Barbados

Neptune Three-Year Aged Gold Barbados Rum – the best of Barbados and the UK, and easily the best new rum I sampled in 2018.

Cheap doesn't always mean poor quality when it comes to rum, though. Among the best quality blends I've discovered recently in the budget bin at my local liquor store: The Cane Mill Rum.

Barbados might not seem naughty, but we know better. One taste of the Dirty Barbados cocktail featuring Real McCoy 5 Year Old Rum and you'll understand.

Some photos require very few, if any, accompanying words to inspire an ASAP escape to the Caribbean...

It's still my favorite form of surfing, and not just because I've sucked at the more tradition version we all know and love.

You can drink great rum in many places all across Barbados.

It's a lot easier to get to Barbados these days. For UC readers, it's also a lot more affordable to stay here in style thanks to our friends at Cotton House 2.

For those who simply must always be first, there really is only one best place to ring in the New Year in the Caribbean. That place: Barbados.