Caribbean

The islands of the Caribbean are a diverse collection of former colonies that have moved with the times to become exotic vacation hideaways and sun-drenched playgrounds in easy reach of the United States and through the growth in airline traffic, Europe too. Most major Caribbean islands have an airport but the preferred mode of transportation is by ship, whether a cruise liner, an inter-island ferry boat or a private yacht. Several continental countries have Caribbean coastlines and islands, notably Belize, Colombia, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela, but the development of facilities for vacation visitors is greatest on the islands that form an arc from the Florida peninsula to the tip of South America. Read more on Caribbean