ZiNG Caribbean – May-June 2019

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LIAT TRAVEL GUIDE & INFORMATION

WWW.MARTINIQUETOURISME.COM

MARTINIQUE

WHAT’S HOT?

Culinary workshops

are available for

guests who would like

to discover the most

authentic dishes with Ma

Cuisine Créole. SIZE: 1100 sq miles

CURRENCY: Euro POPULATION:

403,000 LANGUAGE: French

MAIN CITY: Fort-de-France

LOCAL BEER: Lorraine

DISH OF THE DAY: Colombo

of chicken with white rice

DESTINATION HIGHLIGHT: Follow La Route du Rhum (the

Rum Route), a trip through the history of sugar cane and

rum. Martinique has 11 distilleries, seven still in operation. All

Martinique rums have the AOC label, the world’s only rums

to have been awarded the prestigious French accolade.

Grand•Riviere Basse-Pointe

Marigot

Sainte-Marie

Saint•Pierre

Fort-de-France

Aime Cesaire Airport

Grand Anse

Vauclin

Marin

Point des

Salines

ST LUCIA

WHAT’S HOT?

Roam the Tet Paul Nature

Trail, which combines culture, history,

horticulture and spectacular landscapes

SIZE: 238 sq miles CURRENCY:ECdollar

and US dollar POPULATION: 171,000

LANGUAGE: English MAIN CITY:

Castries LOCAL BEER: Piton Beer

DISH OF THE DAY: Green

fig and saltfish DESTINATION

HIGHLIGHT: Board a

catamaran, taking in the

beautiful west coast en

route to the island’s

south – home to the

Pitons, and to a chocolate

hotel and plantation.

Then visit one of the

world’s only drive-in

volcanoes and dip in

healing mud baths.

WWW.STLUCIA.ORG

Pigeon Point

Rodney Bay

George FL Charles Airport

Castries

Marigot Bay

Grand Riviere

Mt Gimie Praslin

Laborie

Maria Islands

Nature Reserve

Soufriere

Petit Piton

Gros Piton

Grande Anse

ST VINCENT &

THE GRENADINES

WHAT’S HOT?

With steel pan, soca and a carnival

queen, Vincy Mas (June-July)

is one of the hottest carnivals

in the Caribbean!

SIZE: 133 sq miles

CURRENCY: EC dollar

POPULATION: 109,022

LANGUAGE:English

MAINCITY:Kingstown

LOCALBEER:Hairoun

DISHOFTHEDAY:

Jackfishandbreadfruit

CARIBBEANCHALLENGE:Takethe

tinyferrytoYoungIslandtorelaxon

thisprivateoutcrop.Thencatchthe

ferrytoBequiatoexploreitsunspoilt

charm.Next,hailafishingboattovisit

Mustiquebeforefinishinguponcool

Canouan–phew!

WWW.DISCOVERSVG.COM

Fancy

La Soufriere

Chateaubelair

Mesopotamia

Biabou

Georgetown

Layou

Kingstown

Argyle Airport

CANOUAN

MUSTIQUE

BEQUIA

TOBAGO CAYS

UNION ISLAND

ST VINCENT

GUYANA

WHAT’S HOT? Sustainable tourism – many lodges

and communities embrace low-carbon lifestyles

SIZE: 83,850 sq miles

CURRENCY: Guyanese dollar

POPULATION: 741,908

LANGUAGE: English, Arawak,

Carib and Guyanese Creole

MAIN CITY: Georgetown

LOCAL BEER: Banks

DISH OF THE DAY:

Cookup rice (rice and

peas boiled in coconut

milk with meat)

WWW.GUYANA-TOURISM.COM

INSIDER TIP: “It was truly oneofthemost

beautiful things I’ve ever done.Itreally

makes you understand how muchyou

do not need on a daily basis.”

CHANNING TATUM, AMERICAN ACTOR,

AFTER TAKING A 16-DAY BUSHMASTERS

RIVER TRIP IN GUYANA

Mabaruma

Kaieteur Falls

Lethem

Rupununi Savannah

Linden

New

Amsterdam

Georgetown

Cheddi Jagan Airport