Saturday, April 20, 2013

Top Caribbean “Secret” Destinations

The island of Jamaica doesn’t blend in easily with the rest of the Caribbean archipelago, despite of its location which smack in the Caribbean Sea. It isn’t all just yachts and cruise ports. To be sure, here are some of the regions with countless experiences that don’t get as much press, but deliver unbeatable trips.

Dominica’s Boiling Lake


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One of Dominica’s UNESCO World Heritage site. The 207- foot-wide lake filled with bubbling grayish-blue water is easily viewed in its continuous rolling-boil state – which looks like a giant pot of water cooking and steaming on a stove. It covers a distance of approx. 7 miles from the path village of Laudat. And it’s perfectly scenic hike to complete takes around 3 hours each way.

The ‘Caribbean Pompeis’


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In 1995, when the volcano in the Soufriere Hills shattered high over the small capital of the island of Montserrat, the Plymouth turned into the Pompeii of the Caribbean. In the end all the 11,000 island’s residents relocated. Nowadays, using a 4WD vehicle, visitors can drive along to visit the strange scene of abandoned mansions around Olde Town and get a supernatural view from Garibaldi Hill.

In the meantime, St. Pierre, which was known as the "Paris of the West Indies," was wrecked by an eruption in 1902. Today, ones who visit the St. Pierre can picture the blackened ruins as well as the      800-seat  theater destroyed in 18th century.

Cycling in Guantánamo

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The region consists of the infamous Guantánamo Bay US Naval Base, and also one of the country’s spectacular drives between the Guantánamo and Baracoa- Cuba’s small windswept coastal town right on the eastern tip of the island, which is a great place to relax.

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