Chris Around The World: Your Guide to Value Luxury Vacations
Unique, chic, boutique: Vacations for Sophisticated Travelers
This is the latest in a series of travel photos inspired by #FriFotos on Twitter. The theme of this week’s Photo Friday is LAKES. The picture above is of Dominica’s Boiling Lake, located in Morne Trois Pitons National Park. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the second largest hot springs in the world. And [...]
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This is the latest of our weekly travel photo series, inspired by #FriFotos on Twitter. This week’s #FriFotos theme is WATERFALLS. In 2006, Chris and I took our first trip together to the island of Dominica, also known as the Nature Island because of its pristine beauty. It’s not a very built-up, and is popular with birders [...]
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This is the latest of our weekly travel photo series, inspired by #FriFotos on Twitter. This week’s #FriFotos theme is PARADISE. It’s been a few years, but Don and I have yet to encounter a destination as relaxing as the 2009 trip that we took to St. Vincent & The Grenadines. While the Caribbean islands [...]
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This is the latest of our weekly travel photo series, inspired by #FriFotos on Twitter. This week’s #FriFoto theme is POOLS. And in terms of sheer luxury, it’s hard to beat the infinity pool at Amanyara, a luxury resort on Providenciales, in Turks & Caicos. Most of the island’s hotels are on Grace Bay, one [...]
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This week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos) theme is HAPPY PLACES. In late 2009, Chris and I traveled to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, my favorite Caribbean destination so far. During our trip, we boarded the Friendship Rose, a 101-ft dual mast schooner for a day of sailing to the Tobago Cays, with the final destination [...]
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Today’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos on Twitter) theme is LUXURY. In January 2009, Chris and I traveled to the Turks and Caicos island of Providenciales, a much needed break from the cold weather on the US East Coast. When we arrived, I realized that for $350 per night accommodations, we were in the Provo slums. Not exactly, [...]
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This week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos) theme is BLUE. Pictured above is a photo taken at dusk, looking out toward Young Island, St. Vincent, West Indies.
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Red habanero peppers, from the Caribbean. Take a bite… I dare you. Photo taken in a restaurant in St John, US Virgin Islands.
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This week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos) theme is WATER. Pictured is a woman looking out over the peaceful water before sunset on the Arabella, a 160 ft. tri-masted tall ship. The Arabella is part of the Windjammers sailing cruise line, and it sails New England in the summer, the Mid-Atlantic region in the fall and the [...]
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By Kelly Goodman, Contributing Writer If you like watching chefs at work (and the popularity of cooking competitions on TV show that many do), then you’d love the Food Fight event at the St. Croix Food and Wine Experience. Two teams, each made up of visiting luminaries and local favorites, competed on the beach to [...]
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