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After over 50 cruises, I no longer book sailings to the Bahamas or the rest of the Caribbean. Here's what I choose instead.

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 09:08

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel

A cruise ship sailing on reflective waters through large mountains dotted with trees — I've been on a lot of cruises but some have been more enjoyable than others.
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Travel, freelancer-le, Cruise, Cruises, cruise-ships, Travel, Freelancer

I was born and raised in the Caribbean. People are wrong to reduce it to sun, sea, and sand.

Wed, 08/14/2024 - 06:35

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel

tenille clarke carnival — Tenille Clarke, pictured at Trinidad Carnival earlier this year, was born and raised in the Caribbean.
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Travel, news-uk, Travel, Lifestyle, as-told-to, Caribbean, Canada

Hyatt is set to use modular tiny homes as hotel rooms at a new all-inclusive Caribbean resort — see inside

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 16:57

Tech Insider : Travel

rendering of modular cabin for Hyatt's new resort — Hyatt says it's adding modular hotel room units to its all-inclusive Dreams Curaçao resort in the Caribbean as it continues to see rising demand for all-inclusive vacations.
Hyatt

Travel, Transportation, Hyatt, modular-homes, tiny-homes, all-inclusive-hotels, resorts

Lionfish have invaded the Caribbean. Can we spear and eat enough of them?

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 15:05

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In the span of a few years, lionfish spread from the coast of the US to the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. The invasive species is devastating ecosystems, eating everything in its path.

News, Sustainability, Video, video-format-true-cost, true-cost, invasive-speices, lionfish

A boomer who left the Bay Area to travel around Asia and the Caribbean explains how it's made his life cheaper and more peaceful

Tue, 01/02/2024 - 06:06

Tech Insider : Economy

Steve Lopes and his wife Mila have lived in almost a dozen countries.
Steve Lopes

Real Estate, economy, California, Moving, cost-of-living, Thailand, Caribbean

This Caribbean island was once plagued with rats that destroyed the ecosystem. Now, plant biomass has increased 2,000% thanks to environmental group efforts.

Sun, 10/01/2023 - 19:43

Tech Insider : Travel

A view of Redonda island. — Conservationists have been working to restore native life on the island of Redonda.
Addshore

Science, Travel, Caribbean, island, restoration, antigua-barbuda, insider-news

A $120 million megayacht linked to a Russian billionaire was seized by authorities, and now residents of a small Caribbean nation are paying $28,000-a-week to maintain it, report says

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 08:17

Tech Insider

A 270-foot megayacht is docked in Venice with the city seen behind and one smaller boat passing by — The Alfa Nero docked in Venice.
VWPICS/Nano Calvo/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Transportation, Yachts, Russia, Wealth, Luxury, Caribbean, Tax

A mysterious Arctic shark that can live for 500 years got lost and ended up swimming in the balmy waters of the Caribbean, scientists say

Sun, 09/03/2023 - 07:49

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Greenland_shark — A Greenland shark picture taken at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut, 2007.
Hemming1952/Wikimedia Commons

Science, uk-weekend, news-uk, shark, Science, Biology, nature

Hurricane Idalia Could Be the Most Expensive Climate Disaster of 2023

Fri, 09/01/2023 - 14:30

Gizmodo : Environment

Hurricane Idalia barrelled through several states this week and could be the most expensive climate disaster in the United States this year according to analysts.