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The Caribbean is open and in some ways, better than ever! Here are five reasons you need to visit the Caribbean this Summer.

Arawak Bay – The Inn at Salt River allowed me to regain a true feeling of home whenever I'm back in St. Croix

After a 29-year break from one of the wildest annual fetes in the Virgin Islands, I returned home recently to brave the crazy that is the St. Croix St. Patrick's Day Parade two weekends ago.

Every island has its "No Man's Land;" its wild and remote hardscrabble shoreline where few things grow and even fewer people live. Hams Bay, St. Croix is just such a place.

What St. Croix is right now is open for business, especially for uncommon travelers bent on fully immersing themselves in one of the Caribbean's most culturally rich, naturally blessed, and uniquely special islands. 

Upon arriving back on St. Croix in mid-December and making our initial drive north of Frederiksted toward Rainbow, we feared our favorite beach bar might not be there.

Alberto is one of many local St. Croix residents we had the chance to talk to about the state of our home island in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Here's more of what they had to say...

The Fred, St. Croix's bold colors, whimsical fixtures, chic furniture, and modern comforts create as sublime a sensory habitat.

We wondered, before arriving in STX in mid-December, just three months after Hurricane Maria, if the St Croix beaches had rebounded as yet.