This is my list of the top ten honeymoon places, the perfect romantic locations that literally have it all – from great beaches and wonderful hotels to breathtaking scenery and incredible, world-class service.
On your honeymoon, you want a destination that has fewer kids and caters more to adults, specifically, couples. These places below are all exceptionally romantic, providing everything you need for your perfect romantic vacation.
1. Tahiti and Morea
Tahiti is the prototypical South Pacific paradise, with crystal clear turquoise waters, perfect white sand beaches, intimate lagoons, and the ever popular over-water bungalows that make for the perfect honeymoon suite.
2. Kauai, Hawaii
Arguably the most magnificent of the Hawaiian Islands and almost definitely the most romantic, Kauai has the best beaches in the island chain, the most spectacular coastline (the Na Pali Coast), and a handful of world-class resorts.
3. Phuket, Thailand
One of the most breathtakingly beautiful coastal areas anywhere on Earth, Phuket is better know to European travelers but is also growing in popularity with honeymooners from North America, who are drawn by its magnificent beaches and stunningly lush coastline.
4. Banff, Canada
There’s no sunbathing in Banff, but the Canadian Rockies are stunningly beautiful (possibly the most picturesque mountain range on Earth), and nearby Lake Louise is simply a painfully romantic spot. It may not be the tropics, but if are looking to get away from it all amid incredible natural beauty, Banff is the place for you.
5. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
With a wonderful climate, a beautiful, rugged coastline, and some of the best resorts in the world, Cabo is a great place to consider for your honeymoon. Throw in incredible golf courses, great nightlife, and world-class cuisine, and Cabo is simply one of the premiere resort destinations anywhere.
6. St. Lucia
With its lush, soaring volcanic peaks, dense rainforest, secluded beaches, and stunning coastline, St. Lucia is one of the most romantic of the Caribbean islands. Whether you are looking for a top-notch all-inclusive resort or a smaller, cozier hotels, St. Lucia has the perfect place for you.
7. Costa Rica
Increasingly popular with North American vacationers, Costa Rica is a tropical paradise with amazing beaches, great surf, and a wonderful laid back vibe. Not yet overdeveloped, Costa Rica still has that out of the way feel, while its hotels provide great service and wonderful local cuisine.
8. St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
This gets my pick for the most beautiful of the Caribbean Islands. With the most amazing turquoise waters and perfect white sand beaches, St. John is largely covered by a U.S. national park. The couple hotels that are on the island offer world-class service. This place truly is paradise.
9. Bermuda
A short flight from the Northeastern U.S., Bermuda has its own unique feel. The island’s laid back tropical vibe is colored by a strong British colonial influence, from its architecture to its historic sites. Bermuda has great weather, wonderful hotels, and a beautiful coast. A perfect place for a romantic honeymoon.
10. Alaska
Hardly the place most people would think of for a honeymoon, Alaska is stunningly beautiful, peaceful, and has a romance all its own. A great way to see the state is on an Alaskan cruise. You can experience the wonders of Alaska together while celebrating your union from the luxury of a modern cruise liner. For a bit more money, try a small ship cruise – you get fewer entertainment and dining options, but your reward is an up-close look at the natural wonders of Alaska that the two of you will never forget.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
St Lucia Jazz Festival
Every year people fly into the tiny island of St Lucia to go to one of the premier events, the St Lucia Jazz Festival. This article will examine the history, purpose and future of this popular event.
Over the years, the St. Lucia Jazz has become of the must attend events during the year. It takes place in the month of May and it is during that time that the island and patrons are treated to an international flare of artists. The main reason for the creation of the festival was to increase the amount of people who came to the island during the low period in terms of tourist arrivals. Over the years it has gained popularity and it is now of the major events in that region.
The Jazz festival has many different types of artist with the focus on jazz and its offshoots, such as new age jazz and r & b (rhythm and blues). It is here you will find world renowned acts who hail from North America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Each artiste brings something unique to the festival, but they all serve one purpose and that is to bring joy and entertainment to the patrons.
The Jazz festival itself is financed by the St Lucia Tourist Board as well as the government of the island. With the added benefit that this event provides to the island, you will see the government relax fees and taxes during the time. The benefits are ten fold for the island as they are able to promote themselves, as well as leave a lasting impression on the patrons who will associate their memories of St Lucia, with something good.
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Over the years, the St. Lucia Jazz has become of the must attend events during the year. It takes place in the month of May and it is during that time that the island and patrons are treated to an international flare of artists. The main reason for the creation of the festival was to increase the amount of people who came to the island during the low period in terms of tourist arrivals. Over the years it has gained popularity and it is now of the major events in that region.
The Jazz festival has many different types of artist with the focus on jazz and its offshoots, such as new age jazz and r & b (rhythm and blues). It is here you will find world renowned acts who hail from North America, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Each artiste brings something unique to the festival, but they all serve one purpose and that is to bring joy and entertainment to the patrons.
The Jazz festival itself is financed by the St Lucia Tourist Board as well as the government of the island. With the added benefit that this event provides to the island, you will see the government relax fees and taxes during the time. The benefits are ten fold for the island as they are able to promote themselves, as well as leave a lasting impression on the patrons who will associate their memories of St Lucia, with something good.
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Umpires Over Technology – Dinosaurs In 21st Century Cricket
In an era when we read about corporate scandals–including former reputable bank managers, highly respectable pastors and trustworthy politicians– cricket has established a Mount Olympus of virtue: a list of elite umpires in a mythical tower of infallibility. The last time I checked the list of Popes, from their inception by the Cardinal of Bishops in 1099, history could have difficulty assigning the adverb “respectful” to names of corrupt Popes like Pope Pius 111, Pope Fernan Martin V, and Pope Philip Le Bel or “Fair Philip” 1285-1314. Let us not forget that the only non-Muslim male that the Holy Koran cites as an example of Pious living, Isa Ibm Miriam (Jesus son of Mary)–He chose an elite list of 12, and one betrayed him for money.
In St. Lucia years ago, a local bowler missed his chance at fame when he cleaned bowled an English test icon with the first ball. The occasion was a visit from an English touring club. When he asked the umpire afterwards why he called no-ball when his foot was behind the crease, the umpire simply said, “People packed the stadium to see their British test heroes. They can see you bowl anytime.”
Viv Richards, arguably one of the worlds’ most prolific cricketers, was robbed of hundreds or even thousands of runs because of bad decisions-accidental or otherwise. He was so feared that whenever he visited a host country to play, most appeals against him for LBW were granted by the host nations. To minimize accidentally unfavourable decisions–which were frequent during his career– he would take his guard on the leg stump, and then move six inches outside the same leg stump, giving all bowlers full view of his three stumps. His lightning quick reflexes did to balls outside off, what lizards long tongues do to insects outside their reach. When he did that, questionable stumping decisions were the umpires’ next weak areas. In one game I saw, he leaned back to late cut and halted the stroke when he saw the keeper’s snout hanging over his stumps. Had he executed the shot, he would have damaged the keeper. When the keeper caught the ball and knocked down the stumps, Viv was given out stumped. He was, and still is one of the players that believe when you are out, even when the umpire does not think so, you should walk. He not only did that, but as captain of the West Indies, he enshrined that in his players.
That is a far cry from the collective behaviour of successive Australia teams, who have benefited from not-so-subtle umpires’ intimidation and players’ over-reaction. In the second test India vs. Australia, I waited for Andrew Symmonds to walk at least twice during the innings, and was very disappointed when Australia ended with the victory and Andrew ended with 137 not-out-absolutely disgraceful. My simple question is this: if all elite lists of selectees over centuries err, either accidentally or when enticed by large financial rewards, why do officials who administer the game of cricket insist on shoving down our throats the myth that their elite list is beyond error or infiltration-deliberate or accidental?
The last India vs. Australia series is a perfect example why we must rely on modern technology in a game where one bad decision, much more many, can not only influence the outcome of a series, but damage the careers of professionals as well. For years, the cricketing public swallowed hard when umpires erred, sometimes blatantly. However the just concluded test series Australia vs. India, the Indian fans said “enough is enough.” After watching Andrew Symmonds granted two not-out decisions in the same innings, I am not afraid to say so in print “I supported the Indian fans 1000%.”
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
I would have thought that since the Stanford2020 and the Indian 2020 games are modern entities with new rules, they would have replaced the dinosaur-era system of “umpire’s decision final” whether erroneous or not, with electronic monitoring–which they have anyway. Every questionable decision should be referred to the third umpire. A player should have the right to question decisions that could damage his or her career.
In the 2020 format of the game, how can you have men using their eyes only to make split-second decisions when batsmen face youngsters bowling white balls at night at speeds in excess of 100-miles per hour? That is an open invitation for erroneous decisions and they have been happening–often.
In Antigua, one of Cricket’s newest and most exciting forms of the game, Stanford 2020 Cricket was played nightly over three months, to the backdrop of top Caribbean stars, visiting movie stars, and yes-even Eli Manning, who was treated to the rudiments of Baseball’s sister-game. During the Nevis vs. Jamaica game, Nevis had Jamaica struggling in the first five overs. When the umpire failed to give Chris Gayle out L.B.W, the ghost of big island/small island injustice ran on the filed and killed the spirit of the game. Jamaica narrowly won the game. In like manner, the tempo of the Barbados game changed completely with one unfair dismissal going in Barbados’ direction. Not that the outcome would have been any different, but it killed the spirit of the game—similar to what happened with Bucknor’s bumbling during the 2007 World Cup final in Barbados.
In Test Cricket it is even worse. How can you have men in their late 60′s and 70′s using their eyes only to decide the fate of players’ future? It appears to me that the implanting of their autocratic “Elite List” of infallible Mt. Olympians is their way of saying: “we control this game… do as we say or we will not sanction you.” I will predict this much. Within three years, you will either have wholesale rebellion in test cricket, leaving only the shorter 2020 versions (which they do not control) or they must upgrade and use modern technology.
On 12 March-this past month, the ICC sent out a press release to the effect that they have “selected their best 8 cricket umpires in the world.” The new “elite panel” members consist of: Steve Bucknor from the West Indies, Asoka De Silva from Sri lanka, Daryl Harper from Australia, Rudi Koertzen from, South Africa, Dave Orchard from South Africa, David Shepherd from England, Russell Tiffin from Zimbabwe, and Srinivas Venkataraghavan from India. Two umpires from the Elite Panel will stand in all future Test matches and there will be one member standing with a home umpire for One Day Internationals. England’s Peter Willey was invited to become a member of the panel, but after considerable consideration, he declined the invitation. He cited his stringent family commitments as reasons for declining the offer.
Commenting on the appointment of the game’s leading umpires, ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed said that umpiring at the highest level now has to be a full time profession, rather than a part time job. “The eight men chosen to join the Elite Panel are all proven performers at Test level, who command the respect of the captains and players. All Test match captains were asked to make nominations for the Panel on behalf of their teams. These contributions were given serious consideration in making the final choices from the current panel of 20 international umpires.” The other major factor in choosing the Panel were the marks achieved by individual umpires over the past four years. Those are the marks awarded by captains at the end of each Test match, which assess the umpire’s performance against a range of criteria.
According to Malcolm Speed, chairman of the ICC, “Umpiring is one of the toughest tasks in international sport and this panel represents the best decision makers in the game. Their skills will help improve the overall standard of umpiring at international level and set an example for the next generation of top class umpires to follow.” Final selection of the Panel was made jointly by Speed, together with Sunil Gavaskar, Chairman of the ICC’s Cricket Committee-Playing.
My question is still this: why not use modern technology, which they have, if they all agree that decision-making is tough? In Lawn Tennis, any player can request the assistance of technology when a decision is in doubt. However there are restrictions as to how many incorrect challenges you are allowed. Why doesn’t cricket borrow a page out of the lawn tennis manual? I am going to break with tradition. I will keep saying that any system that leaves open the possibility for men to err-regardless how honourable they might be, they will err. I am not implying that any member is shady; I am stating simply that it is impossible for a 21-year old to get every decision correct-much more a man in his declining years. Players’ unions need to refuse to go on any tour unless they have options to appeal questionable decisions. After all, it is their careers at stake.
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In St. Lucia years ago, a local bowler missed his chance at fame when he cleaned bowled an English test icon with the first ball. The occasion was a visit from an English touring club. When he asked the umpire afterwards why he called no-ball when his foot was behind the crease, the umpire simply said, “People packed the stadium to see their British test heroes. They can see you bowl anytime.”
Viv Richards, arguably one of the worlds’ most prolific cricketers, was robbed of hundreds or even thousands of runs because of bad decisions-accidental or otherwise. He was so feared that whenever he visited a host country to play, most appeals against him for LBW were granted by the host nations. To minimize accidentally unfavourable decisions–which were frequent during his career– he would take his guard on the leg stump, and then move six inches outside the same leg stump, giving all bowlers full view of his three stumps. His lightning quick reflexes did to balls outside off, what lizards long tongues do to insects outside their reach. When he did that, questionable stumping decisions were the umpires’ next weak areas. In one game I saw, he leaned back to late cut and halted the stroke when he saw the keeper’s snout hanging over his stumps. Had he executed the shot, he would have damaged the keeper. When the keeper caught the ball and knocked down the stumps, Viv was given out stumped. He was, and still is one of the players that believe when you are out, even when the umpire does not think so, you should walk. He not only did that, but as captain of the West Indies, he enshrined that in his players.
That is a far cry from the collective behaviour of successive Australia teams, who have benefited from not-so-subtle umpires’ intimidation and players’ over-reaction. In the second test India vs. Australia, I waited for Andrew Symmonds to walk at least twice during the innings, and was very disappointed when Australia ended with the victory and Andrew ended with 137 not-out-absolutely disgraceful. My simple question is this: if all elite lists of selectees over centuries err, either accidentally or when enticed by large financial rewards, why do officials who administer the game of cricket insist on shoving down our throats the myth that their elite list is beyond error or infiltration-deliberate or accidental?
The last India vs. Australia series is a perfect example why we must rely on modern technology in a game where one bad decision, much more many, can not only influence the outcome of a series, but damage the careers of professionals as well. For years, the cricketing public swallowed hard when umpires erred, sometimes blatantly. However the just concluded test series Australia vs. India, the Indian fans said “enough is enough.” After watching Andrew Symmonds granted two not-out decisions in the same innings, I am not afraid to say so in print “I supported the Indian fans 1000%.”
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
I would have thought that since the Stanford2020 and the Indian 2020 games are modern entities with new rules, they would have replaced the dinosaur-era system of “umpire’s decision final” whether erroneous or not, with electronic monitoring–which they have anyway. Every questionable decision should be referred to the third umpire. A player should have the right to question decisions that could damage his or her career.
In the 2020 format of the game, how can you have men using their eyes only to make split-second decisions when batsmen face youngsters bowling white balls at night at speeds in excess of 100-miles per hour? That is an open invitation for erroneous decisions and they have been happening–often.
In Antigua, one of Cricket’s newest and most exciting forms of the game, Stanford 2020 Cricket was played nightly over three months, to the backdrop of top Caribbean stars, visiting movie stars, and yes-even Eli Manning, who was treated to the rudiments of Baseball’s sister-game. During the Nevis vs. Jamaica game, Nevis had Jamaica struggling in the first five overs. When the umpire failed to give Chris Gayle out L.B.W, the ghost of big island/small island injustice ran on the filed and killed the spirit of the game. Jamaica narrowly won the game. In like manner, the tempo of the Barbados game changed completely with one unfair dismissal going in Barbados’ direction. Not that the outcome would have been any different, but it killed the spirit of the game—similar to what happened with Bucknor’s bumbling during the 2007 World Cup final in Barbados.
In Test Cricket it is even worse. How can you have men in their late 60′s and 70′s using their eyes only to decide the fate of players’ future? It appears to me that the implanting of their autocratic “Elite List” of infallible Mt. Olympians is their way of saying: “we control this game… do as we say or we will not sanction you.” I will predict this much. Within three years, you will either have wholesale rebellion in test cricket, leaving only the shorter 2020 versions (which they do not control) or they must upgrade and use modern technology.
On 12 March-this past month, the ICC sent out a press release to the effect that they have “selected their best 8 cricket umpires in the world.” The new “elite panel” members consist of: Steve Bucknor from the West Indies, Asoka De Silva from Sri lanka, Daryl Harper from Australia, Rudi Koertzen from, South Africa, Dave Orchard from South Africa, David Shepherd from England, Russell Tiffin from Zimbabwe, and Srinivas Venkataraghavan from India. Two umpires from the Elite Panel will stand in all future Test matches and there will be one member standing with a home umpire for One Day Internationals. England’s Peter Willey was invited to become a member of the panel, but after considerable consideration, he declined the invitation. He cited his stringent family commitments as reasons for declining the offer.
Commenting on the appointment of the game’s leading umpires, ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed said that umpiring at the highest level now has to be a full time profession, rather than a part time job. “The eight men chosen to join the Elite Panel are all proven performers at Test level, who command the respect of the captains and players. All Test match captains were asked to make nominations for the Panel on behalf of their teams. These contributions were given serious consideration in making the final choices from the current panel of 20 international umpires.” The other major factor in choosing the Panel were the marks achieved by individual umpires over the past four years. Those are the marks awarded by captains at the end of each Test match, which assess the umpire’s performance against a range of criteria.
According to Malcolm Speed, chairman of the ICC, “Umpiring is one of the toughest tasks in international sport and this panel represents the best decision makers in the game. Their skills will help improve the overall standard of umpiring at international level and set an example for the next generation of top class umpires to follow.” Final selection of the Panel was made jointly by Speed, together with Sunil Gavaskar, Chairman of the ICC’s Cricket Committee-Playing.
My question is still this: why not use modern technology, which they have, if they all agree that decision-making is tough? In Lawn Tennis, any player can request the assistance of technology when a decision is in doubt. However there are restrictions as to how many incorrect challenges you are allowed. Why doesn’t cricket borrow a page out of the lawn tennis manual? I am going to break with tradition. I will keep saying that any system that leaves open the possibility for men to err-regardless how honourable they might be, they will err. I am not implying that any member is shady; I am stating simply that it is impossible for a 21-year old to get every decision correct-much more a man in his declining years. Players’ unions need to refuse to go on any tour unless they have options to appeal questionable decisions. After all, it is their careers at stake.
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The Romance of Travel
If you asked me what was my most romantic holidays experience, I will answer without hesitation and recall it in every detail: Marigot Bay Hideaway in St. Lucia. You get there ferried across 100 yards of water in a small motor boat. By itself it is a most romantic place, but in this case it was very special. We were on our first trip as a family, my partner and her 2 children. The management upgraded our room to the best honeymoon suite, two rooms with wrap around balcony on the edge of the bay, complements of the management. Cupid smiled on us then.
The boatman ferried us across and guests joked and shared our joy. Cosmos saluted with his fist against his heart, “respect” he said and invited us to sail with him around the bay. We kayaked as a family, snorkelled over the reefs, went sightseeing and stopped at some of the most breathtakingly romantic places on earth.
Places are romantic because of memories. Even simple things like sitting on the sunset terrace of Poinsettia Apartments in Saint Lucia overlooking the lagoon marine in the bay below, the sun setting behind the Golden Apple Tree; an orange dappled silhouette, can become lasting romantic memories.
To me St. Lucia is romantic, made complete by breathtaking scenery, by experience and by memories. Romance is a family sharing a discovery and the joy of being together to bond and explore; a new place, a culture, an experience and ultimately to understand each other and themselves.
Romance is a discovery and maybe discovery is a romance
Ask me which destination is the most Romantic and the answer in different. Travel and Places are by them selves Romantic even without a partner and without a memory. I recall Paris with its coffee shops and quaint streets, exotic names, the river running through the town, museums and art in every building, lovers holding hands, romance on every corner. One can travel to a romantic place and be touched by its sense of romance, partners optional.
“Partners optional” is true for dinner on the moonlight terrace at the Crane Beach in Barbados too, or just siting at a Yacht Club, alone on the beach, as the sun falls behind the yachts moored or anchored awaiting the next romantic adventure with the sea.
Sailing is romantic, the great open sea and sky, a tiny boat lost in oceans of wilderness, brings a sense of awe and connection. Sailing an old-time wooden schooner through the Grenadines in the clear blue Caribbean is romance of nostalgic proportions.
Life is less without Romance. It need not be intimate, but to feel close to another, to love and share is part of being whole. Alone one can reach out and sense romance in a place, a view, a setting, the moon on the ocean, the sun setting, the sun rise, the waves rolling, crickets signing; alone or with a special partner these moments are romantic.
Romance is an adventure, a mystery, exotic, wild, peaceful, tempting, dangerous, exciting and an escape. It is luxurious or unpretentious.
Contrast and extremes enhances the romantic experience. Combining camping with an occasional luxury hotel, gives greater meaning and depth to the romantic adventure.
Romance is a state of mind. Romantic holiday are now family affairs. Holidays to romantic places are as appealing to families, singles, groups, and business as they are to couples and honeymooners. Don’t wait for romance it is waiting for you. Pick up your partner and venture out to romance or just go on your own. A date with yourself is fine, share the moment with yourself, take a trip alone, you don’t even need an attitude to feel the romance of travel.
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The boatman ferried us across and guests joked and shared our joy. Cosmos saluted with his fist against his heart, “respect” he said and invited us to sail with him around the bay. We kayaked as a family, snorkelled over the reefs, went sightseeing and stopped at some of the most breathtakingly romantic places on earth.
Places are romantic because of memories. Even simple things like sitting on the sunset terrace of Poinsettia Apartments in Saint Lucia overlooking the lagoon marine in the bay below, the sun setting behind the Golden Apple Tree; an orange dappled silhouette, can become lasting romantic memories.
To me St. Lucia is romantic, made complete by breathtaking scenery, by experience and by memories. Romance is a family sharing a discovery and the joy of being together to bond and explore; a new place, a culture, an experience and ultimately to understand each other and themselves.
Romance is a discovery and maybe discovery is a romance
Ask me which destination is the most Romantic and the answer in different. Travel and Places are by them selves Romantic even without a partner and without a memory. I recall Paris with its coffee shops and quaint streets, exotic names, the river running through the town, museums and art in every building, lovers holding hands, romance on every corner. One can travel to a romantic place and be touched by its sense of romance, partners optional.
“Partners optional” is true for dinner on the moonlight terrace at the Crane Beach in Barbados too, or just siting at a Yacht Club, alone on the beach, as the sun falls behind the yachts moored or anchored awaiting the next romantic adventure with the sea.
Sailing is romantic, the great open sea and sky, a tiny boat lost in oceans of wilderness, brings a sense of awe and connection. Sailing an old-time wooden schooner through the Grenadines in the clear blue Caribbean is romance of nostalgic proportions.
Life is less without Romance. It need not be intimate, but to feel close to another, to love and share is part of being whole. Alone one can reach out and sense romance in a place, a view, a setting, the moon on the ocean, the sun setting, the sun rise, the waves rolling, crickets signing; alone or with a special partner these moments are romantic.
Romance is an adventure, a mystery, exotic, wild, peaceful, tempting, dangerous, exciting and an escape. It is luxurious or unpretentious.
Contrast and extremes enhances the romantic experience. Combining camping with an occasional luxury hotel, gives greater meaning and depth to the romantic adventure.
Romance is a state of mind. Romantic holiday are now family affairs. Holidays to romantic places are as appealing to families, singles, groups, and business as they are to couples and honeymooners. Don’t wait for romance it is waiting for you. Pick up your partner and venture out to romance or just go on your own. A date with yourself is fine, share the moment with yourself, take a trip alone, you don’t even need an attitude to feel the romance of travel.
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Caribbean Travel and Life
Wondering where to go? In the Caribbean travel and life, that is no big problem. Just scroll down below to find whatever it is you are looking for – balmy weather, clear blue skies, glorious seas, luxurious lodgings, fine food, sports, sights, entertainment, even lazy days for lovers, all under the warmth of the Caribbean sun.
Textual Map
Well, it’s a bit difficult to describe the Caribbean in geographic terms. Just know that the region is actually a group of islands, territories, and countries located just south and east of the Gulf of Mexico and right in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. The following are the islands that are favorite Caribbean travel and life destinations since time immemorial:
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba The Bahamas Belize Barbados Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cancun Cayman Islands Cozumel Cuba Curacao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Guadeloupe Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba and St. Eustatius St. Barthelemy St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia St. Maarten and St. Martin St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Island U.S. Virgin Islands
Activities
There are many exciting activities available to you throughout the Caribbean. In fact, this is one of the reason why Caribbean travel and life is so popular among visiting tourists. Because when you are on the islands, it doesn’t matter who or what you are – the islands always have something to offer for everyone.
Caribbean travel and life offer all-inclusive resorts where you can enjoy everything for a single price. One of the popular places that offer all-inclusive Caribbean travel and life is Sandals, located in the Castries area of the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia.
The resort offers two properties – St. Lucia Regency Golf Resort and Spa, a couples-only resort of over 200 acres of rolling hills and a beautiful half-mile beach, and the Sandals Halcyon, another couples-only resort. Sandals Caribbean travel and life all-inclusive packages are geared towards awesome beaches, a great scuba-diving program, water sports, and fitness centers.
If you like casino gaming, Caribbean travel and life offers you that as well. Head on over to Belize, Puerto Rico, Jamaica where the groovy beats of the island makes for an excellent island-flavored nightlife. Play a game of chance and feel like you’re in Las Vegas as you pit fortunes with the house and maybe win a few chips here and there over a round of roulette. Then quench your thirst with a few glasses of sparklies as you laugh and talk and socialize to your heart’s content.
Besides fun and socializing, Caribbean travel and life also offers you a chance to get closer to nature. The Caribbean offers several eco-tourism where a guide takes you into the deepest rainforest reservoir where you can experience first hand some of the rarest and oldest species of flora and fauna found on earth.
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Travel to St Lucia
Textual Map
Well, it’s a bit difficult to describe the Caribbean in geographic terms. Just know that the region is actually a group of islands, territories, and countries located just south and east of the Gulf of Mexico and right in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. The following are the islands that are favorite Caribbean travel and life destinations since time immemorial:
Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba The Bahamas Belize Barbados Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cancun Cayman Islands Cozumel Cuba Curacao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Guadeloupe Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba and St. Eustatius St. Barthelemy St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia St. Maarten and St. Martin St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Island U.S. Virgin Islands
Activities
There are many exciting activities available to you throughout the Caribbean. In fact, this is one of the reason why Caribbean travel and life is so popular among visiting tourists. Because when you are on the islands, it doesn’t matter who or what you are – the islands always have something to offer for everyone.
Caribbean travel and life offer all-inclusive resorts where you can enjoy everything for a single price. One of the popular places that offer all-inclusive Caribbean travel and life is Sandals, located in the Castries area of the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia.
The resort offers two properties – St. Lucia Regency Golf Resort and Spa, a couples-only resort of over 200 acres of rolling hills and a beautiful half-mile beach, and the Sandals Halcyon, another couples-only resort. Sandals Caribbean travel and life all-inclusive packages are geared towards awesome beaches, a great scuba-diving program, water sports, and fitness centers.
If you like casino gaming, Caribbean travel and life offers you that as well. Head on over to Belize, Puerto Rico, Jamaica where the groovy beats of the island makes for an excellent island-flavored nightlife. Play a game of chance and feel like you’re in Las Vegas as you pit fortunes with the house and maybe win a few chips here and there over a round of roulette. Then quench your thirst with a few glasses of sparklies as you laugh and talk and socialize to your heart’s content.
Besides fun and socializing, Caribbean travel and life also offers you a chance to get closer to nature. The Caribbean offers several eco-tourism where a guide takes you into the deepest rainforest reservoir where you can experience first hand some of the rarest and oldest species of flora and fauna found on earth.
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Island Christmas Vacations – Cruise the Caribbean
One of the most idyllic Christmas vacations has got to be a cruise in the Caribbean. Not only do you get to relax in the middle of the endless ocean but you can also visit a number of Caribbean islands over the course of a week or two. Some packages will offer a seven day cruise with a visit to one island a day. At the end of the cruise, you get to decide which island to stay on for the rest of the vacation. So you sample the delights of a handful of islands and then you get to stay at the best of the lot!
You can decide on the kind of cruise that you want. Some of the ships are huge and are a vacation all by themselves, with great food in amazing restaurants and wave pools and games on deck. Smaller, equally impressive, cruise ships might give the impression that you are on a luxury yacht. The amazing mix of cultures in the Caribbean, from the British to the African, means that you are enjoy every minute that you spend in your island Christmas vacation.
Islands in the Caribbean include:
St. Lucia
Barbados
Punta Cana
Aruba
Jamaica
Grenada
St. Kitts and Nevis
Island Christmas Vacations- Soak up the History of the Canaries
The Canaries are off the African coast. A Spanish territory, their weather is better than most European destinations around Christmas time and islands that include Tenerife feature archaeological sites and natural history museums just in case the weather isn’t as good as it could be.
Warm all year round, the peak season in the Canaries isn’t at Christmas time so you might get a cheap island Christmas vacation there if you search around for a good deal. Even an overcast day in the Canaries is still warm, and with art museums and history aplenty to take in, you’ll never be bored even if the weather isn’t at its very best.
La Laguna and the Teide are both World Heritage Sites, so there’s plenty of culture to be found in the Canaries.
Island Christmas Vacations- Feel the Heat in the Pacific
Fiji is yet another option available to you if you are looking for an island Christmas vacation in the Pacific. There are package deals offering Christmas themed community activities, so you have all the pleasures of living in a thatched hut on a tropical beach while celebrating the Yuletide season in ways you might back home, except with a tropical twist.
If you want a less exotic holiday in the Pacific, why not travel to New Zealand? Summers there are warm but extremely manageable for those who don’t like the heat. The scenery is incredible, with snow capped peaks and vast open plains. Take a hike to a spring or stay at a hotel in one of the small but beautiful cities. It’s attractive to movie directors as a location (the Lord of the Rings trilogy was shot there). Island Christmas vacations there may be more familiar thematically too, as the population celebrates Christmas in a similar vein to both American and European vacationers.
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You can decide on the kind of cruise that you want. Some of the ships are huge and are a vacation all by themselves, with great food in amazing restaurants and wave pools and games on deck. Smaller, equally impressive, cruise ships might give the impression that you are on a luxury yacht. The amazing mix of cultures in the Caribbean, from the British to the African, means that you are enjoy every minute that you spend in your island Christmas vacation.
Islands in the Caribbean include:
St. Lucia
Barbados
Punta Cana
Aruba
Jamaica
Grenada
St. Kitts and Nevis
Island Christmas Vacations- Soak up the History of the Canaries
The Canaries are off the African coast. A Spanish territory, their weather is better than most European destinations around Christmas time and islands that include Tenerife feature archaeological sites and natural history museums just in case the weather isn’t as good as it could be.
Warm all year round, the peak season in the Canaries isn’t at Christmas time so you might get a cheap island Christmas vacation there if you search around for a good deal. Even an overcast day in the Canaries is still warm, and with art museums and history aplenty to take in, you’ll never be bored even if the weather isn’t at its very best.
La Laguna and the Teide are both World Heritage Sites, so there’s plenty of culture to be found in the Canaries.
Island Christmas Vacations- Feel the Heat in the Pacific
Fiji is yet another option available to you if you are looking for an island Christmas vacation in the Pacific. There are package deals offering Christmas themed community activities, so you have all the pleasures of living in a thatched hut on a tropical beach while celebrating the Yuletide season in ways you might back home, except with a tropical twist.
If you want a less exotic holiday in the Pacific, why not travel to New Zealand? Summers there are warm but extremely manageable for those who don’t like the heat. The scenery is incredible, with snow capped peaks and vast open plains. Take a hike to a spring or stay at a hotel in one of the small but beautiful cities. It’s attractive to movie directors as a location (the Lord of the Rings trilogy was shot there). Island Christmas vacations there may be more familiar thematically too, as the population celebrates Christmas in a similar vein to both American and European vacationers.
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Candles and Ritual – The Use of Candles in December Religious Ceremonies
Throughout history candles have figured prominently in religious ceremonies. This becomes especially apparent in December with St. Lucia’s Day, Advent, Hanukkah, Christmas all falling within the month and relying heavily on the symbolic use of candles.
People in Scandinavian countries light candles on St. Lucia’s Day, December 13th, in honor of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, a Fourth Century Christian martyr who brought hope during the dark winter months by carrying food to Christians who had fled into tunnels to escape persecution. St. Lucy (whose name means “light”) wore a crown of candles to light her way.
Advent, which celebrates the coming of the Messiah, begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas; Christians in many countries celebrate Advent by lighting a candle on each of those four Sundays. On each of the first three Sundays a purple candle is lit to represent Hope, Love, and Joy respectively. On the Fourth Sunday a pink candle, symbolizing Peace, is lit, and on Christmas Day a white candle is lit to commemorate the birth of Jesus.
The Christian practice of lighting a candle on Christmas Eve was inspired by the Jewish “Feast of Lights,” or Hanukkah.
Hanukkah is an eight-day ceremony that involves lighting candles in a menorah-a candle holder that holds nine candles, one for each day of Hanukkah, with the ninth being used to light the other eight. Each day of Hanukkah one new candle is lit-one the first day, two the second, three the third, and so on. The ceremony commemorates the rededication of the Temple after the Maccabees won Israel’s independence from the Seleucid monarchy; a lamp that had only enough ritually pure olive oil for one day burned for eight days, giving the victors enough time to secure more oil.
The most recently established of these December holidays is Kwanzaa, celebrated the last week of the year (December 26 to January 1). Ron Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 to give African Americans an alternative to Christmas. The holiday is celebrated primarily in the United States.
Kwanzaa was born out of the Civil Rights movement, but as the turbulent Sixties wound down, so did Kwanzaa’s militant flavor, and it became a holiday for African Americans to celebrate themselves and their history. Participants light seven candles in a special candle holder called a kinara to celebrate the seven principles of kwanza, which focus on building a strong African American community.
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People in Scandinavian countries light candles on St. Lucia’s Day, December 13th, in honor of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, a Fourth Century Christian martyr who brought hope during the dark winter months by carrying food to Christians who had fled into tunnels to escape persecution. St. Lucy (whose name means “light”) wore a crown of candles to light her way.
Advent, which celebrates the coming of the Messiah, begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas; Christians in many countries celebrate Advent by lighting a candle on each of those four Sundays. On each of the first three Sundays a purple candle is lit to represent Hope, Love, and Joy respectively. On the Fourth Sunday a pink candle, symbolizing Peace, is lit, and on Christmas Day a white candle is lit to commemorate the birth of Jesus.
The Christian practice of lighting a candle on Christmas Eve was inspired by the Jewish “Feast of Lights,” or Hanukkah.
Hanukkah is an eight-day ceremony that involves lighting candles in a menorah-a candle holder that holds nine candles, one for each day of Hanukkah, with the ninth being used to light the other eight. Each day of Hanukkah one new candle is lit-one the first day, two the second, three the third, and so on. The ceremony commemorates the rededication of the Temple after the Maccabees won Israel’s independence from the Seleucid monarchy; a lamp that had only enough ritually pure olive oil for one day burned for eight days, giving the victors enough time to secure more oil.
The most recently established of these December holidays is Kwanzaa, celebrated the last week of the year (December 26 to January 1). Ron Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 to give African Americans an alternative to Christmas. The holiday is celebrated primarily in the United States.
Kwanzaa was born out of the Civil Rights movement, but as the turbulent Sixties wound down, so did Kwanzaa’s militant flavor, and it became a holiday for African Americans to celebrate themselves and their history. Participants light seven candles in a special candle holder called a kinara to celebrate the seven principles of kwanza, which focus on building a strong African American community.
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