There's a statistic that caught me off guard last year: 58% of travelers now say they'd rather bring their dog on a long trip than a human friend. At first, I laughed. Then I thought about my last few road trips—the one where my buddy complained about my Spotify choices for six hours straight, and t...
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The message came in at 2:47 a.m., which should have been my first clue that something was very wrong. "They're checking cameras at Finns Beach Club. Two photographers already taken to immigration." Then another: "Did you hear about the raids in Seminyak?" And finally, the one that made my stomach dr...
Little St James is a small private island located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, roughly one mile southeast of St. Thomas. Covering approximately 70 to 78 acres, the island sits between St. Thomas and Great St. James and is part of the East End subdistrict of St. Thomas. It is entirely privately owned ...
Little Saint James is a privately owned island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, located off the coast of St. Thomas. Unlike public Caribbean destinations, it has no ferry service, public dock, or scheduled transport, and it is not open to visitors. Historically, access was by private boat or helicopter f...
Little St James lies a short distance off the southeastern coast of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands — roughly one to two miles depending on the departure point. By private boat the crossing takes only a few minutes. This page explains the geography between St. Thomas and Little St James, nearb...
The Ledges is a name associated with Little St James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This guide explains what the term refers to, the island's rocky coastal geography, and the broader setting of the privately owned island off St. Thomas. As a private island, Little St James is not open to the public.Pla...
The silverback sits ten meters upslope, close enough that you can see the individual gray hairs across his shoulders catch the mist. He is chewing bamboo shoots with the deliberate rhythm of someone who has never once hurried through a meal, and when he glances in your direction the recognition is i...
I used to think forest bathing was the height of wellness sophistication. Walking slowly through trees, breathing deeply, touching moss with intention; it all felt very 2020, very "we're all healing now," very pandemic chic. And don't get me wrong, there's real value in slowing down long enough to n...
The question scrolling through the minds of 147 passengers and crew aboard the MV Hondius wasn't theoretical. It was visceral. If the incubation period for hantavirus stretches anywhere from one to eight weeks, and if this outbreak started with exposure in Argentina before the ship even left port, w...