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Bermuda has attracted celebrities and the well-to-do since the 1930s.

Despite not visiting for 50 years, I still find this island is my favourite place

A new job took my grandfather to paradise. Joining him there was the highlight of my childhood.

  • Mark Chipperfield

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US personnel seize oil tanker Skipper.

US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela

President Donald Trump says the US has taken over a “very large” oil tanker in the latest move to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

  • Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin
Rains in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from Melissa, then a tropical storm and now a Category 3 hurricane.

Strengthening hurricane threatens Caribbean with catastrophic floods

Melissa is now a category 3 hurricane and is expected to rapidly intensify over the next 24 hours, threatening catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica.

Cumana, in Trinidad and Tobago, has found itself on the front line of America’s war on drug cartels.

Mystery grips Caribbean as bodies wash ashore after US strikes

Villagers say the first corpse had burn marks on its face and was missing limbs. The tides deposited another body a few days later, its right leg seemingly blown off.

  • Simon Romero, Prior Beharry and Federico Rios
Celebration Key.

Inside the $900 million ‘pleasure zone’ created just for cruise passengers

One way cruise lines can avoid complaints about overtourism is, increasingly, building their own exclusive island resorts for passengers.

  • Sara Macefield
Tikal Temple I in Tikal, Guatemala. Visit while it’s still relatively undiscovered.

The new highlights of North and Central America

From the bright lights of Broadway to the northern lights, the Americas add up to epic destinations.

  • Kristie Kellahan
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Icon of the Seas rises to an astonishing 20 decks, divided into eight different “neighbourhoods”.

Ship review: The world’s biggest cruise ship is insanely perfect

These giant ships are not everyone’s cup of tea, but for families who see the advantage of an all-in-one, something-for-everyone holiday, they’re just the thing.

  • Keith Austin
The Thrill Island waterpark is like some contraption Wile E Coyote might create to capture the Roadrunner.

I sailed on the world’s biggest cruise ship and it was bonkers

With capacity for 7000 passengers, Icon of the Seas is like an ocean-going lovechild of Looney Tunes and Las Vegas.

  • Keith Austin
Tayrona National Park: improbable beauty.

This spectacular coast is like nowhere else

Colombia offers wildlife, landscapes and cultures you simply can’t find in any other South American nation.

  • Rob McFarland
Colour in the cruise port and capital city Kralendijk, Bonaire one of the Caribbean Netherlands’ ABC Islands.

The little-known part of the Netherlands that’s 8000 km from Europe

Just 80 kilometres north of Venezuela, Bonaire is a tiny speck of a largely untamed island, home to 22,500 residents and 10,000 pink flamingoes.

  • Kristie Kellahan