Sailing the Caribbean blue by Lori Robertson, details how to island hop in the British Virgin Islands on a chartered boat, and Catch some rays in the Caymans is Tim Rock's review of Stingray City, often considered to be one of the best shallow dives and snorkelling spots in the world.

BBC: This is Caribbean week

Often referred to as the jewel of the Caribbean for its grandiose colonial architecture, blue waters and sun drenched squares, Cartagena in Colombia combines old school elegance with a vibrant Latin soul.

FORBES: Cartagena Bay - Colombia

It was not the miles of palm-fringed, white sand or the ludicrously blue sea that stunned me the Caribbean is littered with beaches fit for postcards it was the fact that there was virtually no development in any direction and hardly a soul in sight.

BBC: Colombia��s virtually vacant paradise

The children of Afro-Caribbean and Indian immigrants have completely closed the earnings gap with whites, in both professional and blue-collar work.

ECONOMIST: Race discrimination