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Davidson of Dundee: A Sweet Place in Florida
If you crave sweet treats, youll really enjoy a visit to the candy factory, Davidson of Dundee. Not only do you get to see how the sweet treats are made but get to taste them afterwards. ... Full story
Cracking All-Inclusive Packages to the Caribbean
British Airways offer some fantastic All-Inclusive deals to the Caribbean with savings of up to £80 per person for a week in May or June valid for bookings made by 27th March 2012. Grab them while they're hot - they won't be around for long.......... ... Full story
The Grenadines - guarding paradise from demonic intrigue
Catholic priest guarding paradise from dangers of demonic intrigue - Paradise is his beat: Father Mark is a Catholic priest for some of the most picturesque little islands of the Grenadines. His ministry extends to the Tobago Cays, a group of tiny palm-studded islets lapped by turquoise tides. A heavenly spot indeed, if it weren’t for the devilry threatening the idyll. ... Full story
Guadeloupe - Staying Connected with the Floating Bus Service
Floating bus chases through the waves in low-altitude flight. "In Marie Galante every boy dreams of being a captain one day," says Ary Calme. His grandfather and his father still used to cruise to the mother island Guadeloupe by sailing boat, and his brother is in command of a tanker in the Mediterranean. "And me – well, I actually drive a bus," he adds modestly. Mind you, a bus with a cockpit like in a jet. ... Full story
Setting the course for Caribbean dreams - Grenada and the Grenadines by boat
Are you dreaming of lonely islands and white sandy beaches? - Of cheerful hours in the shade of palm trees? - Of bays surrounded by hills covered in jungle? - Where a boat is waiting for you out on the turquoise blue water? - This is precisely what you’ll find in Grenada and the Grenadines. Well, maybe not right in front of your hotel door.... ... Full story
The Last Paradise Islands of the Caribbean
The last paradise islands: places none of the guidebooks mention! They really do exist: untouched by civilization, with gently swaying palm trees, glistening white beaches and the turquoise-blue sea. Off the north coast of Grenada and in the midst of the Grenadines lie a handful of islands that seem as though they’ve been taken straight from a picture book: each of them a Caribbean dream. But the route to paradise is not easy. ... Full story
Discovering Grenada's Great Gardens
Orchids, ginger and heliconias yield golden fruit for gardeners. Golden times for Grenada’s gardeners: the Spice Island has been harvesting gold medals for its presentations at the famous Chelsea Flower Show for five years in a row. Not surprising: nowhere else in the Caribbean do they grow orchids, anthuria, heliconia and ornamental bananas more gorgeous than the ones here.“Grenada was blessed with rich soil, plentiful rainfall and a tropical climate, which promotes rapid plant and vegetation growth,” says Faye Miller, president of the horticultural society. “Although many on the island are not rich in material things, people make the most of nature’s bounty with well-kept and colourful gardens, which are their pride and joy.” ... Full story
Trinidad's Undiscovered Beaches
Marine researchers reveal Trinidad's most enchanting secrets. The greatest rush is witnessed at dead of night. The visitors loll in the soft sand under swaying palm trees in the pale reflection of the moon on the rippling waves. They’re regulars who return each year – and they’ve been doing so ever since dinosaurs were around. Ocean turtles always knew that Trinidad’s beaches were among the most charming in the Caribbean – and a new book proves they are right. ... Full story
Trinidad unveils Huge Hindu Statue
One of the largest Hindu communities outside India now has a monument of equal size: Trinidad recently received an 85 feet high statue of god Hannuman – the highest beyond the Himalayas. The followers of guru Sri Swamiji had it built to express gratitude to their master - for the realization that the Caribbean island was once situated on the Ganges. ... Full story
Grenada - Where a two-hundred-year-old spirit resides in a bottle..
..of mysterious liquer. The exact recipe is top secret: from nutmeg pulp, citrus fruit from the mountains and Grenada's spices a small family-run business brews the exotic La Grenade liqueur. Yet the most important ingredient is definitely the 200-year-old spirit of legendary Captain Louis de la Grenade… ... Full story
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Huntsville - a touch of southern comfort.
The city of Huntsville, nestled amongst the hills of north Alabama, is certainly not the backwater southern town that I perhaps expected. It manages to combine a delightful historical old-town with a state of the art high-tech modern city built around the U.S. space programme. ... Full story