Orbitz Vacation: Islands In The Sea

A Caribbean vacation is one of the most evocative phrases in the Engllish language. The merest suggestion can unleash a stream of dreamy images featuring golden beaches, coconut palms, limpid azure seas, and hibiscus blooms accompanied by a soung track of tinkling steel-pan music, or the rhythmic beat of reggae. The extended Caribbean show reel might incorporate coral-reef diving and rain forest trails, exploring colonial relics, and sailing through the Virgin Islands archipelago, or the Grenadines. But however satisfying this momentary daydream may be, it cannot beat the reality, the feel of powder-soft coral sand between your toes, the squawk and colorful flash of a rare parrot in the rain forest, the taste of a fresh mango plucked from the tree.

{The National Geographic Traveler}