©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Welcome to Caribbean

Welcome to Caribbean Cruise PortsFrom mountain peaks to shimmering reefs, spicy salsa rhythms to deep rolling reggae, pirate hideouts to sugar-sand beaches, the Caribbean is a dizzyingly diverse region to explore on a cruise ship.Cruise the Caribbean and discover a joyous mosaic of islands beckoning paradise hunters. It’s a lively and intoxicating profusion of people and places spread over 7000 islands (fewer than 10% are inhabited). But, for all they share, there’s also much that makes them different. Can there be a greater contrast than the bustling capital of San Juan in Puerto Rico and the largely undeveloped hideaway of St John in the US Virgin Islands? Or between booming British-oriented St Kitts and its sleepy Dutch-affiliated neighbor Sint Eustatius, just across a narrow channel?

Set sail on azure seas and dock near dazzling white beaches and verdant forests so vivid you’ll need sunglasses to avoid hurting the eyes. Dive below the waters for a color chart of darting fish and corals. Feel the sand between your toes at any one of a thousand picture-perfect beaches. Outdoor- adventure enthusiasts make a beeline for unspoilt islands such as nature-lovers’ Nevis near St Kitts or the diving around Grand Cayman and Curaçao.

You can find any kind of island adventure here. You can choose to relax on the sand or the ship, party at a resort, explore a new community, hop between islands, discover wonders under the water or catch a perfect wave above, revel in a centuries-old culture (and sway to some of the world’s greatest music while you’re at it), and then run off to find your inner pirate…

Just about anything is possible in the Caribbean.

Cruise the Caribbean and discover a joyous mosaic of islands

beckoning paradise hunters

A G U I D E T O P E R F E C T D A Y S O N S H O R E

Joshua Kinser, Ray Bar t let t , Paul Clammer, Alex Eger ton, Anna Kaminski , Catherine Le Nevez , Hugh McNaughtan,

L iza Prado, Andrea Schulte -Peevers , Regis St Louis , Mara Vorhees , Luke Waterson, Karla Zimmerman

CRUISE PORTS

CARIBBEAN

NATHAN BAI/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

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Miami 33...at a Glance 34

Art Deco Miami �� 36Art Deco Walking Tour ��38Wynwood Walls �� 40Wildlife-Watching in the Everglades �� 42Sights ............................44Activities .......................53Tours .............................53Shopping ......................54Eating ............................55Drinking & Nightlife ...... 61Entertainment ..............62Where to Stay ...............67

Cozumel 69....at a Glance 70

Mayan Ruins at Tulum��72Driving the Coastal Road ��74Diving & Snorkeling ��76SAN MIGUEL DE COZUMEL .............. 80Sights ........................... 80Eating ........................... 80Drinking & Nightlife ...... 81

Cayman Islands 85...at a Glance 86

Seven Mile Beach �� 88Snorkeling with Wildlife �� 90GEORGE TOWN ............92Sights ............................92Activities & Tours .........92Shopping ......................95Eating ............................96

Jamaica 99...at a Glance 100

Dunn’s River Falls ��102Montego Bay Beaches ��104FALMOUTH ................106OCHO RIOS ................ 107MONTEGO BAY ..........109

Bahamas 113...at a Glance 114

Nassau Beaches �� 116Nassau Historic Walk�� 118Lucayan National Park ��120NASSAU...................... 122FREEPORT .................. 126

Puerto Rico 131....at a Glance 132

San Juan National Historic Site ��134El Yunque National Forest ��136Old San Juan Historic Walk��140SAN JUAN .................. 142Sights .......................... 142Activities ..................... 145Tours ........................... 146Shopping .................... 146Eating ...........................147Drinking & Nightlife .... 148Entertainment ............ 149

US Virgin Islands 153...at a Glance 154

St John Island ��156

Plan Your TripTop 12 ........................ 4Hot Spots for... ........16Need to Know ..........18Month by Month ..... 20Get Inspired ............ 23Choose Your Cruise...................... 24Sustainable Cruising .................. 28Family Time Ashore ....................30

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*St Thomas’ Best Beaches ��160Water Island ��162CHARLOTTE AMALIE ...164Sights .......................... 164Activities & Tours ....... 165Shopping .................... 166Eating .......................... 166Drinking & Nightlife .... 168

St Kitts & Nevis 171....at a Glance 172

Highlights of St Kitts �� 174Day Trip to Nevis �� 176BASSETERRE, ST KITTS ..................... 178CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS .......................... 182

St-Martin/ Sint Maarten 185...at a Glance 186

St-Martin/Sint Maarten Beaches ��188Philipsburg Historic Walk��192PHILIPSBURG, SINT MAARTEN ......... 194MARIGOT, ST-MARTIN ................ 200

Turks & Caicos 203...at a Glance 204

Grand Turk’s Best Beaches �� 206COCKBURN TOWN ... 208Sights ......................... 208Activities .................... 209Eating ..........................210

Aruba 213...at a Glance 214

Arikok National Wildlife Park��216Aruba’s Top Beaches ��218Oranjestad Historic Walk�� 220ORANJESTAD .............222Sights ..........................222Activities & Tours .......224Shopping ....................224Eating & Drinking .......225

Antigua 229...at a Glance 230

Historic English Harbour �� 232West Coast Beaches �� 234ST JOHN’S ................. 236Sights ......................... 236Activities & Tours .......237Shopping ................... 239Eating & Drinking ...... 239

Bonaire 243....at a Glance 244

Snorkeling & Kayaking �� 246KRALENDIJK ..............248

Sights ..........................248Activities .....................248Shopping ................... 250Eating & Drinking ...... 250

Curaçao 255...at a Glance 256

Curaçao’s Best Beaches �� 258Highlights of Old Willemstad �� 260WILLEMSTAD .............262Sights ..........................262Tours ...........................265Shopping ....................265Eating & Drinking ...... 266

Barbados 269...at a Glance 270

Best Barbados Beaches ��272Bridgetown Historic Walk��274BRIDGETOWN ............276Sights ..........................276Activities & Tours .......276Shopping ....................279Eating & Drinking .......279

In Focus 283Caribbean Today ...... 284History ...................... 286Caribbean Cultures .................... 294Environment ............. 299

Survival Guide 304Directory A–Z ...........305Transport ...................310Index ..........................313Symbols & Map Key .....................319

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Behind the Scenes

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, 163344.Cover photograph: Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, Richard Cummins, Getty©.

This BookThis 1st edition of Lonely Planet’s Cruise Ports Caribbean guidebook was curated by Joshua Kinser and researched and written by Ray Bartlett, Paul Clammer, Alex Egerton, Anna Kaminski, Catherine Le Nevez, Hugh McNaughtan, Liza Prado, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Regis St Louis, Mara Vorhees, Luke Waterson and Karla Zimmerman. This guide-book was produced by the following:Destination Editor Bailey FreemanProduct Editors Paul Harding, Elizabeth JonesGraphic Designer Campbell McKenzieSenior Cartographer Corey HutchisonBook Designers Virginia Moreno, Clara MonittoAssisting Editors Gabrielle Stefanos, Ross TaylorAssisting Book Designer Nicholas ColicchiaThanks to Liz Heynes, Simon Hoskins, Valentina Kremen-chutskaya, Kate Mathews, Lauren O’Connell, Trisha Ping, Juan Winata

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A–B INDEX 313

IndexAactivities 20-2, see also

individual activitiesAnhinga Trail 42-3animals 301-2, see also

individual animals, wildlifeAntigua 14, 229-41, 231

highlights 232-5itineraries 230transportation 231

Antigua Carnival 22Arashi Beach 219Arawaks 287-8archaeological sites

El Cedral 80Tulum 72-3

architecture 36-7, 38-9, 44-5area codes 309Arikok National

Wildlife Park 216-17art deco 36-7, 38-9, 44-5arts 296Aruba 10, 213-27, 215

highlights 216-19history 222itineraries 214transportation 215

ATMs 307

BBahamas 113-29, 115

highlights 116-17, 120-1itineraries 114transportation 115

Baño de Oro 137

Baño Grande 137Barbados 8, 269-81, 271


Barbados Synagogue 276bargaining 308baseball 298Basseterre 175, 178-82, 179Bathsheba Beach 272Batts Rock Beach 273beaches 16

Antigua 234-5Arashi Beach 219Aruba 16, 218-19Balneario Escambrón 142Barbados 16, 272-3Bathsheba 272-3Batts Rock Beach 273Boca Prins 217Brownes Beach 272Cable Beach 117Cas Abao 258Cemetery Beach 89Cockleshell Beach 174Coki Point Beach 161Curaçao 258-9Darkwood Beach 235Dead End Beach 105Delaporte Beach 117Doctor’s Cave Beach 104Dos Playa 217Druif Beach 218Eagle Beach 218-19East Side Beach 207Ffryes Beach 235Friar’s Bay Beach 190Gibbs Cay 207Gold Rock Beach 121

Governor’s Beach (Grand Cayman) 88

Governor’s Beach (Grand Turk) 206

Grand Case 189Grand Turk 206-7Great Bay Beach 188-9Grote Knip 259Hermitage Bay 234Honeymoon Beach

(St John) 158Honeymoon Beach

(Water Island) 162Hull Bay 161Junkanoo Beach 116-17Kenepa Beach 259Klein Bonaire 248Lindquist Beach 160Little Bay Beach 190Magens Bay 160-1Montego Bay 104-5Mullet Bay 189Nassau 116-17Nevis 177Orient Bay Beach 190Palm Beach 219Paradise Island 117Pebbles Beach 272Pillory Beach 206Pinney’s Beach 177Playa Kalki 259Playa Palancar 75Playa Porto Mari 259Rockley Beach 273Seven Mile Beach 88-9Spotts Beach 90St Kitts 174St-Martin/Sint Maarten 16,

188-91St Thomas 160-1Sun Ray Beach 207000 Map pages


314 INDEX B–D

beaches continuedSurfside Beach 219Valley Church Beach 234Walter Fletcher Beach 105

bicycle travel, see cyclingBig Tree Trail 138Biltmore Hotel 49-50birdwatching 138, 183, 199,

251, 302Blackbeard’s Castle 164Blue Curaçao 267Bonaire 8, 243-53, 245


books 23, 288, 296botanicas 52Brickell City Centre 48Bridgetown 274-5, 276-81, 278Brimstone Hill Fortress National

Park 174-5Brownes Beach 272budgeting 19bus travel 310-11business hours 19, 308Butterfly Farm 223-4

Ccalypso 297Captain Don Stewart 248Caquetío people 222car travel 311Carlisle Bay Marine Reserve 273Carnivals 20-1Cas Abao 258Casa Blanca 142-3castles & forts

Blackbeard’s Castle 164Brimstone Hill Fortress

National Park 174-5El Morro 134-5

Fort Amsterdam 262Fort Berkeley 233Fort James 236Fort Louis 200Fort Oranje 248Fort Segarra 163Fort Zoutman 222Fuerte San Cristóbal 135

cavesArikok National Park 217Hato Caves 265Lucayan National

Park 120-1 217Cayman Islands 12, 85-97


cell phones 18, 308Charlestown 177, 182-3Charlotte Amalie 164-9, 165children, travel with 30-1Christianity 295Christmas Rebellion 109churches

Immaculate Conception Cathedral 178

St George’s Anglican Church 178

cigars 122-3, 147climate 18, 20-2, 284, 305climate change 311Cockburn Town 208-11, 209Cockleshell Beach 174Coki Point Beach 161Columbus, Christopher 288-9consulates 305Cozumel 15, 69-83, 71

coastal road 74-5highlights 72-9history 82itineraries 70transportation 71

credit cards 307cricket 238, 279, 298cruise lines 24-7

cruise-ship history 291Cuartel de Ballajá 143Cuba 285cultural centers

Brickell City Centre 48culture 284-5, 294-8

Bahamas 127Caquetio people 222Cayman Islands 97Curaçao 266St-Martin/Sint Maarten 197

Curaçao 7, 255-67, 257highlights 258-9itineraries 256transportation 257

currencies 18, 307customs regulations 305cycling 310

Antigua 239Grand Cayman 92

Ddangers, see safetyDarkwood Beach 235Dead End Beach 105Delaporte Beach 117disabilities, travelers with 309diving & snorkeling 16

Aruba 224Barbados 273Bonaire 16, 246-7, 249-50Cozumel 76-9Grand Cayman 16, 90-1, 92-3Grand Turk 16, 209, 210San Juan 146St John 158St Kitts 175, 179, 180St-Martin/Sint Maarten 190,

195, 196St Thomas 166Stingray City 90-1USS Kittiwake 91

Doctor’s Cave Beach 104Donkey Sanctuary 224000 Map pages

D–K INDEX 315

Dos Playa 217drinks

Bahamas 122Barbados 280Blue Curaçao 267water 306-7

Druif Beach 218Dunn’s River Falls 102-3

EEagle Beach 218-19East Side Beach 207economy 225, 284-5, 292-3El Morro 134-5El Yunque National Forest 136-9El Yunque Trail 138electricity 305embassies 305English Harbour 232-3environment 299-303

Aruba 226Bonaire 251Curaçao 263

environmental issues 28-9, 169, 303

etiquette 305-6events 20-2Everglades National Park 42-3exchange rates 307

FFalmouth 106-7, 292family travel 30-1festivals 20-2Ffryes Beach 235films 23, 296fishing 92, 128flora 302-3food 58

Bahamas 122Barbados 280Miami 58

forts, see castles & fortsFreeport 126-9

Friar’s Bay Beach 190Fuerte San Cristóbal 135Full Moon Drum Circle 61

Ggay travelers 27, 148, 306geography 299-300geology 299-300George Town 92-7, 94Gibbs Cay 207Gold Rock Beach 121golf 189Governor’s Beach

(Grand Cayman) 88Governor’s Beach

(Grand Turk) 206Grand Case 189Grand Cayman 12, 85-97, 87Grand Turk 13, 206-7, 205Grand Turk Lighthouse 208Grote Knip 259

HHamilton Estate Ruins 182health 306-7Hermitage Bay 234hiking

El Yunque National Park 137-8St John Island 156-8

historic buildingsBath Hotel 182Biltmore Hotel 49-51Casa Blanca 142Cuartel de Ballajá 143Dr Eloy Arends House 223Falmouth Courthouse 106General Post Office

(Cockburn Town) 208-9La Fortaleza 142New World Center 44

history 17, 286-93Antigua 17Barbados 293Bonaire 252

Cozumel 82cruise industry 291Curaçao 17Jamaica 109, 292Puerto Rico 17St Kitts 178St-Martin/Sint Maarten 196Turks & Caicos 211

holidays 308Honeymoon Beach (St John)

158, 162-3Honeymoon Beach (Water

Island) 162Hull Bay 161hurricanes 142, 284, 300-1

Iiguanas 93insurance 307internet access 307internet resources 19, 25

JJamaica 99-111, 101

highlights 102-5history 109, 292itineraries 100transportation 101

Jamaica Carnival 21Jewish Cultural-Historical

Museum 263Judaism 295Junkanoo 22Junkanoo Beach 116-17

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Bonaire 246-7Grand Cayman 15, 92Miami 53San Juan 145St Thomas 165-6

Kenepa Beach 259kitesurfing 145

316 INDEX K–N

Klein Bonaire 248Kralendijk 248-53, 249

LLa Coca Falls 137La Fortaleza 142La Mina Trail 137languages 18legal matters 307Leinster Bay 158LGBTIQ travelers 27, 148, 306lighthouses 208Lincoln Road Mall 53Lindquist Beach 160literature 296-8Little Bay Beach 190Little Haiti 52Loterie Farm 196Lucayan National Park 120

MMagens Bay 160-1Maho Bay 158Manchineel trees 301Marigot 200-1marijuana 285markets

Cayman Craft Msrket 95Curaçao 263, 266Falmouth 108, 111Floating Market (Willemstad)

263Harbour Street Craft

Market 111Nassau Straw Market 119Olde Craft Market 108Old San Juan Farmers

Market 146Puerto Rican Arts &

Crafts 146St John’s Public Market 236St-Martin Produce Market

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measures 306merengue 297Miami 33-67, 34, 46, 50

accommodations 67activities 53art deco Miami 36-7, 38-9art walks 54drinking & nightlife 61-2entertainment 62-3food 55-61highlights 36-7, 40-3itineraries 34medical services 63shopping 54sights 36-7, 40-3, 44-53tourist information 63tours 53-4travel to/from 35, 63-4travel within 64-5walks 38-9, 38-9Wynwood Walls 40-1

mobile phones 18, 308money 18, 307-8monkeys 180, 302Montego Bay 104-5, 109-11motorcycle travel 311Mt Britton Trail 138Mullet Bay 189museums & galleries

Art Deco Museum 44Aruba Archaeological

Museum 222Bakehouse Art Complex 49Cayman National Museum 92Curaçao Maritime

Museum 263-5Curaçao Museum 265Dow’s Hill Interpretation

Centre 233Gallery Alma Blou 265HistoryMiami 47Horatio Nelson Museum 182Jewish Cultural-Historical

Museum 263

Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU 45

Little Haiti Cultural Center 51Lowe Art Museum 51Margulies Collection at the

Warehouse 48-9Musée de Saint Martin

Antilles 200Museo de la Isla

de Cozumel 80Museo de las Américas 143Museum Kura Hulanda 262-3Museum of Antigua &

Barbuda 236-7Museum of Nevis History 182National Art Gallery of the

Bahamas 123National Gallery of the

Cayman Islands 92National Museum (St Kitts)

178Nidhe Israel Museum 276Patricia & Phillip Frost

Museum of Science 47Pérez Art Museum Miami 47Pirates of Nassau 123Salt House 209Sint Maarten Museum 194Terramar Museum 248That Yoda Guy Museum 194Turks & Caicos National

Museum 208Vizcaya Museum &

Gardens 51Wolfsonian-FIU 44

music 23, 129, 166, 295, 297

NNassau 118-19, 122-6, 124national & state parks

Arikok National Wildlife Park 216-17

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park 52

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park 174-5000 Map pages

N–S INDEX 317

El Yunque National Forest 136-7

Everglades National Park 42-3Lucayan National Park 120-1Oleya River State Park 45Nelson’s Dockyard 232

Nevis 6, 171-83, 176-7highlights 176-7itineraries 172transportation 173

New World Center 44

OOcean Drive 44Ocho Rios 107-9, 292opening hours 19, 308Oranjestad 220-1, 222-7, 223Orient Bay Beach 190

Ppacking 19Palm Beach 219Paradise Island 117Paradise Point Skyride 164parks & gardens

Bayfront Park 48Crandon Park 52-3Emancipation Garden 164-5Fairchild Tropical Garden 49Garden of the Groves 127Haulover Beach Park 47Kampong 51Máximo Gómez Park 49Miami Riverwalk 48Parque de las Palomas 145Parque Punta Sur 75Wilhelmina Park 223

Paseo de la Princesa 143passports 308Pebbles Beach 272peoples 294-5perfume factory 127Philipsburg 192-3, 194-9, 195Pillory Beach 206

Pinney’s Beach 177pirates 31, 289Pirates of Nassau 123Pirates Week 22planning 18-19

cruise ships 24-7family travel 30-1sustainable cruising 28-9

plants 302-3Playa Kalki 259Playa Palancar 75Playa Porto Mari 259Plaza de Colón 143politics 284-5population 285public holidays 308Puerto Rico 15, 131-51, 133


QQueen Emma Bridge 262

RRaíces Fountain 143Rastafari 295refunds 308reggae 297Reggae Sumfest 22religion 285, 295ripsaw 297Rockley Beach 273

Ssafety 106, 149, 305Sam Sharpe Square 110San Juan 15, 134-5, 140-1, 142-

51, 305, 144San Juan National Historic Site

134-5, 140-1San Miguel de Cozumel 80-3, 81scams 106

sea turtlesAruba 217, 219Barbados 277, 281Bonaire 248-9Cayman Islands 90

Seven Mile Beach 88-9Shark Valley 43shopping 17, 95, 308Sint Maarten, see St-Martin/

Sint MaartenSir Vivian Richards Stadium 238slavery 109, 252, 262-3, 285,

289smoking 306snorkeling, see diving &

snorkelingspas 49sports 238, 298Spring Break 20-1St John Island 11, 156-9St John’s (Antigua) 236-41, 237St Kitts 6, 171-83, 235

highlights 174history 178itineraries 172transportation 173

St Kitts Carnival 22St Kitts Scenic Railway 178St-Martin/Sint Maarten 4-5,

185-201, 187highlights 206-7history 211itineraries 204transportation 205

St Thomas 11, 160-1Stewart, Captain Don 248stingers 306Stingray City 90-1Sun Ray Beach 207surfing 277Surfside Beach 219sustainable cruising 28-9swimming pools 53, 196synagogues 276

318 INDEX T–Z

Ttap water 306-7taxes 308taxis 311telephone services 18, 308-9Thompson, Hunter S 151time 309, 310tipping 307transportation 19, 310-11travel seasons 27Tulum 15, 72-3Turks & Caicos 13, 203-11, 205


turtles, see sea turtles

UUS Virgin Islands 11, 153-69, 155


USS Kittiwake 91

Vvacations 308Valley Church Beach 234Vervet monkeys 180visas 310Vodou 52

Wwalking tours

art deco Miami Beach 38-9, 38-9

art walks (Miami) 54, 54Bridgetown 274-5, 274-5Nassau 118-19, 118-19Old San Juan 140-1, 140-1Oranjestad 220-1, 220-1Philipsburg 192-3, 192-3Willemstad 260-1, 260-1

Walter Fletcher Beach 105water, drinking 306-7Water Island 162-3waterfalls

Dunn’s River Falls 102-3La Coca Falls 137

weather 18, 20-2, 284, 305weights 306whale-watching 210wi-fi 19wildlife 158, see also individual

speciesBarbados 281Bonaire 248-9, 251Cayman Islands 93Curaçao 263Everglades 42-3St Kitts & Nevis 180, 183St-Martin/Sint Maarten 199

Willemstad 260-1, 262-7, 264women travelers 310Wynwood Walls 40-1

Yyoga 53Yokahú Tower 138

Zziplining 237-8

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p Beaches

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b Family Travel

k Food & Drink

v History

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f Nature & Wildlife

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Luke WatersonPuerto Rico Raised in the remote Somerset coun-tryside in southwest England, Luke quickly became addicted to exploring out-of-the-way places. While completing a Creative Writing degree at the Uni-versity 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, where he keeps the world’s leading English-language content site on Slovak travel and culture, www.englishman inslovakia.co.uk.

Karla ZimmermanUS 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 guidebooks 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).

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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 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 NevezSt-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, traveling 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 written for 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.

Hugh McNaughtanBahamas, Turks & Caicos A former English lecturer, Hugh swapped grant applications 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 daugh-ters. Except perhaps on the cricket field.

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 destinations 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.

Andrea Schulte-PeeversSt Kitts & Nevis, Antigua 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 contributed to nearly 100 Lonely Planet titles as well as to newspapers, magazines and websites around the world. She also works as a travel consultant, trans-lator and editor. Andrea’s destination expertise is especially strong when it comes to Germany, Dubai and the UAE, Crete and the Caribbean Islands. She lives in Berlin.

Regis St LouisMiami Regis grew up in a small town in the American Midwest – the kind of place that fuels big dreams of travel – and he developed an early fascination with foreign dialects and world cultures. He spent his formative years learning Russian and a handful of Romance languages, which served him well on journeys across much of the globe. Regis has contributed to more than 50 Lonely Planet titles, covering destinations across six continents. His travels have taken him from the mountains of Kamchatka to remote island villages in Melanesia, and to many grand urban landscapes. When not on the road, he lives in New Orleans. Follow him on www.instagram.com/regisstlouis.

Mara VorheesCayman Islands, Aruba, Bonaire, 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 adven-tures and misadventures at www.havetwinswill travel.com.

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Joshua KinserCurator, Plan Your Trip chapters Joshua Kinser is a writer, photographer and musician based out of Bat Cave, North Carolina, about 20 miles from Asheville. He spent more than five years working as a drummer on cruise ships, traveling throughout the Caribbean and repeatedly visiting nearly every cruise port in the region. He is the author of more than 16 books, including several travel guides to the southeast United States and a book series about what it’s like to work aboard cruise ships.

Ray BartlettCozumel Ray is a travel writer specializing in Japan, Korea, Mexico and the United States. He has worked on many different Lonely Planet titles, starting with Japan in 2004 and covering Cozumel and Tulum for this guide.

Paul ClammerJamaica Paul 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 paulclammer.com or on Twitter as @paulclammer. Paul also contributed to the Plan Your Trip and Survival Guide sections of this guidebook.

Alex EgertonBarbados A news journalist by trade, Alex has worked for magazines, newspapers and media outlets on five continents. Having had his fill of

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