Category: Travel
Summer in the City: NYC’s Five Best Boutique Hotels
The warm weather makes it a lot more enjoyable to explore New York City, including its prime tourist attractions like Ellis Island, the Empire State Building, High Line, and Central Park. During the summer, the city also offers many free activities, from Shakespeare in the Park to the Fourth of July fireworks. There is no […]
July 5, 2016
The Turks and Caicos Island’s Barrier Reef
The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) are home to the third largest barrier reef in the world. In addition to providing some of the best snorkeling and diving opportunities on the planet, the barrier reef keeps the pristine waters of Grace Bay Beach so clear and blue. It is not surprise that Grace Bay Beach […]
May 2, 2016
The Haitian Mango is in Season
The Haitian mango is in season—early March until the end of May. Mango ice cream does not taste like the mangoes you buy in the grocery store. That’s because the mangoes sold all year in supermarkets come from Ecuador or Peru. The taste of Mango’s memorialized in ice cream is grafted from the Haitian mango, […]
March 14, 2016
Trip Advisor Names Grace Bay World’s Best Beach
The whole world now knows what anyone who has ever been to Turks & Caicos has always known: Grace Bay beach on the island of Providenciales is the number one best beach in the world. While Grace Bay is regularly named one of Trip Advisor’s Travelers’ Choice Beaches, this is the first time it topped […]
February 29, 2016
Grouper Off the Menu in Turks and Caicos to Prevent Overfishing
Even at Mr. Groupers in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) the local restauranteur is forced to serve frozen grouper. For the first time in history, the country has implemented a closed season for the Nassau Grouper. Pursuant to an order from the Turks and Caicos Department of Environment and Maritime Affairs (DEMA), grouper fishing […]
February 8, 2016
The Legacy of Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar
BKS Iyengar, Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja, left his body on August 20, 2014, at the age of 95. Called Guru-ji by the hundreds of thousands who love him, and affectionately nicknamed “Biks” by some practitioners of Iyengar Yoga in America, B.K.S Iyengar is the foremost exponent of Hatha Yoga in the world. Some insist that no […]
August 25, 2014
Trip Advisor Names Grace Bay Beach Second Best in the World
Grace Bay Beach, which runs across the northwest coast of Providenciales, an island in Turks & Caicos, was named by Trip Advisor as the second best beach in the world. Trip Advisor is the largest travel website on the internet. Many seasoned travelers rely on it to plan their vacations. Visitors to the website can […]
April 14, 2014
Providenciales Missionary Elevated To Bishop
Monsignor Peter Baldacchino, affectionately called, “Fr. Peter,” was taking out the trash when Archbishop Wenski called to tell him that he had been elevated to Bishop. “We do everything. We wash the plates, we wash the laundry,” Fr. Peter said as if annoyed by the interruption. “He’s been in the trenches. He’s not a bureaucrat,” […]
March 31, 2014
Caribbean Beer Offer Umbrella Drink Alternative
Let’s talk beer—Caribbean beer! A cold beer in winter might not be much of a treat on a cold March night in New York, but after a day on a hot Carribean beach, cold beer is the next best thing to an umbrella drink. But it needs to be Caribbean beer. Yes, the local Caribbean […]
March 24, 2014
Grapefruit: How the Caribbean Can Help With Your New Year’s Resolution
Feeling cold and cooped indoors during this long, cold winter? Eat a grapefruit. While it is cold, dreary and constantly snowing in the Northeast this winter, it is grapefruit season in the sunny Caribbean. So if you cannot make time to hop on a plane for warmth and sunshine, unleash the heat with a fresh […]
March 3, 2014