Dutch Caribbean

Arrive, Travel, Suriname

Paramaribo, Suriname | Layover

On the western bank of the Suriname River, with an old Dutch fort at its heart, Paramaribo surprises many first-time visitors with its...

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Culture, Environment, Aruba

Aloe vera: the thorny balm

“Go out in the garden and cut some aloes” are dreaded words for many Caribbean children. Aloe’s bitter taste is enough to prove that...

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Engage, Environment, Suriname

Born blue: Suriname’s blue poison dart frog

Native to the rainforest of southern Suriname, the blue poison dart frog — also called okopipi in the indigenous Trio language — earns...

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Engage, Leisure, Saba, Sint Eustatius, St. Kitts and Nevis

On a clear day in St Kitts . . .

. . . maybe you can’t see forever, but you can certainly see both Saba (on the horizon at left) and St Eustatius from the vantage point...

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Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Suriname

Suriname: one country, four continents

It’s the kind of clichéd joke travel writers sometimes make, when they want to emphasise the obscurity of a place. Country X was so...

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Engage, Aruba

Isle of thorns

Think of Caribbean vegetation, and the images that come to mind are probably coconut trees fringing the coast, or lush hillside rainforest....

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Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Sint Maarten

Elodie Auvray: the art of style

Elodie Auvray always had a love for art, and originally wanted a career in interior design. After earning a high school degree in...

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Engage, Community, People, Suriname

Eid-ul-Fitr: the end of the fast

Celebrating the end of the Ramadan fast, Muslim women prepare to pray in the Onafhankelijksplein, the park at the heart of Paramaribo’s...

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