Understanding Vodou in the Caribbean
By Paul Clammer, Lonely Planet From msn travel All too often, the Caribbean’s default tourist mode is its carefree picture of beaches and rum. Rinse and repeat: it’s a staggeringly successful formula. But it doesn’t leave much scope to get…
The eye-popping secrets of Branson’s Caribbean playground
By Chris Hastings for The Mail On Sunday Guests fire golf balls at human targets dressed as sumo wrestlers and eat sushi off a staff member’s stomach Staff on Richard Branson’s Caribbean island reveal bizarre goings-on One employee revealed she…
David Coulthard a winner again at Caribbean’s ‘crazy racing’
By Matt Majendie From The Independent Former F1 driver shows he still has what it takes to win annual competition, where motorsport’s elite, and Matt Majendie, compete in anything from trucks to go-karts David Coulthard and Mick Doohan are sitting…
Reebok, UFC announce landmark apparel deal
From UFC Reebok and the UFC are joining forces in a groundbreaking six-year partnership that will see the global fitness leader become the exclusive outfitter and apparel provider for the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization. The Reebok/UFC apparel line,…
It’s official: Giant snook is all-time record
By Bill Sargent From Florida Today Ward Michaels never doubted for a minute that his catch of an enormous 591/2-pound Pacific black snook last March at Puerto Quepos in Costa Rica would be accepted as an all-tackle world record. “I…
Former owner of Cayman Islands Seaview hotel makes world news again with more WWII planes sitting in his hanger
By Emma Glanfield from Daily Mail UK Stars of the skies: Collection of six Messerschmitts that appeared in 1969 film Battle of Britain sold for £4million after sitting in hanger for decades Six Messerschmitts from ‘Battle of Britain’ sold in…
Riding bikes in all the wrong places: City downhill’s insane urban race courses
By hipstomp / Rain from Core77 Cities like New York and Washington D.C. were designed with nice, rational grids. Cities like Tokyo and Kyoto were reportedly designed to confuse invaders with twisting, irrational angles. And cities like Valparaiso, Chile and…
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Jamaican student killed, two others injured, during armed robbery rampage From Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday November 13, 2014 – A student was killed and two others injured following an attack by armed men in the southern parish of St. Elizabeth…
Dozens of women strip naked for Day of the Dead photo shoot
From Fox News Latino SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO – Some 110 women posed nude as a group here on Thursday for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick, who conducted a photo shoot with the theme of Mexico’s Day of the Dead….
Bizzare cloud formation appears over Victoria Australia
By Heather Mcnab From Daily Mail Australia The Wongthaggi Rapture: Bizarre cloud formation which looks like a camouflaged spaceship A bizzare cloud formation appeared over Victoria, ringed by a rainbow and giving the appearance of a hole in the sky…