Today I’m posting some photos of the Diamant, so people considering an Island Windjammers cruise can see what the boat looks like. The ship is 101 feet long and has six staterooms for passengers. There are quarters for six crew members as well. There are three public areas where people can hang...

I didn’t want to finish my Island Windjammers blog write-ups without mentioning the Diamant’s chef, Philbert, and the meals that he prepared from his small galley kitchen. A native of Gouyave, Grenada, Philbert was one of the more personable crew members aboard the ship. He worked as an...

Island Windjammers runs just one itinerary right now – a round-trip from Grenada through the Grenadines. Luckily, it’s a great one for sailors and beach lovers alike, as the Grenadines are full of lovely areas to snorkel, swim and explore, including the beautiful-beyond-belief Tobago Cays. What...

As I mentioned in my first post about my Island Windjammers cruise, one of my favorite activities on the boat was flinging myself into the water from an old-fashioned rope swing attached to the side of the boat. I was the first to go Tarzan – but others soon jumped in. The crew would even do...

I just got off my Island Windjammers cruise on the Diamant – and honestly, I’m feeling a bit bereft. And it’s not just the unrestored equilibrium in my inner ear that has me off-kilter. The cruise had its high points and its low points (which I’ll detail later), but like any truly...

My internet access has been sketchy at best for the past few days (and will continue to be so throughout the week). I’m on the Diamant, a 101-foot schooner operated by Island Windjammers, on an assignment for CruiseCritic.com.

For those unfamiliar with LIAT Airlines, the Caribbean carrier has a less-than-stellar reputation. Nicknames for its incompetence are legion – Leave Island Anytime, Luggage In Another Town, Lost In between Antigua and Trinidad. Yet the flight prices are cheap and the destinations - LIAT has...

I rarely sit and veg when I’m on vacation. Even if I’m not working, I still feel compelled to see everything that I possibly can, duck into hotels to check out rooms, take notes for future stories, post on my blog.  I can’t help it. It’s the way I’m wired. The Grenadines...

My trip report from St Kitts is up. Going into the trip, I didn’t know much about St. Kitts, other than it – along with sister island Nevis – was the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere. I discoverd that besides being beautfiful, the island has a rich and tragic history rooted...

Five Reasons is a new weekly feature, where I outline the reasons why a destination is hot right now. If you’d like to run Five Reasons in your publication or on your website, contact me at chris@caroundtheworld.com. This week, I’m examining St. Kitts, where I spent four days at the Marriott...