PlanetCaribbean: Ice Cream in St Lucia... The Caribbean islands are as different from one another as siblings in a family are. I’m in St Lucia with my husband Greg who’s here on business and I’m loving the jungly landscape, mountainous terrain, and beautiful inlets along the island’s west coast. The people are good-natured...

The Caribbean’s Bequia: Your Hot S... My husband Greg and I are on a Windstar cruise.  My first-ever cruise and there’s nothing like starting at the top.  Alas, there’s something I need to sustain life that this otherwise excellent cruise does not offer:  decent internet connectivity. And so I’m “speaking” to you...

When the U.S. Sneezes, Barbados Gets a C... When the U.S. sneezes, Barbados gets a cold. Well, the U.S. is currently down with the flu.  Does that mean Barbados is headed for the ICU? Right now this minute, if you saw the folks enjoying our pool and beach out back, you’d pronounce the patient healthy.  In fact, this radiant day pulled me out...