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Meeting and getting to experience new corners of the Caribbean with like-minded curious adventurers is among my favorite things about travel blogging.

My entire recent visit to Saba could fall under our "Uncommon Envy" series since I was there for only a few short hours. Biggest regret: missing the hiking.

The short, steep hike to Baie De Petites Cayes, St. Martin is plenty nice... if you wake up early enough to have the trail and the beach all to yourself...

Dominica's Waitukubuli Trail is the Caribbean's ultimate hiking adventure, but you don't have to complete its full 115 miles to enjoy it.

Like nowhere else I've ever been, Trogon Lodge, set amid Costa Rica's mystical Cloud Forest, seemed plucked straight from a fairytale by Mother Nature herself.

Sitting atop Pico Duarte, the tallest peak in the Caribbean, is just one of many awe inspiring West Indian experiences found nowhere else in the world.

The best pools in the Caribbean are natural ones like the tide pools found along the northwestern shores of my home island of St. Croix.

Hiking opportunities may not be plentiful in Providenciales, but the rewards they offer sure are.

There's never enough time to hike all the trails you'll want to try in Dominica, but when you stay at Jungle Bay you can always squeeze in one more...