a certain candy bar, anyway.