ʻAʻole pono ke kumu kūʻai o ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻolei manawaleʻa. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi o nā wahi kahakai kahakai maikaʻi loa o ka honua. (A ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā mau mile ma mua o ka pau ʻana o nā mokulele.) No laila e hui pū me mākou me ka inu anu a me ka pepa pepa - ʻo ia hoʻi: Me nā kālā āpau āu e mālama nei, e hoʻomaka i kahi uhi paʻa!

St. John, US Virgin Islands

Hoʻokaʻawale i kahi pedicure - ʻaʻohe kāmaʻa ma St. John. ʻIke ʻia nā ʻāʻī ma hope o ka lua me he mea lā ua kālai ʻia lākou e ka ʻūhā hau, a ʻo nā ala snorkeling i lalo o ka wai e like me nā ala wāwae ma waena o nā mahi kō. Inā ʻike ʻia nā kahakai, no ka mea aia lākou i waena o nā kiʻi nui loa o ka honua, mahalo i nā kahakai condo-free a me nā waʻa peʻa e lele ana i nā wai ʻulaʻula pēpē. Ma ke kaona ʻo Coral Bay, kūʻai i nā bikini mai ka "hale kūʻai" i loko o kahi kaʻa VW, e kauoha i nā cheeseburgers mai kahi papa heʻe nalu kahiko, a hiamoe i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā nalu i loko o kahi hale kahakai makani no ka liʻiliʻi he $70. (Kekahi mea hou: I kēia mau lā ʻo St. John kekahi o nā mokupuni Karipiano wale nō e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hele i ka sans passport.) A ʻoiai ʻo St. o Virgin Islands National Park, e pale ana i ka elua hapakolu o ka mokupuni. ʻAʻole pono nā hale lole: Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i kekahi o nā hale hoʻomoana he 15-by-15-kapuaʻi, ʻo kēlā me kēia me ʻehā mau moena māhoe, kahi peʻahi, papaʻaina pīniki, a me ka grill.

Nā Kī Ke Kai

Ke paʻi ʻoe i ka Mile Marker 37 ma ke alaloa ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hoʻopunipuni iā ʻoe i ke one palupalu a me nā pālima kala e manaʻoʻiʻo ua hoʻokele ʻia ʻoe i ke ala holoʻokoʻa i ka Caribbean. ʻAʻole, ʻo Florida nō kēia, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Bahia Honda Key, kahi pāka mokuʻāina 524-ʻeka me kahi ʻāpana kahakai. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ke kahakai maikaʻi loa ma Keys—a ʻo kona kūlana mokuʻāina ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ke kumukūʻai e noho ai ma ʻaneʻi he hapa ia o nā mea āu e hoʻolilo ai ma kahi ʻē aʻe ma ka pae moku. E hoʻopaʻa i hoʻokahi o nā Bayside Cabins mālie ʻeono o ka paka: ʻO kēlā me kēia hale kūʻai ma luna o nā kuʻekuʻe e moe ai ʻoe a me ʻelima mau hoaaloha, a he ea, wela (me he mea lā!), He lumi kuke a me kahi lumi hoʻokipa, a me kahi pahu ma luna o kahi papa e nānā ana i ke kahawai. No ka poʻe makemake i ka hana ʻoi aku ma mua o ka nānā ʻana i nā nalu, he $10 ka uku hoʻolimalima kayak, a ʻo nā huakaʻi snorkeling i loko o ka Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary e holo ma lalo o $30 no ʻekolu hola. ʻO nā kahakai ʻekolu o ka paka, ʻo Sandspur ʻelua mile ka lōʻihi ka lōʻihi a he kūpono ia no ka ʻauʻau ʻana, me ka hāʻule mālie ʻana i ka turquoise Caribbean, er, Atlantic Ocean.

Mokupuni ʻo Cat, Bahamas

Ma ka hapa nui o nā mokupuni ʻoluʻolu, ʻo "rake and scrape" ka mea āu e hana ai ma lalo o kāu ʻeke ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā uku hoʻolimalima hōkele a me nā mea inu lama. Ma ka Mokupuni ʻo Cat, he ʻano mele Bahamian āu e lohe ai ma waena o nā kaola kahakai, e like me ke ʻano o ke one ʻākoʻa e pili ana i ka mokupuni. Ma waena o nā hale liʻiliʻi ma 46 mau mile ka lōʻihi, ʻo Cat ko Sammy T's resort, kahi ʻehiku mau hale ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula i loaʻa i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lumi moe, ka ea, a me kahi kīhini.

Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic

Ke hoʻolilo nei nā mea lawe mokulele e like me JetBlue i ka Dominican Republic i wahi wela me ka nui o nā mokulele haʻahaʻa. Akā, manaʻo mākou e lele i Santiago a laila e holo i ʻekolu hola i ka Peninsula Samaná. Mai Ianuali a Malaki, ʻo ia ka ʻāina kiaʻi koholā. Wehe nā malihini akamai i loko o kekahi o nā māla māla 23 ma Las Palmas a hoʻomaka e ʻai iā lākou iho ma ke kahakai ʻo Las Terrenas ʻewalu mile ka lōʻihi ma ke alanui. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻana, loaʻa iā lākou ka manawa e makaʻala i ke koena o ka wailele 500-square-mile-a me ke one ʻo Samaná Peninsula. E hoʻokuʻu i ka huakaʻi alakaʻi he $85 i Cayo Levantado—he mea mākaʻikaʻi loa—a ma kahi o $10 no ka holo waʻa mai ke kūlanakauhale kokoke ʻo Las Galeras a i Playa Rincón. No nā kumu niu a me nā hale iʻa ʻewalu mile ke kahakai talcum-powder-soft beach, kahi e kūʻai ai ʻelua kālā iā ʻoe i ka ʻaina awakea iʻa.

ʻO Anegada, ko Beritania Virgin Islands

ʻOi aku ma mua o 300 mau moku moku e hoʻopuni ana i ka pancake-flat Anegada, akā ʻaʻohe pono e luʻu no kā lākou waiwai pio i ka wā e noho ai ma kēia mokupuni ʻeiwa mau mile ka lōʻihi o British Virgin Island. No ka mea, he $95 ka nui o nā lumi ma Neptune's Treasure i ke kau haʻahaʻa (ʻApelila a Kekemapa) a he $15 hou aku i nā mahina hoʻoilo. He 150 kapuaʻi wale nō nā lumi ʻeiwa mai ke kahakai aku—kekahi o nā mea he nui e hoʻokipa i nā luina a me nā mea makemake BVI i kēia mokupuni, me nā kahakai i kapa ʻia ʻo Loblolly Bay, Cow Wreck Bay, a me Flash of Beauty. ʻOiai ʻoe e paʻa ana i ke kipa ʻana i kēlā mau mea, a i ʻole ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi o nā flamingo ma kahi loko iʻa kokoke, a i ʻole e pulu wale ana i ka lā, ke kiʻi nei ko Neptune koʻokoʻo i nā iʻa hou no ka ʻaina ahiahi i lawelawe ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe? ma kahakai.