Caribbean Unplugged

Hang Ten with Locals

The hardest part of marathon training for me isn’t the 20-mile runs. It’s the week or so before race day known as “the taper,” when suddenly you have to run less and rest more. Rest? Me? A type-A woman in New York City? No chance. So with a race...

A Search for Genuine Jerk in Jamaica

On Saturday mornings all over Kingston, Jamaica, cooks fire up the jerk pans. These characteristic grills—industrial steel-drums- turned-smokers—appear on every street corner. When I asked my taxi driver to find the best jerk chicken en route to...

Relax into Romance

No disrespect to Virginia, but if there’s one place in the world that’s for lovers, it might just be St. Lucia. This thought first crossed
my mind at Sugar Beach, a seaside plantation-turned-resort that’s nestled beneath the Pitons, St. Lucia’s...

Snorkel and Dive with Tropical Fish in the Turks and Caicos

The world’s third-largest coral reef system fringes the Turks and Caicos. The Beach House on Providenciales is the ultimate base for divers. This new 21-suite hotel has partnered with dive operator Big Blue Unlimited. Big Blue can arrange...

Sail a Sloop around the Virgin Islands

Caneel Bay resort arranges day-long charters on sloops through its local partner New Horizons. The boats hop between the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Guests stop to swim in the natural pools at the Baths on Virgin Gorda and have a Painkiller...

Fish for Marlin at the North Drop

The 2-year-old Scrub Island Resort has one of the closest marinas to the North Drop, a famous fishing spot for blue marlin. Half- and full- day fishing charters include a boat, a guide, and equipment. Guests who land a tuna or a marlin can bring...

Dining on the Rocks

When Michelin-star chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten teamed up with the exclusive Eden Rock hotel last October, he created a menu that features sea scallops topped with ponzu sauce, salt-and-pepper lobster, and other globally inspired dishes. He also...

Anguilla's Freshest Seafood

In an all-white, open-air dining room
that spills out onto the sand overlooking Meads Bay, on Anguilla’s west end, Jacala serves just 35 guests a night. Chef Alain Laurent’s French-inspired menu includes dishes such as fennel-spiked conch chowder,...

Go off the Beaten Path in Aruba

My first taste of the Caribbean was not a rummy cocktail or a fried plantain: It was a blast of salty dirt, delivered to my face when I stood up in the back of a Jeep as we rattled up Aruba’s hardscrabble east coast.

My friend Will and I hadn’t...