Leonardo DiCaprio is buying his own island in the Caribbean. DiCaprio plans to build an environment-friendly resort on the 104-acre Blackadore Caye off the coast of Belize. Blackadore has white sand beaches, rocky outcrops and coconut trees.
The Caye is located between the Belize mainland and Ambergris Caye. A map can be found...
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Archive for June, 2005
Leonardo DiCaprio buys island
Caribbean crime and safe travel
Because of the search for a missing U.S. woman in Aruba, there seems to be an increase in interest in the crime levels of various Caribbean islands. A good place to look before heading anywhere overseas is the U.S. Department of State website. The State Department offers advice about the level of crime in...
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Travel tips from a local
Nadine Wright, of the Jamaica Observer, offers travel tips for island residents planning their own summer Caribbean vacation. Wright suggests Curacao for shopping, Barbados for its affordable hotel gems, the Cayman Islands for watersports, St. Maarten for nude sunbathing, Dominican Republic for the Meringue Festival and Jamaica for its large variety of fun spots.
Here...
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Some Rum
What do you do with all of that rum you brought back from your Caribbean vacation? Here are some ideas from New York Daily News writer Julie Besonen, who recently returned from an island trip to St. Lucia. Besonen interviews Anthony Giglio, author of Cocktails in New York, who says, “The Cuba Libre...
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