One regret from my brief island getaway to the island country of Trinidad in the Caribbean? That I did not go birding. Yes, you heard me correctly. "Birding." Once upon a time, I thought bird watching sounded sort of silly and dull, but that was before I knew about gorgeous creatures such as the scarlet ibis. The photographs of these stunning animals have utterly captured my imagination: (The scarlet ibis in flight. Photo by Dominic Sherony, Flickr.) While Trinidad is beloved

For years Zickie has told me that the Caribbean island of Tobago was beautiful. When I began to write this post, I asked, figuring that he was somewhat of an expert, "How many times have you been to Tobago?" His answer: none at all. (Pigeon Point, Tobago, by NJ Spicer, Flickr) This stunned me, because not only has Zickie recounted for ages how gorgeous Tobago beaches are, he also lived on its sister isle of Trinidad for three years, while attending the University of the West

If you thrive, like we do, on taking “Island Runaways,” that is, magical escapes to refresh and re-new both body and mind, one Caribbean island that can’t be missed is Trinidad. While its little sister isle, Tobago, gets more attention for its pure sand beaches and aquamarine sea, Trinidad holds plenty attractions of its own. (And it has a special place in Zickie’s heart, because he lived here while attending the University of the West Indies.) From Creole-Indian-African insp