A Caribbean primer -- Newsday.com: "It's hard to go completely wrong in choosing a Caribbean island. Every one of them, after all, offers warm water, beautiful views, sunny skies and soft breezes. Even the most remote island is likely, at the very least, to have a steel-drum band playing at one place or another on a given night."
Forbes, I have been a long time vacation homeowner on Aruba, the tiny Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. Only 20 miles long and 6 miles across, the cactus-filled, dry island features my favorite beach in the entire world. Endless days spent on the famed Eagle Beach floating in crystal clear, aquamarine warm waters is why massive throngs of tourists return annually to this island paradise.