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Sea conditions offshore Grace Bay Beach in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos are generally as calm as they come in the islands, yielding nice, long sessions of ultra-smooth sailing.

While a lot of our trip will be focused on our usual uncommon adventuring, we also plan to explore the state of things in the wake of last summer's destructive hurricanes. Antigua is said to have been largely spared any damage, but sadly the same cannot be said for Barbuda.

The adults-only Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort in Aruba is all about helping couples to get reacquainted with their very best selves.

Sandy Point is pretty big. The pristine white sands here extend for two miles, separating the amazingly azure seas along St. Croix's west end from a protected natural habitat measuring nearly 400 acres in size.

Nature's treasures are rarely top-of-mind when thinking about Aruba. There are simply too many nightclubs, restaurants, swanky resorts, bars, and other party places to distract most who venture here. As elsewhere in the Caribbean, though, Mother Nature most surely shows off in Aruba.

You're kicking back in the Great Room of the Marriott Port-au-Prince admiring the striking collection of Vodou Flags. The bright colors and intricate symbols for the individual Loa mesmerize. You want to learn more about Vodou; to attend a Vodou ceremony in Haiti, but how...?

In various spots around Providenciales, Turks and Caicos you can find local bands, DJ's, and entertainers putting on largely laid back performances appealing to Belongers and visiting party-goers of all ages.

A free resort stay in Aruba is always a good thing. When said resort is the amazing adults-only beachfront wellness Shangri-La that is the Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort... well, in Aruba, it just doesn't get any better.

Few creatures in the Caribbean combine beauty with infamy quite like the brilliantly colored but voracious frangipani worm.