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WRITERS’ THANKSMara VorheesFor local insights, thanks to Ewald Muschenich at Beach House Aruba, as well as excellent staff at Scuba Lodge in Curaçao and Sunset Divers in Cayman. I am especially grateful to Bill and Suzie Mulvey for their wonderfully warm welcome in Bonaire, while Luigi Moxam showed off the very best of Cayman. As always, so much love and gratitude to Jerry Easter and Roy & Ruth Vorhees for making it possible for me to do what I love to do.

Paul ClammerThanks to all my co-authors for their valiant efforts, and destination editor Bailey Freeman for fielding a hundred questions. In Kingston, big thanks to Matthew Smith and Ishtar Govia, to David Scott, Joshua Chamberlain, Annie Paul, and everyone at LifeYard. In Ocho Rios, thanks to Shelly Ann Johnson. In Port Antonio, thanks to Charlene Bryden and Jim Sibthorpe. Grazie to Carla Gullotta in Drapers. At home, thanks and love as always to Robyn, especially for Monkey-wrangling while I was on the road.

Ashley HarrellThanks to: David Roth for hiking Pico Duartewith me. Vince DeGennaro and Grace Tilly for the hospitality. Kevin Raub, Bailey Freeman and Paul Clammer for their help and expertise. Soulouque for the wild ride. Caroline and Kaitlyn for the girl-time. Diane Pellerin for the dancing. Paul Guggenheim for the ideas and company. Sam Luok for existing. Tania Simonet for loving food like I do. Amy Benziger for the truest friendship I’ve ever known. And JC Taillandier, for just everything.

Liza PradoMil gracias to all the locals whose names I never learned but whose help was essential to me. Special thanks to my long lost sanjuanero friend Carlos Rivas, Kathy Gannett in Esperanza and Keishya Salko in Punta Santiago. Thank you to Mom, Dad, Joe, Elyse and Susan for all the kid help, and to Eva and Leo for waiting so patiently to play. And to Gary, my heart, thank you for your support and love; there’s no way I could do what I do without you.

Brendan SainsburyThanks to all my Cuban amigos, many of whom helped me immensely during this research (and have been doing so for years). Special thanks to Carlos Sarmiento, Luis Miguel, Maité & Idolka in Morón, Julio & Elsa Roque, Joel in Matanzas, Beny in Varadero, Ramberto on the Isla de la Juventud, and to my wife Liz and son Kieran for accompanying me on the road.

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Alex EgertonFirstly massive thanks to Chrystabel Sifflet for all the on the ground coordination, also thanks to Tonya Paul, Luc Weevers, Tabiah Regis, and Kent Warren for the island introductions. On the home front thanks as always to Olga Mosquera and Nicholas Kazu.

Anna KaminskiA big thank you to Bailey for entrusting me with half of Jamaica, to fellow scribe Paul and to everyone who helped me along the way. In particular: Richard and Nicole in Falmouth/Santa Cruz/Accompong, Valerie and Leroy in MoBay, Ann and Lisa in Mandeville, Susan in Windsor, Allison in Black River, Captain Dennis in Treasure Beach, the brownie lady in Negril, Nancy and Lindsey in Kingston, and Elise and Darryl for the most memorable meal in Ochi.

Catherine Le NevezMerci mille fois/hartelijk bedankt first and foremost to Julian, and everyone on Anguilla, St Martin/Sint Maarten, St-Barthélemy, Saba, St Eus-tatius and throughout the Caribbean who provided insights, inspiration and great times. Huge thanks too to destination editor Bailey Freeman, my Leeward Islands co-author Andrea Schulte-Peevers and French Antilles co-author Tom Masters, and everyone at LP. As ever, a heartfelt merci encore to my parents, brother, belle-sœur and neveu.

Tom MastersMany thanks to Rosemary Masters, Sylvain Delanoë, Gilbert Wass, Fabien Guyon, Héloïse Duchamp and Michel Brent for their assistance in Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Carolyn McCarthyHeartfelt thanks to those who made my work in Cuba possible: from my host Luis Miguel in Havana to Domingo Cuza in Bayamo, the Muñoz family, Rafael in Camagüey, Nilson and Infotur. Brendan Sainsbury, Diego y Roy: para su ayuda y buenos consejos, no hay suficiente Havana Club en el mundo para compensarles, pero intentamos!

Hugh McNaughtanI’d like to express thanks for the patience and support of Tasmin, Maise and Willa, the top-notch editorial and technical assistance of Bailey and the LP support team, and the kindness and generosity of so many in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos.

Kevin RaubThanks to my wife, Adriana Schmidt Raub, who has to put up with me being gone more than being home (she might like it!). Bailey Freeman,

Ashley Harrell and all my partners-in-crime at LP. On the road, Kim Beddall, Pierre and Monick Rouleau, Terry Baldi, Flora Tours, Paul and Audrey and all at the Dive Academy, Catherine DeLaura, Gill Thomas, Kate Wallace, Mael Moisan, Simon Suarez, Andria Mitsakos and Christina Little.

Andrea Schulte-PeeversI’d like to thank the following people who went the extra mile in helping me with my research (in no particular order): Carol Ann Watson, Tom & Sharie Decherd, Iris Azoulay, Tim Antal, Alan Napier, Val Kempadoo, Lochton Grant, Julian Moore, David Lea, Clover Lea, Sunny Lea, Helen Marden, Troy Dixon and Jessica Foreman.

Polly ThomasThanks to Dexter, Aaron and Soleil Lewis for their patience and love during research; to Lynette, Dale, Gillian, Dean, Sion and all the Lewis clan for fabulous family times; to Skye Hernandez and Mampuru Stollmeyer for putting us up and putting up with us with such love; to Jillian Fourniller for stopping me from being hangry; to Gunda Busch-Harewood for a great road trip; and to Lara and Briony Baden-Semper and Sean Edghill for Port of Spain nightlife re-immersion.

Luke WatersonThank you Aurelio, Juan Julio and his stalwart JCB for rescuing me when my car came off the road and was teetering on the edge of a rather deep ravine. And, welcome as a piña colada on a sultry afternoon, was the assistance of Tamaris, José and Eddie in San Juan, Trevor in Isabela, Lisa in Rincón and Kurt in Jayuya. At LP, gratitude streams across the oceans to co-writer Liza and editor Bailey for helping bring this book together.

Karla ZimmermanThanks to fab pals Lisa Beran and Tamara Rob-inson for patience, good humor and invaluable assistance driving, snorkeling, drinking Painkillers and full moon partying. Thanks most to Eric Markowitz, partner-for-life supremo, who shoveled snow while I sat under palm trees. You top my Best List.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, pp1633–44.Cover photograph: Yacht in Antigua, Aurora Photos / AWL ©s

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THIS BOOKThis 7th edition of Lonely Planet’s Caribbean Islands guidebook was researched and written by Mara Vorhees, Paul Clammer, Alex Egerton, Ashley Harrell, Catherine Le Nevez, Tom Masters, Hugh McNaughtan, Liza Prado, Brendan Sainsbury, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Polly Thomas and Karla Zimmerman. The previous edition was written by Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Jean-Ber-nard Carillet, Nate Cavalieri, Paul Clammer, Michael Gros-berg, Anna Kaminski, Beth

Kohn, Adam Karlin, Tom Mas-ters, Emily Matchar, Brandon Presser, Kevin Raub, Brendan Sainsbury, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Polly Thomas, Luke Waterson and Karla Zimmer-man. This guidebook was produced by the following:Destination Editor Bailey FreemanProduct Editors Tracy Whitmey, Kate MathewsSenior Cartographers Corey Hutchison, Alison LyallBook Designers Michael Buick, Wibowo RusliAssisting Editors Ronan Abayawickrema, William Allen,

Janet Austin, Andrew Bain, Judith Bamber, Imogen Bannister, Michelle Bennett, Andrea Dobbin, Gabrielle Innes, Helen Koehne, Kellie Langdon, Jodie Martire, Kristin Odijk, Charlotte Orr, Chris Pitts, Sarah Reid, Ross Taylor, Saralinda Turner, Simon WilliamsonCover Researcher Naomi ParkerThanks to Bruce Evans, Shona Gray, Liz Heynes, Eliz-abeth Jones, Sandie Kestell, Catherine Naghten, Lauren O’Connell, Rachel Rawling, Amanda Williamson

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Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

AAbacos, the 165-71accommodations 852, see

also individual locations, individual activities

activities 27-30, see also individual locations

adventure sportsAnguilla 89Bahamas, the 176Bonaire 224Dominica 374Dominican Republic

409, 422Puerto Rico 610St-Martin/Sint Maarten

714Trinidad & Tobago 751,

764Turks & Caicos 798

air travel 858-9amusement & theme parks

Anguilla Aqua Park 91Aquaventure Water

Park 156Andros 177-81Anegada 248-51, 555, 554Anguilla 11, 84-98, 85, 11

accommodations 84, 95-6activities 89, 91beaches 87, 90, 91, 93culture 95disabilities, travelers

with 97diving 87, 88electricity 96embassies &

consulates 96emergencies 96festivals & events 93food 84, 96geography 95GLBT travelers 96

highlights 85history 94-5money 96public holidays 96telephone 97time 97tourist information 97tours 86travel seasons 84travel to/from 97travel within 98wildlife 95

Anse de Grande Saline 657-8

Anse de Toiny 655Anse Marcel 717-18Antigua & Barbuda 11, 99-

124, 100-1accommodations 99, 120activities 102-3, 105, 111,

114-15beaches 102, 105, 107,

108, 111, 114, 117, 118children, travel with 120-1cruise-ship travel 123culture 120disabilities, travelers

with 122diving & snorkeling

108, 111electricity 121embassies &

consulates 121food 99, 113, 121geography 120GLBT travelers 121health 121highlights 100-1hiking 110-11history 118-19legal matters 121money 121-2public holidays 122telephone 122time 122tourist information 122tours 102-3, 117

travel seasons 99travel to/from 122-3travel within 123-4volunteering 122wildlife 120

aquariumsCayman Turtle Center 269Discover Atlantis Tour 156

archaeological sitesCentro Ceremonial Indí-

gena de Tibes 615Hato Caves 356

Aruba 12, 125-41, 126accommodations 125,

138-9activities 127, 131, 134,

136-7beaches 130, 131, 133,

135, 136children, travel with 139cruise-ship travel 141culture 138disabilities, travelers with

140-1diving & snorkeling 127,

131, 133, 134, 136-7electricity 139festivals & events 127, 131food 125, 139geography 138GLBT travelers 139health 139highlights 126history 137-8legal matters 139-40money 140public holidays 140telephone 140time 140tourist information 140tours 131, 136-41travel seasons 125travel to/from 141travel within 141volunteering 141wildlife 138

Aruba Resort Area 129-33, 130

BBahamas, the 12, 142-91,

144-5accommodations 142,

186, 187activities 186, see also

individual activitiesbeaches 143, 149-50,

156, 159, 168, 169, 173, 175-6, 177, 184,

boat tours 150, 161, 166, 182

children, travel with 151, 187

cruise-ship travel 189culture 185cycling 173disabilities, travelers

with 189diving & snorkeling 150-1,

157, 160, 166, 170, 172, 173, 178-9, 182, 184

electricity 187embassies &

consulates 188environmental issues 186festivals & events 151, 161,

165, 182fishing 150, 168, 178food 142, 150, 187geography 185-6GLBT travelers 188golf 161health 188highlights 144-5history 184-5legal matters 188money 188public holidays 188sailing & yachting 166,

181, 182surfing 168taxes 188telephone 189time 189tours 150, 156, 161, 181travel seasons 142travel to/from 189-90


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Banda’bou 354-5Baracoa 335-8Barbados 13, 192-217, 193

accommodations 192, 214, 215

activities 194-5, 197-8, 200, 214-5

beaches 197, 199, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211

children, travel with 215cruise-ship travel 216-17culture 212-13disabilities, travelers

with 216diving & snorkeling 195,

197, 205, 207, 208electricity 215emergencies 215environmental issues 214festivals & events 196,

205food 192, 202, 215geography 213-14GLBT travelers 215health 215highlights 193history 212legal matters 215-16money 216public holidays 216scenic drives 210surfing 200, 202-3,

208, 211taxes 216telephone 216time 216tourist information 216tours 194-5, 197-8travel seasons 192travel to/from 216-17travel within 217volunteering 216wildlife 214

Barbuda 115-24, 555, 116bargaining 853baseball 427Basse-Terre

(Guadeloupe) 470Basse-Terre Island

(Guadeloupe) 469-75Basseterre (St Kitts &

Nevis) 664-6, 665

bathrooms 856Bathsheba 210-11Battle of the Saints 378Bávaro 403-9, 404Bayahibe 411beaches 24, see also

individual locations17-Mile-Beach (Palm

Beach) 117Andicuri Beach 135Anse Chastanet 696Anse de Colombier 652Anse de Gouverneur 656Anse de Grande

Saline 657Anse de Tartane 574Anse des Flamands 652Anse Dufour 565Anse La Roche 449Anse l’Etang 574Anse Mamin 696Anse Marcel 717Anse Michel 569Anse Noire 565Apple Bay 238Arashi Beach 133Archer’s Bay 208Baby Beach 136Bahía de Las Águilas 402Baie aux Prunes 713Baie de Pompierre 476Baie Longue 713Baie Nettlé 712Baie Rouge 713Balneario

Escambrón 596Bambarra Beach 807Bath 211Baths, the 241Bathsheba Beach 210Bathway Beach 446Batibou Beach 380Beausejour Bay 447Big Sand 742Bottom Bay 203Brewers Bay (British

Virgin Islands) 237Brewers Bay (US Virgin

Islands) 821Brownes Beach 197, 56Cabbage Beach 156Cable Beach 149-50Cane Bay 841Cane Garden Bay 237Caneel Bay 833Cas Abao 353Cas En Bas 693Cemetery Beach 261-2Chatham Bay 742

Choc Beach 689Churchill Beach &

Fortune Beach 159Cinnamon Bay 833Cockleshell Beach 670Coki Beach 826Cove Bay 91Cow Wreck Bay 248Crane Beach 203Culebra 610-11Cumberland Bay 733Darkwood Beach 108Deep Bay 107Dickenson Bay 105Doctor’s Cave Beach 526Eagle Beach 130, 68Ffryes Beach 108Flash of Beauty 250Fort Bay Beach 102French Leave Beach 177Frigate Bay South 667Gaulding Cay 176Governor’s Beach 261Grace Bay Beach

361, 797, 360Grand Anse 438Grande Anse des Salines

361, 568, 361Grande Riviere

Beach 768Grooms Beach 441Grote Knip 354Half Moon Bay 114Happy Bay 713Hawksbill Bay 107Hawksnest Bay 833Herbert’s Beach 675Hermitage Bay 108Heywoods Beach 207Hibiscus Beach 841Honeymoon Beach 832Hull Bay 822Jabberwock Beach 105Jan Thiel Beach 352Josiah’s Bay 240Jumbie Bay 833Junkanoo Beach 143Kite Beach 417La Toc Beach 689Las Cuevas 766Leinster Bay 833Levera Beach 446Lindquist Beach 826Loblolly Bay Beach 250Long Bay (Antigua &

Barbuda) 114Long Bay (British Virgin

Islands) 238Long Bay Beach 797

Love Beaches 184Lovers Beach 675Lower Bay 737Lower Town Beach 637Macqueripe Beach 763Magazine Beach 441Magens Bay 821Maho Bay 833Malgretoute Beach 696, 7Mambo Beach 352Man of War Bay 785Manchebo Beach 130Maracas Beach 764Matura Beach 769Mayaro Beach 770Meads Bay 90Miami Beach 201Mt Irvine Beach 779Mt Standfast Beach 205Mullins Beach 207Nisbet Beach 675No Name Beach 220Number One Beach 380Oualie Beach 675Palm Beach 131, 12Paradise Cove 164Paynes Bay Beach 204Pebbles Beach 197Petites Cayes 717Pigeon Point 775Pink Sands Beach 173Pinney’s Beach 675Pirate’s Bay 785Plage Anse d’Arlet 565Plage de La Brèche 574Plage de la Caravelle 464Plage de Lorient 655Plage des Raisins Clairs

466Plage des Surfeurs 574Plage du Diamant 564Playa Ancón 323Playa Cabarete 417Playa Caletones 333Playa Caracas 611Playa Carlos Rosario 607Playa Condado 596Playa Encuentro 417Playa Flamenco 607Playa Frontón 412Playa Isla Verde 596Playa La Chiva 611Playa La Plata 611Playa Limón 406Playa Luquillo 606Playa Madama 412Playa Ocean Park 596Playa Rincón 412


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Beach 380Pointe Marin 569Princess Diana

Beach 118Princess Margaret

Beach 735Protestant Cay 836Pumpkin Bluff 806Reduit Beach 689-90Rendezvous Bay

(Anguilla) 91Rendezvous Bay

(Antigua & Barbuda) 111

Rendezvous Bay (Montserrat) 584

Rockley Beach 199Rum Point 272Runaway Bay 105Saline Beach 769Salt Pond Bay 834Saltwhistle Bay 740Sandy Beach

(Barbados) 199Sandy Beach

(St Lucia) 700Sandy Ground 87Sandy Point 278Sans Souci 769Sapphire Beach 826Savannah Bay 243Secret Harbour

Beach 826Seven Mile Beach

(Cayman Islands) 261, 361, 360

Seven Mile Beach (Jamaica) 535

Shark Hole 203Shell Beach 650Shoal Bay East 93, 361Shoal Bay West 91Smuggler’s Cove (British

Virgin Islands) 237Smugglers Cove (St

Lucia) 692South Friar’s Bay 669Spotts Beach 271Spring Bay 241-2Starfish Point 272Stonehaven Bay 779Store Bay 775Sugar Beach 696Sun Bay 611Surfer’s Beach 175-6Tahiti Beach 168Taino Beach 159Treasure Beach 538-40, 17

Trunk Bay 833Twin Bay 739Valley Church Beach 108Vigie Beach 689White Bay 246White House Bay 669Winnifred Beach 524-5

Bequia 734-8Biminis, the 171-3bioluminescence 272birdwatching 365

Antigua & Barbuda 115Bahamas, the 150, 185British Virgin Islands 248Cayman Islands 275,

278, 280Dominica 385St Lucia 694Trinidad & Tobago 767,

770, 771, 772, 779, 789Black River 540-1Blanchisseuse 766Blowing Point 89Blue Curaçao 351blue iguanas 272Blue Mountains 517-18boat tours

Antigua & Barbuda 103Bahamas, the 150, 161,

166, 182Barbados 194-5, 195British Virgin Islands

242, 244, 245Cayman Islands 263Curaçao 353Dominica 378Grenada 447Martinique 562, 565,

569, 574St Kitts & Nevis 664St Lucia 687, 690, 698St Vincent & the

Grenadines 735, 742 St-Barthélemy 650St-Martin/Sint Maarten

710, 714, 718Trinidad & Tobago 772, 784Turks & Caicos 801US Virgin Islands 836-7

boat travel 859Bodden Town 271-2bodysurfing

Dominica 381Bolívar, Simón 289Bolt, Usain 544Bonaire 13, 218-30, 219

accommodations 218, 228

activities 221, 225-6

cruise-ship travel 230disabilities, travelers


221, 226electricity 228festivals & events 221, 224food 218, 225, 228, 229geography 227GLBT travelers 228health 228highlights 219history 227money 228-9public holidays 229taxes 229telephone 229time 229travel seasons 218travel to/from 230travel within 230volunteering 229-30wildlife 227-8

Bosque Estatal de Guánica 616

Bottom, the 629-31Branson, Richard 241,

244, 251Brasso Seco 766-7Bridgetown 194-6, 194-5Brimstone Hill Fortress

553, 552British Virgin Islands 14,

231-58, 232accommodations 231,

254, 255activities 254beaches 237-8, 240, 241,

243, 246, 248, 250birdwatching 248boat tours 242, 244, 245children, travel with 254-5cruise-ship travel 256culture 253disabilities, travelers


242, 245, 251, 254economy 253emergencies 255festivals & events 233,

238, 240, 242fishing 249food 231, 248, 249, 255geography 253GLBT travelers 255highlights 232history 252-3kayaking 245kitesurfing 249

money 255, 256public holidays 256sailing & yachting 257-8surfing 240, 244taxes 256, 257time 256tipping 255tourist information 256travel seasons 231travel to/from 256-7travel within 257-8wildlife 253

Buccoo 778-9budgets 23, 67-9Buen Hombre 418bus travel 859business hours 855, 856,

see also individual locations

CCabarete 416-21Cades Bay 108Caicos Islands 797-808Calibishie 380callaloo 363calypso 551, 786Camagüey 323-6Cane Garden Bay 237-40Canouan 739-40Cap-Haïtien 497-8Carnival 27, 242, 352

Anguilla 93Aruba 127Bonaire 221Curaçao 352Dominican Republic

396, 421Guadeloupe 460Haiti 500Martinique 558Saba 630St Kitts & Nevis 665St Lucia 687St-Barthélemy 650St-Martin/Sint Maarten

709Trinidad & Tobago 758,

761, 22, 28US Virgin Islands 823,

830car rental 860car travel 859-60Carriacou 446-50Castara 780-2Castries 687-9, 688Castro, Fidel 292, 327,

339-40Castro, Raúl 340

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Cat Island 155caves

Animal Flower Cave 208Conch Bar Caves 807Crystal Caves 272Darby Sink Cave 118Gran Caverna de Santo

Tomás 314Great Cave 275Harrison’s Cave 209Hatchet Bay Cave 176Indian Cave 118Los Tres Ojos 396Parque Nacional Los

Haitises 411Cayman Brac 275-7, 277Cayman Brac parrots 275Cayman Islands 14, 259-84,

260accommodations 259,

281, 282beaches 261-2, 272, 278birdwatching 275, 278,

280boat tours 263children, travel with 281-2cruise-ship travel 284culture 280cycling 269, 274, 278, 281disabilities, travelers

with 283-4diving & snorkeling 261,

262, 269, 271, 275, 278, 281, 41


consulates 282emergencies 282fishing 263, 281food 259, 282geography 280GLBT travelers 282health 282highlights 260hiking 273, 275, 46history 279-80kayaking 272, 281kitesurfing 270, 274legal matters 282medical services 282money 283planning 259, 281, 282public holidays 283safety 282taxes 283

telephone283time 283tipping 283travel seasons 259travel to/from 284travel within 284volunteering 284wildlife 280wildlife-watching 264

Cays, the 805cemeteries

Cementerio Santa Ifigenia 327

Jewish Cemetery 637-8Chaguanas 771Chaguaramas 763-4Charlestown 673-5Charlotte Amalie 820-6,

822Charlotteville 785-7children, travel with 74-6

Antigua & Barbuda 120-1Aruba 139Bahamas, the 151, 187Barbados 215British Virgin Islands

254-5Cayman Islands 281-2Curaçao 357Dominica 386Grenada 454Guadeloupe 484-5Martinique 578Saba 633Sint Eustatius 646-7St Kitts & Nevis 680St Lucia 702-3Trinidad & Tobago 790Turks & Caicos 815

chocolate 444, 766-7, 784Christiansted 835-40churches & cathedrals

Catedral de la Habana 290-1

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Baracoa) 336

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Santiago de Cuba) 330

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Cande-laria 324

Catedral de San Juan 596

Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe 614

Catedral Primada de América 392

Cathedral of the Im-maculate Conception (Grenada) 435

Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep-tion (St Lucia) 687

Fortkirche 347Iglesia de Nuestra Señora

de la Merced 324Iglesia Parroquial de la

Santísima Trinidad 319Immaculate Conception

Cathedral 664Mayreau Catholic

Church 740Roseau Cathedral 368Sacred Heart

Church 630St Bartholomew’s Angli-

can Church 650St George’s Anglican

Church (Grenada) 435St George’s Anglican

Church (St Kitts & Nevis) 664

St Mary’s 728St Thomas Anglican

Church 671St Thomas’ Lowland

Church 675William Knibb Memorial

Church 534cigars

Casa del Habano – Hostal Conde de Villanueva 309

Fábrica de Tabacos Constantino Pérez Carrodegua 315-16

Graycliff Cigar Co 147Citadelle, the 498-9cliff jumping 355climate 22, 27-30Cockburn Town 808-12, 22Codrington 115-17Columbus, Christopher

252, 383conch 73, 72consulates 853, see

also individual locationsCoral Bay 834-5Côte des Arcadins 498cricket 788

Antigua & Barbuda 106Barbados 213

Croix des Bouquets 495-6Crop-Over Festival 29-30,

196, 28Crown Point 773-8cruise-ship travel 54-62,


Cruz Bay 829-32Cuba 14, 285-344, 286

accommodations 285, 342, 343

beaches 323, 333business hours 342courses 296cruise-ship travel 344culture 340-1diving & snorkeling 317food 285, 342, 343geography 341-2GLBT travelers 342-3highlights 286history 338money 343music 341planning 285-6safety 343telephone 343-4tours 295-6, 312, 324,

336travel licenses 344travel seasons 285travel to/from 344travel within 344visas 344wildlife 341-2

Culebra 607-10Curaçao 15, 345-59, 346

accommodations 345, 356-7

area codes 358beaches 352, 353, 354boat tours 353budget 357children, travel with 357cruise-ship travel 359culture 356disabilities, travelers

with 358-9diving & snorkeling 354,

355, 357electricity 357emergencies 357festivals 352food 345, 357geography 356GLBT travelers 357health 358highlights 346history 356legal matters 358money 358planning 345, 357public holidays 358religion 356taxes 358telephone 358


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-Etime 358tipping 358travel seasons 345travel to/from 359travel within 359wildlife 356windsurfing 353

currency 22cycling 859

Antigua & Barbuda 102Bahamas, the 173Cayman Islands 269,

274, 278, 281Grenada 441Puerto Rico 610St Kitts & Nevis 676St Lucia 698Trinidad & Tobago 773Turks & Caicos 798US Virgin Islands 841

Ddengue fever 862departure tax 860Deshaies 470-2, 17Diamond Chocolate

Factory 444diarrhea 862Dickenson Bay 105-7disabilities, travelers with 856

Anguilla 97Antigua & Barbuda 122Aruba 140-1Barbados 216Barhamas, the 189Bonaire 229British Virgin Islands 256Cayman Islands 283-4Curaçao 358-9Dominica 387Grenada 456Guadeloupe 486Martinique 580Montserrat 589Puerto Rico 621Saba 635Sint Eustatius 647St Kitts & Nevis 682St Lucia 704St Vincent & the

Grenadines 748 St-Martin/Sint Maarten

723Trinidad & Tobago 792Turks & Caicos 817US Virgin Islands 849

distilleriesAppleton Rum

Estate 544

Cadushy Distillery 224Callwood Rum

Distillery 238Captain Morgan Rum

Distillery 844Cruzan Rum Distillery 844Distillerie Bielle 479-80Distillerie Depaz 571Distillerie PoissonDomaine de Bellevue 480John Watling’s

Distillery 147-8Macoucherie Distillery 377River Antoine Rum

Distillery 445Topper’s Rhum 710Trois-Rivières

Distillery 567diving & snorkeling 24-5,

37-44Anguilla 87, 88Antigua & Barbuda 108Aruba 127, 131, 133, 134,

136-7Bahamas, the 150-1, 157,

160, 166, 170, 172, 173, 178-9, 182, 184

Barbados 195, 197, 205, 207, 208

Bonaire 221, 226British Virgin Islands 236,

242, 245, 251, 254Cayman Islands 261,

262, 269, 271, 275, 278, 281, 41

Cuba 317Curaçao 354, 355, 357Dominica 368-9, 375-6,

377, 378Dominican Republic 405,

412, 415, 418Grenada 435, 438, 441,

442, 447, 450, 41Guadeloupe 473, 476Haiti 498Jamaica 519, 529, 535-6Martinique 563, 564,

566, 567, 572Montserrat 585Puerto Rico 597, 607,

610, 617Saba 624, 626, 631,

633, 43Sint Eustatius 638-9St Kitts & Nevis 664-5,

676St Lucia 690, 697 St Vincent & the

Grenadines 730, 735, 742

St-Barthélemy 650, 656

St-Martin/Sint Maarten 708, 714

Trinidad & Tobago 776, 781, 784, 785

Turks & Caicos 798-800, 807, 809, 811, 815

US Virgin Islands 823, 826, 830, 836, 837, 841, 842

dolphins 801, 364Dominica 15, 366-89, 367


beaches 380birdwatching 385boat tours 378budgets 385, 386children, travel with 386cruise-ship travel 388culture 384disabilities, travelers


368-9, 375-6, 377, 378economy 384ecotourism 386electricity 386embassies &

consulates 386emergencies 386festivals & events 369-70food 366, 386geography 385GLBT travelers 386health 387highlights 367hiking 373, 374, 376, 379,

385-6history 383-4hot springs 373, 375legal matters 386, 387money 387planning 366, 385,

386, 387public holidays 387religion 384taxes 387telephone 387time 387tipping 387tourist information 387travel seasons 366travel to/from 388travel within 388-9volunteering 387whale-watching 368-9,

385wildlife 385

Dominican Republic 16, 390-432, 391


beaches 402, 404-5, 406, 412, 416-17

business hours 429cruise-ship travel 432culture 426-8diving & snorkeling 405,

412, 415, 418embassies &

consulates 429festivals & events 419food 390, 430geography 428-9health 430highlights 391history 424-6internet access 430money 430-1planning 390-1public holidays 431safety 429telephone 431tours 405-6, 415, 419,

422travel seasons 390travel to/from 431-2travel within 432visas 431wildlife 428-9

donkeysAntigua’s Donkey

Sanctuary 114Donkey Sanctuary 135

Dover Beach 200-1Drake, Sir Francis 252driving 359-60Dutch West India Co 356

Eearthquakes (Haiti) 505East End, Anegada (British

Virgin Islands) 250-1East End, Grand Cayman

(Cayman Islands) 273-5East End, Tortola (British

Virgin Islands) 240-1Eastern Antigua 114-15El Yunque 605-6Elbow Cay 167-9Eleuthera 173-7embassies 853, see also

individual locationsEnglish Harbour 110-14, 11Englishman’s Bay 782environmental issues 70-3

Bahamas, the 186Barbados 214St Vincent & the

Grenadines 746-7Trinidad & Tobago 789

878

IND

EX E-G

etiquette 853events, see festivals &

eventsExuma Cays 183Exumas, the 181-3

FFairy Hill 524-5Falmouth 533-4festivals & events 27-30,

see also Carnival, music festivals, regattas, sporting events

Bahamian Music & Heritage Festival 182

Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade 161

Carriacou Carnival 446Carriacou Maroon &

String Band Festival 446

Creole Heritage Month 687

Crop-Over Festival 29-30, 196, 28

Culturama 674Dia di Rincon 224Fête des Cuisinières 461Festival of St-Barth 650full moon parties 238,

240Goat Races 778Holetown Festival 205King’s Day 639Mai de St-Pierre 572New Year’s Day

Junkanoo Parade 161Rastafari Rootzfest 536Regatta Time in

Abaco 165RumBahamas 151Saba Days 630Saba Lobster Fest 630Saba Summer

Festival 630Sea & Learn 630Séu Parade 352Statia Carnival 639Statia Day 639St-Barth Film Festival

658Vincy Mas 730

Felicity 771Fiestas de la Calle San

Sebastián 27Fig Tree Drive 109-10

fishing 47Bahamas, the 150,

168, 178British Virgin Islands 249Cayman Islands 263, 281Jamaica 527Turks & Caicos 800,

809, 815US Virgin Islands 826-7

Five Islands Peninsula 107-8

Flamands 652-3flamingos 248, 353, 25,

365food 363, 853-4, 363-4,


lobster 248, 249Fort Bay 631Fort-de-France 558-61, 559forts & ruins 26

Annaberg Sugar Mill Ruins 833

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park 553, 671-2

Castillo de la Real Fuerza 291

Castillo de los Tres Santos Reyes Magnos del Morro 289

Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca del Morro 327

Château Dubuc 575Citadelle Laferrière

498, 17Dutch Reformed Church

637El Morro 593, 552, 553Folly 523Fort Amsterdam 347Fort Charles 517Fort Charlotte (St Lucia)

687Fort Charlotte (St

Vincent & the Grenadines) 729

Fort de Windt 643Fort Duvernette 729-30Fort Fincastle & the

Queen’s Staircase 149Fort Frederick

(Grenada) 435Fort Frederik (US Virgin

Islands) 842Fort George 435Fort James 102Fort King George 782Fort Louis 711-12Fort Napoléon 475Fort Oranje 637

Fort Shirley 378Fort St-Louis 558Fort Zoutman 127Fortaleza de San Carlos

de la Cabaña 287Fuerte Matachín 336Fuerte San Cristóbal 593Peace Hill 833Statia forts 642St-Pierre 570Synagogue Ruins 637

Frederiksted 842-3free diving 625-6Freeman, Morgan 241Freeport 159-65, 162Friar’s Bay 713-14Friendship Bay 737-8Frigate Bay 666-9frigate birds 120, 555frogs 385fungi music 253Furcy 496-7Fuster, José 296

Gganja 546gardens, see parks &

gardensgay travelers see GLBT

travelersGeorge Town (Bahamas,

the) 181George Town (Cayman

Islands) 261-9, 266Gibara 333GLBT travelers 66, 854

Anguilla 96Antigua & Barbuda 121Aruba 139Bahamas, the 188Barbados 215Bonaire 228British Virgin Islands 255Cayman Islands 282Cuba 342-3Curaçao 357Dominica 386Grenada 455Guadeloupe 485Jamaica 546Martinique 579Montserrat 588Puerto Rico 620Saba 634Sint Eustatius 646-7St Kitts & Nevis 680St Lucia 703St Vincent & the

Grenadines 748

St-Barthélemy 660St-Martin/Sint Maarten

722Trinidad & Tobago 791Turks & Caicos 816US Virgin Islands 848

golfAnguilla 91Antigua & Barbuda 105Bahamas, the 161Dominican Republic 405Guadeloupe 466St Kitts & Nevis 667,

672, 675Gonaïves 499Gosier 463-4Gouyave 444Governor’s Harbour 176-7Grace Bay 361, 360Grand Anse 438-40Grand Bahama 158-65,

160-1Grand Case 714-17Grand Cayman 261-75,

262-3travel to/from 268travel within 269

Grand Cul-de-Sac 656-7Grand Etang Road 443Grand Turk 808-11, 809Grande Anse des Salines

361, 568, 361Grande Riviere 767-8Grande-Terre 459-69Grand-Rivière 573-4Great Guana Cay 170-1Great Harbour 245-6Green Turtle Cay 169-70Greenwood 533Gregory Town 175-6Grenada 16, 433-57, 434


activities 435, 441, 442, 443-4, 447, 454

beaches 438, 441, 446, 447, 449

children, travel with 454cruise-ship travel 456culture 453disabilities, travelers


438, 441, 442, 447, 450, 41


consulates 454emergencies 454festivals & events 446-7


879IN

DEX G

-I food 433, 454geography 453GLBT travelers 455health 455highlights 434hiking 443-4, 449history 451-3money 455people 453public holidays 455taxes 455telephone 455time 455tourist information

455-6tours 440, 447travel seasons 433travel to/from 456travel to St Vincent 448travel within 456-7volunteering 456wildlife 453-4

Grenada Island 434-46Gros Islet 689-92grouper 73, 72Guadeloupe 17, 458-88,


484, 485beaches 464, 468-9,

470, 475-6children, travel with

484-5cruise-ship travel 486culture 484disabilities, travelers


473, 476electricity 485festivals & events 460-1food 458, 485, 486geography 484GLBT travelers 485health 485highlights 459history 462, 483legal matters 485money 485planning 458-9public holidays 485taxes 486telephone 486time 486tours 466, 474travel seasons 458travel to/from 486-7travel within 487-8weather 458

Guevara, Ernesto ‘Che’ 295, 315, 340, 33

Gustavia 650-2

HHaiti 17, 489-508, 490


architecture 493beaches 499business hours 507culture 505-6diving & snorkeling 498earthquakes 505embassies & consulates

506festivals & events 500food 489, 503, 506, 507health 506-7highlights 490hiking 496history 503-4internet access 507money 507planning 489-90public holidays 507safety 491, 506travel seasons 489travel to/from 508travel within 508weather 489

Hamilton, Alexander 839hammerhead sharks 807Hastings 199Havana 287-311, 288-9,

294, 298-9accommodations 296-7,

300-2, 343Centro Habana 292-3,

300-1, 304, 307courses 296drinking & nightlife

306-7entertainment 307-9food 302-6shopping 309sights 287-95tourist information

309-10tours 295-6travel to/from 310travel within 310-11

Hawkins, Jack 252health 861-3, see also

individual locationsinsurance 861vaccinations 861

hepatitis A 862hiking 47-8

Antigua & Barbuda 110, 111Aruba 134Barbados 195Cayman Islands 273,

275, 46Cuba 314, 319, 322-3Dominica 373, 374, 376,

379, 385-6Grenada 443-4, 449Guadeloupe 473Haiti 496Jamaica 517-18, 520, 535Martinique 572Montserrat 585Puerto Rico 608Saba 633Sint Eustatius 643St Kitts & Nevis 672,

675-6, 677St Lucia 694, 697-8St-Martin/Sint Maarten

714St Vincent & the

Grenadines 733, 735Trinidad & Tobago

767, 781Turks & Caicos 807US Virgin Islands 829,

830, 834, 837Hillsborough 447-8historic buildings & sites

Arlington House 207Betty’s Hope 114Bibliothèque

Schoelcher 558Blackbeard’s Castle 821California

Lighthouse 133-4Casa Blanca 595Cheshire Hall 797Christiansted National

Historic Site 836Elbow Reef Lighthouse 168Faro a Colón 393, 395-6Firefly 522Fond Doux Holiday

Plantation 696Fortaleza Ozama 392-3Garrison Savannah

Area 197Government Guesthouse

637Government House

(Nassau) 149Greenwood Great

House 533Gun Hill 209Hotel Nacional 293, 295La Fortaleza 595Martello Tower 117

Nelson’s Dockyard National Park 110-11

Parliament Buildings 194Parroquia de San Juan

Bautista de Remedios 315

Paseo de Martí 293Pedro St James 271Pigeon Island National

Landmark 692Romney Manor 671Rose Hall Great

House 533Sans Souci 498-9Sapodilla Hill 797-8Scotts Head Point 375Shirley Heights 111Slave Huts 225St Nicholas Abbey 209St Thomas

Synagogue 821Sunbury Plantation

House 212Wade’s Green

Plantation 806Wallblake House 86Wallings Dam &

Reservoir 109-10Wingfield Estate St

Kitts 671hitchhiking 860Holetown 205-6honeymoons 63-6horseback riding

Anguilla 91Antigua & Barbuda 111Aruba 135, 136Barbados 209Bonaire 225Cayman Islands 269, 270Cuba 314, 319Jamaica 519St Kitts & Nevis 675St Lucia 693, 700St-Martin/Sint Maarten

710Trinidad & Tobago 775, 778US Virgin Islands 844

hot springsBath Hot Spring 674Soufriere Sulfur Springs

375Sulphur Springs 696Wotten Waven 373

Hurricane Ivan 279

Iiguanas 250, 272, 365, 364Île-à-Vache 502, 553Îlet Pinel 717

880

IND

EX I-M

insurance 854internet access 854internet resources 23Island Harbour 94itineraries 31-6, 53

JJack Boy Hill 584Jacmel 499-501Jamaica 17, 509-49, 510


beaches 519, 523, 524-5, 526, 538-9

business hours 545cruise-ship travel 548culture 542-4drinks 544diving & snorkeling 519,

529, 535-6embassies & consulates

546emergencies 546festivals & events 529,

536, 539food 509, 521, 537, 547geography 544GLBT travelers 546health 546-7highlights 510history 541-2legal matters 547money 547planning 509-10public holidays 547safety 532, 538, 546telephone 547tours 513-14, 519, 534,

539travel seasons 509travel to/from 547-8travel within 548-9wildlife 545

Jarabacoa 422-4Jérémie 503jerk 363, 362Jolly Harbour 108-9Jost Van Dyke 245-8

KKabic 501-2Kalinago people 382,

383, 384Kalinago Territory 382-3

kayaking 48-9Antigua & Barbuda 115Aruba 137Bonaire 226British Virgin Islands 245Cayman Islands 272, 281Guadeloupe 473Martinique 565, 569Puerto Rico 607-8, 610Trinidad & Tobago 763-4,

775US Virgin Islands 823,

827, 829-30, 833, 834, 841

Kingston 511-17, 512, 516accommodations 514activities 513drinking & nightlife 515food 514-15sights 511-13tourist information 516tours 513-14travel to/within 516-17

Kingstown 728-32, 730kitesurfing 49

Antigua & Barbuda 105, 114-15

Aruba 134, 136Barbados 202-3Bonaire 226British Virgin Islands 249Cayman Islands 270, 274Dominican Republic

414-15, 417, 418Haiti 501Martinique 569Puerto Rico 597St Lucia 693, 700St Vincent & the Gren-

adines 742St-Barthélemy 656Turks & Caicos 800-1

Klein Curaçao 355Kralendijk 220-3, 220

LLa Désirade 482-3La Sagesse Bay 443La Vega 421Lac Bay 226lakes

Boeri Lake 374Boiling Lake 373Freshwater Lake 374

Lance aux Épines 442-3languages 22, 864Las Galeras 412-13Las Terrenas 413-16, 414Le Diamant 564

Le Moule 468Leeward Coast 779-80Leeward Hwy 732-3legal matters 854, see

also individual locationsLes Anses d’Arlet 565-7Les Cayes 502Les Saintes 475-9 lesbian travelers, see GLBT

travelerslighthouses

Californai Lighthouse 133-4

Elbow Reef Lighthouse 168

Galera Point 769Grand Turk Lighthouse

810liming 674Little Cayman 277-9, 555,

276, 554Little Harbour 247-8lobster 248, 249Long Island 183-4Lorient 655-6Lower Bay 737Lucaya 159-65, 163Luquillo 606-7

MMan O’ War Cay 171manchineel trees 854Mangrove Cay 180-1Maracas Bay 764-6Marie-Galante 479-82Marigot (Dominica) 381-2Marigot (St-Martin/Sint

Maarten) 711-13Marigot Bay 361, 694-5,

360marine parks

Bloody Bay Marine Park 278

Bonaire National Marine Park 222

Buccoo Reef 773-5Folkestone Marine

Park 205Northwest Point Marine

National Park 800Tobago Cays Marine

Park 741markets

Floating Market 347Marshe di Artesania 348Old Market 368Produce Market

(Marigot) 712Public Market

(Antigua) 102

Public Market (Kingstown) 728

St George’s Market Square 435

Marley, Bob 519, 543, 551museums 511Trench Town Culture

Yard 513Marsh Harbour 166-7Martí, José 293, 327Martinique 18, 556-81, 557


activities 562, 564, 565-6, 569, 572, 574

beaches 564, 565, 568, 569, 574

children, travel with 578culture 577disabilities, travelers


564, 566, 567, 572electricity 578festivals & events 558,

562, 572food 556, 578-9geography 578GLBT travelers 579highlights 557hiking 572history 576-7legal matters 579money 579people 577public holidays 579surfing 575taxes 579telephone 579time 579tourist information

579-80tours 558, 562-3, 569travel seasons 556travel to/from 580travel within 580-1wildlife 578

Martin’s Bay 211Mary’s Point 631Mayreau 555, 740-1, 554McLean’s Town 159Meads Bay 90-1medical services 861merengue 551Mero 377Middle Caicos 807-8mofongo 363, 362Molê Saint-Nicolas 501money 22, 23, 854-5, see

also individual locations


881IN

DEX M

Montbars, Daniel 657Montego Bay 526-33, 528

accommodations 529-30activities 527-9drinking & nightlife 531festivals & events 529food 530-1safety 532shopping 531-2sights 526-7travel to/from 532travel within 532-3

Montserrat 582-90, 583accommodations 582,

585-6, 587-8beaches 584children, travel with 588culture 587diving & snorkeling 585electricity 588food 582, 586-7, 588geography 587GLBT travelers 588health 588highlights 583legal matters 588money 588-9public holidays 589safety 588taxes 589telephone 589time 589tourist information 587tours 585travel seasons 582travel to/from 589travel within 589-90volunteering 589weather 582wildlife 587

monumentsAnse Cafard Slave

Memorial 564Birth of the New World

Statue 604Leaper’s Hill 445Pearl Airfield 445Wreck of the 10 Sail

Monument 274Morne Rouge Bay 440-1motorcycle travel 859Mount St Benedict

Monastery 763mountain chicken 385Mt Obama 108Mudjin Harbor 807museums

1780 Lower Estate Sugar Works Museum 233

Albert Lowe Museum 169-70

Amazing Grace Experience 672

Amerindian Museum 787Aruba Archaeological

Museum 127Barbados Museum 197Bob Marley Museum 511Casa de Arte Jover 323Casa del Cacao 336Cayman National

Museum 261Centre de Découverte

des Sciences de la Terre 571

Chaguaramas Military History & Aerospace Museum 763

Cricket Legends of Barbados 197

Cuartel Moncada 327Curaçao Maritime

Museum 347Curaçao Museum 348Devon House 511Dominica Museum 368Doongalik Studios 149Dutch Museum 624Edgar Clerc Archaeologi-

cal Museum 468Estate Whim Plantation

Museum 843-4Gallery Alma Blou 347George Washington

House 197Grenada National

Museum 435Harry L Johnson

Museum 624Heritage Collection

Museum 86Hilltop Coffee House &

Family Center 584Horatio Nelson

Museum 674Indian Caribbean

Museum 771Institute of Jamaica 513Jewish Cultural-

Historical Museum 347

Kimme’s Sculpture Museum 779

Larimar Museum 393Liberty Hall 513Little Cayman

Museum 277Maison de la Canne 562Maison du Cacao 474Mangazina di Rei 224Mémorial ACTe 460

Montserrat Volcano Observatory 584

Musée de la Pagerie 562Musée de Saint Martin

Antilles 712Musée des Coquillages

et de la Mer 564Musée du Panthéon

National 491Musée du Rhum 474Musée St-John

Perse 460Musée Volcanologique et

Historique 570Museo Alcázar de

Colón 392Museo Arqueológico ‘La

Cueva del Paraíso’ 336Museo Casa Natal de

Ignacio Agramonte 324

Museo de Ambiente Histórico Cubano 330

Museo de Arte Cubano Contemporáneo 322

Museo de Arte de Ponce 613

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico 596

Museo de Artes Decorativas 316

Museo de Comandancia del Che 287

Museo de Fortificaciones y Armas 287

Museo de la Ciudad 290Museo de la Lucha

Clandestina 330Museo de la

Revolución 292-3Museo de las

Américas 593Museo de las Casas

Reales 393Museo de San Juan 595Museo del Niño de

Carolina 596Museo Histórico Munic-

ipal 319Museo Memorial de la

Resistencia Dominicana 393

Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau 330

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes 292

Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos 319

Museo Napoleónico 293Museo Provincial Ignacio

Agramonte 323-4Museo Romántico 319

Museo Tula 356Museo-Casa Natal de

José Martí 292Museum Kura

Hulanda 347Museum of Antigua &

Barbuda 102Museum of Nevis

History 673-4National Art Gallery of

the Bahamas 147National Gallery of

Jamaica 511-12National Gallery of the

Cayman Islands 261National Museum & Art

Gallery 752National Museum of

Montserrat 584National Museum (St

Kitts & Nevis) 664National Museum

West 526Nevisian Heritage

Village 677Nidhe Israel

Museum 194North Shore Shell

Museum 238Pirates of Nassau 146-7Savonet Museum 354-5Sint Eustatius

Museum 637Sint Maarten

Museum 708Terramar Museum 220That Yoda Guy

Museum 708Tobago Museum 782Underwater Sculpture

Park 435Wyannie Malone

Museum 168mushrooms, psychoactive

253music 24, 551

Barbados 213calypso 551, 786chutney 786fungi music 253goombay 185rake ‘n’ scrape 185soca 786steel pan 786Trinidad & Tobago 786

music festivalsDominican Jazz

Festival 419Livin in the Sun 88Moonsplash 91Red Stripe Reggae

Sumfest 529

882

IND

EX M-P

Soul Beach Music Festival 131

St Lucia Jazz Festival 687

St Kitts Music Festival 665

St-Barth Music Festival 658

World Creole Music Festival 369-70

Mustique 738-9

NNassau 143-55, 148, 152-3Necker Island 251Negril 534-8Nevis 673-8Nevis Heritage Trail 677New Providence 143-58,

146-7nightlife 26North Caicos 805-7North Side 272-3North Sound 243-5national parks & nature

reservesAbaco National Park 167Bahía Mosquito 610Barkers National Park 269Blue Holes National

Park 179Brimstone Hill Fortress

553, 552Buck Island Reef Na-

tional Monument 840Cabrits National Park 378Caledonia Rain

Forest 845Chalk Sound National

Park 797Christoffel National

Park 354Clifton Heritage National

Park 158Columbus Landfall

National Park 811Copper Mine National

Park 242Domaine de

l’Émeraude 571East Bay Islands

Reserve 806El Yunque National

Forest 605Farley Hill National

Park 209Flamingo Pond 248

Fountain Cavern National Park 93

Gorda Peak National Park 243

Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin 474

Grand Etang National Park 443

La Sagesse Nature Centre 443

Lucayan National Park 165

Millet Bird Sanctuary 694

Montego Bay Marine Park & Bogue Lagoon 526-7

Morne Trois Pitons National Park 373-5, 379

Ojos Indígenas Ecological Park & Reserve 405

Parc National de la Guadeloupe 471

Parc National la Visite 496

Quill National Park 643Réserve Cousteau 473Sage Mountain National

Park 238Salt Island 251Salt River Bay National

Historic Park 841Shete Boka National

Park 354Three Mary Cays 806Two Foot Bay National

Park 118Vieques National Wildlife

Refuge 610Virgin Islands National

Park 829Washington-Slagbaai

National Park 224West Side National

Park 179

OObservatorio de Arecibo

604-5Ocho Rios 518-22Oistins 201-2Old San Juan 553opening hours 855, 856,


Oranjestad (Aruba) 127-9, 128

Oranjestad (Sint Eustatius) 637-42, 640, 19

Orient Beach 718-19

Out Islands (Bahamas, the) 165-84

Out Islands (British Virgin Islands) 251-2

Oyster Pond 719-20

PPagua Bay 381-2Palm Island 744panyards 761Paradise Island 155-7parks & gardens, see also

national parks & nature reserves

Andromeda Botanic Gardens 210

Ardastra Gardens, Zoo & Conservation Center 149

Baths, the 241Bonaire Botanical

Garden 224Botanic Gardens

(Dominica) 368Botanical Gardens (Port

of Spain) 752Botanical Gardens

(Scarborough) 782Botanical Gardens of

Nevis 677Camerhogne Park 438Diamond Falls Botanical

Gardens & Mineral Baths 696

Emancipation Garden 820

Flower Forest 209Garden of the Groves

159-60Huntes Gardens 209Jardín Botánico Nacional

396Jardin de Balata 560JR O’Neal Botanic

Gardens 233La Savane 558Mamiku Gardens 694Miriam Schmidt Botani-

cal Gardens 643Parque Central 293Parque Natural

Majayara 336Queen Elizabeth II

Botanic Park 272Queen’s Park Savannah

752St George Village

Botanical Garden 844St Vincent Botanic

Gardens 728Waterfront Park 753Welchman Hall Gully 209

William Grant Park 512-13

Woodford Square 753parrots 275Paseo de la Princesa

593, 57passports 858Paynes Bay 204-5Península de Samaná

409-16Petit Martinique 450-1Petit St Vincent 744-5Philip 203-4Philipsburg 708-9Pic Paradis 714Pico Duarte 423Pigeon Island

(Guadeloupe) 472-4Pigeon Island (St Lucia)

692Pirates of the Caribbean

380, 384, 553, 733Pitons, the 695-700Plage de Malendure 472-4planning

budgeting 22-3, 67-9calendar of events 27-30Caribbean Islands basics

22-3children 74-6cruise-ship travel 54-62diving & snorkeling

37-44environmental issues

70-3internet resources 22-3island-hopping 50-3itineraries 31-6, 53outdoors 45-9sustainable travel 70-3travel seasons 22-3, 27-30weddings & honeymoons

24, 63-6Point Salines 441-2Point Udall 840-1Pointe-à-Pitre 460-3, 461Ponce 613-16, 614Port Antonio 523-4Port Elizabeth 735-7Port of Spain 752-63,

754-5Port Royal 517, 553, 553Port Salut 502-3Port-au-Prince 491-5, 492Portsmouth 377-9Presqu’île de

Caravelle 574-6Prickly Pear Cays 88Providenciales 797-805,

798-9


883IN

DEX P

-SPuerto Rico 18, 591-622,

592accommodations 591, 620activities 596-7, 620beaches 596, 606, 607,

610-11business hours 621children, travel with 601cruise-ship travel 622culture 619disabilities, travelers

with 621electricity 620embassies &

consulates 620emergencies 620-2festivals & events 597-8food 591, 620, 621geography 619GLBT travelers 620health 620highlights 592history 618-19money 620-1planning 591public holidays 621telephone 621time 621tipping 621tourist information 621tours 597travel seasons 591travel to/from 622travel within 622visas 621wi-fi 620

Punta Cana 403-9, 404

QQueen Elizabeth II 253

RRastafarianism 542, 543

Indigenous Rastafarian Village 527

Red Hook 826-8regattas 233

Bahamas, the 165Grenada 446Sint Eustatius 639St Vincent & the

Grenadines 734St-Martin/Sint Maarten

710US Virgin Islands 827

reggae 543, 551Bob Marley Museum 511Red Stripe Reggae

Sumfest 529

Trench Town Culture Yard 513

Remedios 315Rhys, Jean 384Rincón 616-18Rio Grande Valley 525-6road rules 860Road Town 233-6, 234Rockley 199Rodney Bay 689-92romance 24, 63-6Rose Hall 533Roseau 368-72, 369Roseau Valley 372-3Route de Kenscoff 496Route de la Trace 571rum 198, see also

distilleriesRuta Panoramica 417

SSaba 18, 623-35, 625

accommodations 623, 632-3

activities 624, 633children, travel with 633courses 624culture 632disabilities, travelers


626, 631, 633, 43electricity 633festivals & events 630food 623, 634geography 632GLBT travelers 634health 634highlights 625hiking 633history 631-2legal matters 634money 634people 632public holidays 634telephone 634time 634tourist information 634-5tours 624travel seasons 623travel to/from 635travel within 635volunteering 635wildlife 632

sailing & yachting Bahamas, the 166,

181, 182British Virgin Islands

257-8

Dominican Republic 418Grenada 435Guadeloupe 460, 466,

474Jamaica 527St Lucia 690St Vincent & the

Grenadines 742Turks & Caicos 801

Salisbury 377salsa 551, 551Salt Cay 811-12Samaná 409-12San Fernando 772San Juan 593-604, 594,

598-9, 18 accommodations

598-600activities 596-622beaches 596drinking & nightlife

602-22entertainment 602festivals & events 597-8food 600-1shopping 602sights 593-6tourist information

602-3tours 597travel to/from 603travel within 603-4

San Nicolas 136Sandy Ground 87-9Sandy Island 88 Sans Souci 498-9Santa Clara 314-18Santiago de Cuba 326-35,

328-9accommodations 331-2drinking & nightlife 333entertainment 333-4food 332-3shopping 334sights 327-31tourist information

334-5 travel to/from 335travel within 335

Santo Domingo 392-403, 394-5

accommodations 397-8activities 392-6downtown 398drinking & nightlife 399entertainment 399-400festivals & events 396food 398-9Malecón 398-9

shopping 400sights 392-6tourist information 401tours 396travel to/from 401-2travel within 402-3

Saut d’Eau 497Sauteurs 444-5Savaneta 136-7Scarborough 782-3schistosomiasis 862seafood 70Seven Mile Beach (Cayman

Islands) 261, 361, 360Seven Mile Beach

(Jamaica) 535Shoal Bay East 93, 361Silver Sands 202-3Simpson Bay 710-11Sint Eustatius 19, 636-

47, 638accommodations 636,

645activities 638-9, 645beaches 637children, travel with 646culture 644disabilities, travelers


638-9electricity 646festivals & events 639food 636, 646geography 644GLBT travelers 646health 646highlights 638history 644money 646public holidays 646-7telephone 646-7time 646tourist information

646-7travel seasons 636travel to/from 647travel within 647volunteering 647wildlife 644-5

Sint Maarten, see St-Martin/Sint Maarten

Soufriere (Dominica) 375-7Soufrière (St Lucia)

695-700Soup Bowl 211, 13Spanish Lagoon 136-7Spanish Town 241-3Speightstown 206-12

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Speyside 784-5sporting events

8 Tuff Miles 830Ironman 70.3 Triathlon

St Croix 837Master of the Ocean 419Saba Triathlon 630St Thomas International

Regatta 827Spring Bay 738St Croix 835-44

travel to/from 835travel within 835

St George’s 435-7, 16, 56St John 828-35

travel to/from 828-9St John’s 102, 103St Kitts & Nevis 662-84,

663 668-9accommodations 662,

680activities 664-5, 672,

675-6, 677beaches 667, 669, 670,

675children, travel with 680cruise-ship travel 682culture 679disabilities, travelers


664-5, 676electricity 680emergencies 680festivals & events 674food 662, 680geography 679-80GLBT travelers 680health 680-1highlights 663hiking 672, 675-6, 677history 678-9money 681people 679public holidays 681taxes 681telephone 681time 681tours 664-5, 666, 672,

675-6, 677travel seasons 662travel to/from 682travel within 682-4volunteering 682wildlife 679-80

St Lawrence 200-1St Lucia 21, 685-705, 686


activities 687, 690, 693, 694, 697-8

beaches 689-90, 692, 693, 696, 700

children, travel with 702-3

cruise-ship travel 704culture 701disabilities, travevlers


690, 697electricity 703embassies &

consulates 703emergencies 703festivals & events 687food 685, 693, 703geography 702GLBT travelers 703health 703highlights 686hiking 694, 697-8history 701kitesurfing 693, 700money 703public holidays 704taxes 704telephone 704time 704tours 698travel seasons 685travel to/from 704travel within 705wildlife 702

St Thomas 820-8travel to/from 820travel within 820

St Vincent & the Grenadines 21, 726-49, 727, 729


activities 730, 733, 735, 742, 747

beaches 733, 735, 737, 739, 740, 742

culture 746disabilities, travelers


735, 742electricity 747environmental

issues 746-7festivals & events 730,

734

food 726, 747-8geography 746GLBT travelers 748health 748highlights 727hiking 733, 735history 745-6money 748public holidays 748taxes 748telephone 748time 748tourist information 748tours 731travel seasons 726travel to/from 748-9travel within 749wildlife 746

St-Barthélemy 19, 648-61, 649


activities 650, 653, 656, 659

beaches 650, 652, 655, 656, 657

cruise-ship travel 661culture 658-9diving & snorkeling

650, 656electricity 659emergencies 659festivals & events 650,

658food 648, 660geography 659GLBT travelers 660health 660highlights 649history 658money 660people 658-9public holidays 660telephone 660time 660tours 650travel seasons 648travel to/from 660-1travel within 661wildlife 659-61

Ste-Anne 464-5, 568-70steel pan 551, 551Ste-Luce 567-8Ste-Rose 474-5Stevenson, Robert Louis

251Stewart, Don 221St-François 465-7stingrays 264

St-Jean 653-5St-Martin/Sint Maarten 21,


721activities 708, 710,

714-15, 718, 721adventure sports 708beaches 712, 713, 717cruise-ship travel 724culture 720-1disabilities, travelers


708, 714electricity 722emergencies 722festivals & events 709,

710food 706, 708, 722geography 721GLBT travelers 722health 722highlights 707hiking 714history 720money 722public holidays 722-3safety 721-2telephone 723time 723tours 708, 710travel seasons 706travel to/from 723-4travel within 724-5wildlife 721

Stocking Island 183St-Pierre 570-3surfing 49

Bahamas, the 168Barbados 200, 202-3,

208, 211British Virgin Islands

240, 244Dominican Republic 418Guadeloupe 466Haiti 501Jamaica 525Martinique 575Puerto Rico 617US Virgin Islands 842

sustainable travel 70-3synagogues

Mikvé Israel Emanuel Synagogue 347

St Thomas Synagogue 821

Synagogue Ruins 637Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

885IN

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Ttax havens 253telephone 855-6, see

also individual locationsTerre-de-Bas 479, 477Terre-de-Haut 475-9, 477Terres Basses 713time 856, see also

individual locationsTobago 772-87, 774Tobago Cays 741-2toilets 856Topes de Collantes 322-3Tortola 233-41tourist information 856,


Trafalgar Falls 372-3travel to/from the

Caribbean Islands 858-9

travel within the Caribbean Islands 859-60

Treasure Beach 538-40Treasure Island 251Trinidad 751-72, 765Trinidad (Cuba) 318-22Trinidad & Tobago 22,


789-90activities 766-7, 775, 781,

785, 790beaches 763, 764, 766,

768, 769, 770, 775, 779, 785

children, travel with 790cruise-ship travel 793culture 788disabilities, travel with

792diving & snorkeling 776,

781, 784, 785electricity 790embassies &

consulates 791emergencies 791environmental

issues 789festivals & events 758,

761, 778food 750, 757, 791geography 789GLBT travelers 791health 791highlights 751hiking 767, 781history 787-8legal matters 791-2money 792

people 788public holidays 792safety 790taxes 792telephone 792time 792tours 751-2, 760, 763-4,

766-7, 768, 769, 771, 772-3, 775, 778, 781, 784

travel seasons 750travel to/from 792-3travel within 793-4wildlife 789

Trois-Îlets 562-3Trois-Rivières 475Tropical Storm Erika 377,

384Trouvadore 813Trujillo, Rafael Leonidas

425Turks & Caicos 22, 795-817,


815activities 798-801, 809,

811, 815beaches 797, 806, 807children, travel with 815culture 813-14disabilities, travelers


798-800, 807, 809, 811, 815

electricity 815embassies & consulates

816emergencies 816fishing 800, 809,815food 795, 816geography 814GLBT travelers 816health 816highlights 796hiking 807history 812-13legal matters 816money 816people 813-14public holidays 816taxes 817telephone 817time 817travel seasons 795travel to/from 817travel within 817volunteering 798whale-watching 811, 815wildlife 814

Turks Islands 808-12turtles 271, 355, 738,

768, 769Two Foot Bay 118

UUnion Island 742-4Universidad de la Habana

295US Virgin Islands 818-50,


847beaches 821-2, 826, 832-

3, 834, 836, 841children, travel with 847culture 846disabilities, travelers

with 849embassies &

consulates 848emergencies 848-50festivals & events 823,

827, 830, 837, 842food 818, 848geography 846-7GLBT travelers 848health 848highlights 819history 845-6legal matters 848money 848planning 818public holidays 848-9taxes 849time 849tipping 848tourist information 849travel seasons 818travel to/from 849-50travel within 850volunteering 849

USS Antilla 133USS Kittiwake 14, 261, 14

VValle de Viñales 314Valley, the 86-7vervet monkeys 679Vieques 610-13Vieux Fort 700-1Ville-Bonheur 497Viñales 311-14Virgin Gorda 241-5visas 856, see also

individual locationsvolcanoes

La Soufrière (Guadeloupe) 471

La Soufrière (St Vincent & the Grenadines) 735

Mont Pelée 577Soufrière Hills Volcano

585volunteering 856, see

also individual locations

WWaitukubuli National

Trail 376Wallilabou Bay 733, 552Washington, George 197water 863Water Island 821waterfalls

Argyle Falls 783Bassin Bleu 500Cascada El Limón 414Concord Falls 444Damajagua 420Dark View Falls 733Dunn’s River Falls 519Irie Blue Hole 518-19La Tille Waterfalls 693-4Middleham Falls 374Pitons Waterfall 696Rio Seco Waterfall 769Ti Tou Gorge 373Trafalgar Falls 372Wallilabou Falls 733YS Falls 541

weather 22, 27-30weddings 63-6West Bay 269-71West End (Anguilla) 91-3West End (Anegada; British

Virgin Islands) 248-50West End (Curaçao) 354-5West End (Tortola; British

Virgin Islands) 236-7whales 385whale-watching

Dominica 368-9, 385Dominican Republic 409Turks & Caicos 811, 815

White Bay 246-7Wide Sargasso Sea 384wildlife 365, 364-5,

see also individual locations & species

wildlife sanctuaries & zoos 26

Antigua’s Donkey Sanctuary 114

Ardastra Gardens, Zoo & Conservation Center 149

Arikok National Wildlife Park 135

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EX W-Z

Blue Iguana Recovery Center 272

Butterfly Farm (Aruba) 130

Butterfly Farm (St- Martin/Sint Maarten) 718

Caroni Bird Sanctuary 770

Culebra National Wildlife Refuge 607

Donkey Sanctuary 135Donkey Sanctuary

Bonaire 225Emperor Valley Zoo 752Flamingo Sanctuary 353Grafton Caledonia Wild-

life Sanctuary 779Isla Culebrita 607

Millet Bird Sanctuary 694Nariva Swamp 770Old Hegg Turtle

Sanctuary 738Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl

Trust 771Rock Iguana Headstart

Facility 250Sea Turtle Conservation

Bonaire 221Stingray City 33The Dogs 251Zoo de Martinique 570-1

wildlife-watchingCayman Islands 264Martinique 562

Willemstad 347-52, 348-9, 15

Willibrordus 353-4windsurfing 49

Antigua & Barbuda 105, 114-15

Aruba 134Bonaire 226Curaçao 353Dominican Republic 418Martinique 569

Windward Highway 734Windward Road 783-4Windwardside 624-9, 628women travelers 856work 857Worthing 199-200Wotten Waven 373wrecks

RMS Rhone 251USS Antilla 133USS Kittiwake 14, 261, 14

YYS Falls 541

Zzandoli 374zika 863zip-lining

Antigua & Barbuda 110St Lucia 689US Virgin Islands 823

zoos, see wildlife sanctuaries & zoos


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888

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889N

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890

NO

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892

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Walking Tour detourWalking Tour

Path/Walking Trail

BeachBird SanctuaryBuddhistCastle/PalaceChristianConfucianHinduIslamicJainJewishMonumentMuseum/Gallery/Historic BuildingRuin

Sento Hot Baths/Onsen

ShintoSikhTaoistWinery/VineyardZoo/Wildlife SanctuaryOther Sight

DivingBodysurfing

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking & NightlifeCafe

BankEmbassy/ConsulateHospital/MedicalInternetPolicePost OfficeTelephoneToiletTourist InformationOther Information

AirportBorder crossingBus

CyclingFerry

Underground station

MonorailParking

Metro station

Petrol stationSubway stationTaxiTrain station/RailwayTram

Other Transport

LighthouseHut/Shelter

Beach

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

River, CreekIntermittent River

Swamp/Mangrove

Reef

Canal

Water

Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake

Glacier

Mudflat

Beach/Desert

Airport/Runway

Cemetery (Christian)

Cemetery (Other)

Park/Forest

Sportsground

Sight (Building)

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

Capital (National)Capital (State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

State/Province

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingCourse/Tour

SkiingSnorkellingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

Pedestrian overpass

Secondary

Unsealed roadRoad under construction

Tunnel

Cable car/Funicular

Gate

Sights

Activities,Courses & Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Information Routes

Boundaries

Hydrography

Areas

Geographic

Population

Transport

Note: Not all symbols displayed aboveappear on the maps in this book

Map Legend


Carolyn McCarthyCuba Carolyn specializes in travel, culture and adventure in the Americas. She has written for National Geographic, Outside, BBC Magazine, Boston Globe and other publications. A former Fulbright fellow and Banff Mountain Grant recipient, she has documented life in the most remote corners of Latin America. Carolyn gained her expertize by researching guidebooks in diverse destinations. She has con-tributed to more than 30 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, including Colorado, USA,

Argentina, Chile, Trekking in the Patagonian Andes, Panama, Peru and USA’s National Parks. For more information, visit www.carolynmccarthy.org or follow her Instagram travels at @masmerquen

Hugh McNaughtanBahamas, Turks & Caicos A former English lecturer, Hugh swapped grant appli-cations for visa applications, and turned his love of travel into a full-time thing. Having done a bit of restaurant-reviewing in his home town (Melbourne), he’s now eaten his way across four continents. He’s never happier than when on the road with his two daughters. Except perhaps on the cricket field.

Kevin RaubDominican Republic Writer, Punta Cana & the Southeast, Península de Samaná, The Southwest & Península de Pedernales. Kevin Raub grew up in Atlanta and started his career as a music journalist in New York, working for Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone magazines. He almost didn’t accept this assignment, his third through the region, until he found out the road to Sabana de la Mar was finished – he just couldn’t bear another go on the formerly tortuous, pothole- ridden road.

Follow him on Twitter and Instagram (@RaubOnTheRoad).

Andrea Schulte-PeeversAntigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis Born and raised in Germany and educated in London and at UCLA, Andrea has traveled the distance to the moon and back in her visits to some 75 countries. She has earned her living as a professional travel writer for over two decades and authored or contribut-ed to nearly 100 Lonely Planet titles as well as to newspapers, magazines and websites around the world. She also works as a travel consultant, translator and

editor. Andrea’s destination expertise is especially strong when it comes to Germany, Dubai and the UAE, Crete and the Caribbean Islands. She makes her home in Berlin.

Polly ThomasTrinidad & Tobago Polly has been writing about the Caribbean for 20 years, authoring guide books to Jamaica, Antigua & Barbuda, St Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago. Having lived for five years in Port of Spain, Trinidad, she’s now back in her hometown, London, seeking out good roti and doubles whenever she can.

Luke WatersonPuerto Rico Raised in the remote Somerset countryside in Southwest England, Luke quickly became addicted to exploring out-of-the-way places. While com-pleting a Creative Writing degree at the University of East Anglia, he shouldered his backpack and vowed to see as much of the world as possible. Fast-forward a few years and he has traveled the Americas from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and developed an obsession for Soviet architecture and pre- Columbian ruins in equal

measure. He divides his time between Wales and Slovakia, on which he keeps the world’s leading English-language content site on Slovak travel and culture, www.englishman inslovakia.co.uk.

Karla ZimmermanBritish Virgin Islands, US Virgin Islands Karla lives in Chicago, where she eats doughnuts, yells at the Cubs, and writes stuff for books, magazines, and websites when she’s not doing the first two things. She has contributed to 40-plus guide-books and travel anthologies covering destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean – all of which are a long way from the early days, when she wrote about gravel for a construction magazine and got to trek to places like

Fredonia, Kansas. To learn more, follow her on Instagram and Twitter (@karlazimmerman).


Brendan SainsburyCuba Born and raised in the UK in a town that never merits a mention in any guidebook (Andover, Hampshire), Brendan spent the holidays of his youth cara-vanning in the English Lake District and didn’t leave Blighty until he was nineteen. Making up for lost time, he’s since squeezed 70 countries into a sometimes precarious existence as a writer and professional vagabond. His rocking chair memories will probably include staging a performance of ‘A Comedy of Errors’

at a school in war-torn Angola, running 150 miles across the Sahara Desert in the Marathon des Sables, and hitchhiking from Cape Town to Kilimanjaro with an early, dog-eared copy of LP’s Africa on a Shoestring. In the last 11 years he has written over 40 books for Lonely Planet, from Castro’s Cuba to the canyons of Peru. When not scribbling research notes, Brendan likes partaking in ridic-ulous ‘endurance’ races, strumming old Clash songs on the guitar, and experiencing the pain and occasional pleasures of following Southampton Football Club.

Alex EgertonBarbados, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines A news journalist by trade, Alex has worked for magazines, newspapers and media outlets on five continents. Having had his fill of musty newsrooms and the insatiable corporate appetite for superficial news, Alex decided to leap into travel writing in order to escape the mundane. He spends most of his time on the road checking under mattresses, sampling suspicious street food and chatting with locals as part of

the research process for travel articles and guidebooks. A keen adventurer, Alex has hiked through remote jungles in Colombia, explored isolated tributaries of the mighty Mekong and taken part in the first kayak descent of a number of remote waterways in Nicaragua. When not on the road, you’ll find him at home amongst the colonial splendor of Popayán in southern Colombia.

Anna KaminskiJamaica Having majored in Caribbean and Latin American history at university and having lived in Kingston and worked in Jamaica’s prisons and ghettos in 2006, Anna was thrilled to research Jamaica for Lonely Planet a second time. On this occasion, she drove the scenic and often gnarly back roads of west Jamaica, visited numerous plantation houses, hiked through rugged Cockpit Country, attended the Maroon Festival, attended the country’s second-largest reggae

gig and went to Boston Bay in search of Jamaica’s best jerk pork. When not on the road for Lonely Planet, Anna calls London home.

Catherine Le NevezAnguilla, Saba, Sint Eustatius, St-Barthélemy, St-Martin/Sint Maarten Catherine’s wanderlust kicked in when she roadtripped across Europe from her Parisian base aged four, and she’s been hitting the road at every opportunity since, travelling to around 60 countries and completing her Doctorate of Creative Arts in Writing, Masters in Professional Writing, and postgrad qualifications in Editing and Publishing along the way. Over the past dozen-plus years she’s writ-

ten scores of Lonely Planet guides and articles covering Paris, France, Europe and far beyond. Her work has also appeared in numerous online and print publications. Topping Catherine’s list of travel tips is to travel without any expectations.

Tom MastersGuadeloupe, Martinique Dreaming since he could walk of going to the most obscure places on earth, Tom has always had a taste for the unknown. This has led to a writing career that has taken him all over the world, including North Korea, the Arctic, Congo and Siberia. Despite a brief spell living in the English countryside, Tom has always called London, Paris and Berlin home. After graduating with a degree in Russian literature from the University of Lon-

don, Tom went to work in Russia as a journalist at the St Petersburg Times. This first writing job took him on to work at the BBC World Service in London, and as a freelance contributor to newspapers and magazines around the world, as well as working in documentary production for UK and US television companies. Tom indulges his love of communist architecture by living on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin’s Friedrichshain, but still returns regularly to the former Soviet Union for work. His most recent projects include guides to China, Central America and Venezuela. He can be found online at www.tommasters.net.

OUR STORYA beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.

Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Dublin, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.

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OUR WRITERSMara VorheesAruba, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Curaçao Mara Vorhees writes about food, travel and family fun around the world. Her work has been published by BBC Travel, Boston Globe, Delta Sky, Vancouver Sun and more. For Lonely Planet, she regularly writes about destinations in Central America and Eastern Europe, as well as New England, where she lives. She often travels with her twin boys in tow, earning her an expertise in family travel. Follow their adventures and misadven-

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Paul ClammerJamaica Paul Clammer has worked as a molecular biologist, tour leader and travel writer. Since 2003 he has worked as a guidebook author for Lonely Planet, contributing to over 25 LP titles, covering swathes of South and Central Asia, West and North Africa and the Caribbean. In recent years he’s lived in Morocco, Jordan, Haiti and Fiji, as well as his native England. Find him online at paulclam-mer.com or on Twitter as @paulclammer. Paul also wrote the Plan and Survival

Guide sections of this guidebook.

Ashley HarrellDominican Republic, Haiti After a brief stint selling day-spa coupons door-to-door in South Florida, Ashley decided she’d rather be a writer. She went to journalism grad school, convinced a newspaper to hire her, and starting covering wildlife, crime and tourism, sometimes all in the same story. She traveled widely and moved often, from a tiny NYC apartment to a vast California ranch to a jun-gle cabin in Costa Rica, where she started writing for Lonely Planet. From there

her travels became more exotic and farther flung, and she still laughs when paychecks arrive.

Liza PradoPuerto Rico Liza Prado has been a travel writer since 2003, when she made a move from corporate lawyering to travel writing (and never looked back). She’s written dozens of guidebooks and articles as well as apps and blogs to destina-tions throughout the Americas. She takes decent photos too. Liza is a graduate of Brown University and Stanford Law School. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and fellow LP writer, Gary Chandler, and their two kids.

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