I’ll be honest, my first impressions of Barbados were rather bleak.  Compared to other Caribbean islands like St. Lucia and Dominica that set my heart on fire with their rugged terrain and wild mountains, Barbados is extremely flat. So much so

"I think I'm the only person here not affiliated with boats," I say to an Irish sailor on the Caribbean island of Antigua. "You're probably right," he agrees before diving in to a long clarification about the type of boat he

Growing up I most closely associated the Caribbean with cruising. At my high school in Maryland, some of the more fortunate students cruised during spring break, bringing back stories from places like The Bahamas and Cayman Islands. Actually, I’m not