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Nevis Island is one of the best kept secrets in the Caribbean! This warm weather, tropical destination boasts amazing mountain views, stunning white sand beaches, fresh & healthy cuisine, adorable wildlife watching all wrapped up in a safe and relaxing environment.
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a little country located in the
Leeward Islands chain, the arched group of islands dripping down the eastern
side of the Caribbean Sea, beyond the USVI and BVI islands. St Kitts and Nevis
is the country name, as well as the names of the individual island states.
Approaching the coast line of Dominican Republic, visitors are greeted with lush green tropical landscape along the jagged coast line at the edge of the little town of Punta Cana. The resorts are sparsely dotted along the coast. The thatched roof airport terminal of Punta Cana is reminiscent of vintage postcards of early air travel to far off tropical destinations.
Cayo Icacos is a small, uninhabited island approximately 1 mile wide and over 1 mile long located 3 miles off the northeast coast of Puerto Rico. There are no restaurants, no shopping centers or vendors, no electricity, and no facilities of any kind. The little island is just lush green foliage and perfect white sand beaches.
Day Sail to the Pristine White Sand Beaches of Cayo Icacos
The best option to visit this tropical paradise is by boat. There is a water taxi service that departs just north of the El Conquistador resort in Las Croabas neighborhood of Fajardo, providing drop off and pick up service to Icacos as the least expensive option. A slightly more expensive option is the powered Catamaran sailboats that provide transportation, snorkel gear, shade, food & drinks, and (darn important) onboard bathrooms.
For us, the decision was easy – comfort and leisure on a Catamaran!
We are moving to Puerto Rico! Here is the story of how and why we decided to pack up and move.
While on a Caribbean Cruise three years ago, we had a half day stop in old San Juan, Puerto Rico. I immediately loved the brief glimpse of the island, the people, and the food. Spending so few hours in a city, is quite frankly, enough for one decent meal and walking around the restaurant neighborhood. And one meal can change your life, at least for me.
2015 summer visit in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
Knowing we needed more time, a 2 week vacation was planned a break-neck 2 years later along the North and East Coasts to see more of the island. It was still not enough!
After some number crunching and serious talk about options, we decided our best course of action was to move to the Caribbean. We have secured a year lease on a beach community house in Puerto Rico that will serve as home base so that we can slow down and explore the Caribbean! For the next year (at least) we are going to practice Slow Travel and explore as much of the Caribbean as we can.
The locals are hardworking, friendly, happy people that have welcomed us with open arms, and bent over backward to help us at every turn. There are tax incentives to move our IT consulting business to PR, while at the same time we will be helping the local economy (that is the real win-win situation).
The Caribbean is a great value and has so much to offer. Puerto Rico, while a territory not a State, is still part of the USA. Complete with same currency, same electrical plug, no visa or travel restrictions for Americans, no quarantine for my dog, same phone plan and I am keeping the same phone number. Puerto Rico is the Caribbean’s version of Hawaii’s less expensive Latin cousin, with a far more culturally diverse neighborhood. There are many “foreign” islands nearby with cool stuff to do, places to visit, and new food to eat.
So stay tuned for Caribbean cuisine, adventure, history, culture, scuba diving, hiking the rain forest, travel tips, beaches, and more beaches!
