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Who would have thought that St Lucia is a hotbed of Country & Western music? As @thecoconuttimes reported for @dailymail this weekend, on Sundays you'll hear Country tunes playing loudly in supermarkets, bars and car… instagram.com/p/B5hncNUgYGf/…

🇱🇨 Who would have thought that St Lucia is a hotbed of Country & Western music? As @thecoconuttimes reported for @dailymail this weekend, on Sundays you'll hear Country tunes playing loudly in supermarkets, bars and… instagram.com/p/B5hmMRggiOO/…

🇬🇩 🇻🇨 Everyone dreams of island-hopping in the Caribbean, but where can you do it with ease and affordably? As @thecoconuttimes reported this weekend for @telegraphtravel one answer is The Grenadines where… instagram.com/p/B5hlRi3Ar47/…

The latest report from @thecoconuttimes for @TelegraphTravel '10 Amazing Ways To Visit A Resurgent Caribbean This Winter' telegraph.co.uk/travel/destina…

🇯🇲 Inna de Yard is a new film celebrating Jamaican reggae and seventysomething performers like Ken Boothe whose 'Everything I Own' topped UK charts in 1974. It's also a showcase for the beauty of an island that should be on every travel wish-list @InnaDeYardMusic @VisitJamaicaUK

🇻🇬 Three disused aircraft, ingeniously re-modelled in the shape of sharks, will be sunk off Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands to create intriguing dive sites. The initiative from 1beyondthereef.com will raise money to teach BVI children to swim. @BritishVirginIs

"As the Cambridges return from their '£56,000' holiday, how royals made Mustique the world's most famous 'fantasy island'" By Nigel Tisdall telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/… @TelegraphLuxury @Mustique_Island

🇻🇨 Canouan is the latest magnet for luxury travellers in St Vincent & The Grenadines thanks to @mo_canouan, its immaculate beachfront resort. Now a superyacht marina has opened, the Sandy Lane Yacht Club & Residences, with glam outposts of @SohoHouse and @Amanresorts to follow

🇯🇲 Last night a huge crowd of punters and party-lovers turned out for the inaugural JAMAICA One Love Rum N Reggae race night @WindsorRaces. Pimms gave way to rum punch and The Marley Revival had us all dancing away on a hot and warmhearted night in which everyone was a winner.

🇧🇧 On the west coast of Barbados, 40 suite @CobblersCove has had an elegant makeover styled by owner Sam de Teran and @SoaneBritain. Intricately woven rattan furniture and hand-printed fabrics are paired with bold pink and white exteriors, creating a zestful new seaside escape.

'Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen' is a vibrant cookbook out today from chef and presenter Ainsley Harriott. “Caribbean cooking is not just jerk chicken,” he enthuses and there's plenty to get the lips smacking from butterflied chilli sardines to tamarind treacle-glazed ribs. Yum!

🇵🇷 The Fourth of July is an appropriate time to raise a piña colada to Puerto Rico which will hopefully see a direct flight from London to the island capital, San Juan, launch next year - just in time for the 500th anniversary of its founding. @discover_PR

If you’d like to visit Haiti but have yet to get there, Miami’s Little Haiti neighbourhood is a handy taster. To get a real insight, join the local-led tours in a wildly painted tap-tap bus playing konpa music @visitlittlehaiti @miamiandbeaches

Cocktails and workouts don’t usually mix - unless you’re riding this ingenious bike that makes a fine ‘piña cyclada’. We found it in Miami @wsouthbeach during @le_miami, a luxury travel show featuring some inspiring Caribbean hotels. Keep following us for all the latest news.

🇻🇨 Few vehicles epitomise the Caribbean spirit of 'never give up' better than these stalwart mokes on @petitstvincent in St Vincent and The Grenadines. 54 years old, there are seven still taking guests around this 115-acre resort, including a roofless 'Convertible @discoversvg

🇻🇨 Happy Island is a tiny, man-made circle of conch shells off Union Island in The Grenadines with a simple bar, formidable sound system and the charismatic Rolanda. The rum cocktails tends to be 'strong' or 'very strong', making it an ideal place to take a break from the world

🇻🇨 Kitesurfers are a surprise pleasure when you sail The Grenadines. Warm water, sunshine, persistent winds and not many people make islands like Mayreau and Union highly attractive to these aerial acrobats. See @unionAnchorage to learn and @DYcharter to hop aboard a yacht.

Everyone dreams of island-hopping in the Caribbean, but where can you do it with ease and affordably? One answer is The Grenadines where @DYC_UK offer week-long 'book by the cabin' voyages on a shared crewed catamaran sailing north from Grenada. @discoversvg @discovergrenada