USVI’s Bolongo Bay Beach Resort Hoping and Planning for Reopening in Early June
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With the government of the US Virgin Islands extending its “closed to outsiders” date through the end of May, Bolongo Bay Beach Resort, a major hotel on St. Thomas, announced on its Facebook page that it is planning to reopen June 8th. In the post, the message states “The US Virgin Islands has extended our closed dates for visitors through May 31 for now. Bolongo is hoping and planning to open June 8. This date will...
A 16 Minute Stroll on an Empty Palm Beach in Aruba
Tagged: aruba, caribbean, palm beach, travel
If you’ve been to, read about, seen videos or heard stories about the beaches of the Caribbean, then you’ll understand why this video of Aruba’s Palm Beach is so shocking. Chock full of resorts from one end of the beach to the other, Palm Beach is typically crowded while the sun is shining on any given day of the week. With the exception of the early morning hours, tourists, locals, vendors, employees and the like...
Isla Mujeres, Buho’s Beach Bar and the Spot/Swing Seat That Started It All
I’ve been writing articles about beach bars all over the world for over eight years on this blog. Even though I’ve visited countless beach bars during that time and before and imbibed in more rum punches, tings with a sting and margaritas that I care to recall, I can still remember it like it was yesterday when I realized I was going to be spending a lot of time bellied up to beach bars. I don’t recall the exact year (2010 maybe?) but...
St. John, USVI’s Lime Out Floating Bar Announces Closing and Online Petition
Tagged: caribbean, lime out, us virgin islands, usvi
In a post to their Facebook page this morning, the owners of Lime Out, a floating bar located in St. John in the US Virgin Islands, announced that they were closing. The reasons presumably are related to issues with the local government. From their Facebook post: “≪ C L O S E D ≫ Thank you so much for all the love + support! 💚 ∕∕∕ We will be closed for now. We are working closely with the government to come up with a...
St. Martin Currently in Turmoil as General Strike, Lockdown and Protests Erupt
Tagged: caribbean, st. maarten, st. martin
About a year ago, our family was vacationing on the beautiful Caribbean island paradise of St. Maarten, the Dutch side of the two-nation island. Today, unrest is taking over the French side of the island (St. Martin). The troubles appear to have started in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 12th and reportedly are related to lingering issues from Hurricane Irma. The St. Maarten News Facebook page, which has French editors...
Beach Bar Pic of the Week – Hank’s, Anguilla
Tagged: anguilla, beach bar pic of the week, caribbean, hank's beach bar, shoal bay east
Head down to Shoal Bay East in Anguilla and its myriad beach bars and you wouldn’t be to blame if you missed Hank’s. Formerly Mac and Hank’s and currently referred to online as Hank’s, Hank’s Island Carousel, Hank’s Beach Bar, Hank’s Bar and Restaurant and various other iterations, Hank’s sits back a tad bit from the beach, tucked among various foliage that is creeping onto the beach. Maybe that adds to its appeal. It won’t be nearly...
