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Traditional Mai Tai: Recipe from The Royal Hawaiian hotel on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu 1 oz dark rum 1 oz light rum 1 oz orange curacao 2 oz orange juice 1/2 oz lime juice dash orgeat dash simple syrup Painkiller: The official drink of the BVI; recipe from Pusser’s Rum 2, 3 or 4 oz of Pusser’s Rum 4 parts pineapple juice to one each of cream of coconut and orange juice grate fresh nutmeg on top Rum Swizzle: Traditional cocktail from Bermuda; recipe from Swizzle Inn, Bermuda’s oldest pub and home of the Rum Swizzle. Serves 6. 4 oz Goslings Black Seal Rum 4 ...

Long Island is not only long (60 miles), it is also narrow--no more than 4 miles at its widest point. It is indeed a land of eloquent contrasts in geography, architecture and enterprise. One of the most scenic hideaways in The Bahamas, it is divided by the Tropic of Cancer and bordered by two very different coasts, one with soft-white, broad beaches and the other rocky headlands that descend suddenly into the roiling sea. The terrain varies from sloping hills in the northeast to low hillsides in the south fading into stark white flatlands where salt is produced; from swampland to beautiful ...

There may be no more "undiscovered, " off-the-beaten-path places left in the Caribbean, but Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago comes close. This collection of 10 or so islands near the border with Costa Rica is one of the favorite stops for Panamanian tourists, but has been mostly ignored by the rest of the travel world. Yet it has a lot going for it: warm, aqua-turquoise water (this is the Caribbean after all), some nice beaches (Bluff Beach on Colon is a favorite with both sunbathers and surfers) and reefs (in Admiral Bay) for snorkeling, and even some tropical rainforest with rewar...

Stand on the rim of the volcanic crater at Orongo, a thousand feet above the sea. Look around the endless Pacific Ocean visibly curving along the horizon. Ask yourself how those early Polynesian navigators ever found this isolated volcanic rock surrounded by thousands of square miles of empty sea. And then ask yourself what drove them here – and what happened to them? Easter Island (known locally as Rapa Nui) is the original mysterious island. The islanders developed the only written language in Oceania, but the meaning of the script has been lost. The island itself is best known, of cours...