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Paradise is a plane ride away Trade the winter blues for the azure seas and cerulean skies of these warm weather destinations.
Hope Town is the only town on the island of Elbow Cay, a six-mile-long angled island in the Abacos. Its brightly colored colonial cottages and tropical flora contribute to its charm.
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A hand-hewn wooden fishing boat rests in the sand near Las Galeras. Desolate beaches and hidden coves, some accessible only by sea, dot the area in the Dominican Republic.
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There's no better way to see the Dominican countryside than from the back of a moto taxi. Dirt roads wend their way through the fields outside of Las Galeras, and the mountains of Cabo Cabron National Park are visible in the distance.
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Isla Holbox lies just off the Yucatan Peninsula, about a two-hour drive west of Cancun, Mexico. Golf carts are the only way to get around the fine white sand beaches of this remote fishing village.
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Clear views of Mount Batur in Bali are seen from the Lakeview Hotel. A guided one-mile hike gets you to the top of the active volcano.
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Pulling into Pigeon Cay, a fishing village about 15 minutes from Utila, Honduras. Travelers staying on the private island of Little Cay can pick up supplies on Pigeon Cay, about a five-minute boat ride away.
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A house overlooks the water on Pigeon Cay.
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Travelers who rent the private island of Little Cay can call this view their own.
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Dolphins perform at the Sea Aquarium in Curacao. The show is one of the most popular attractions on the recently independent island nation .
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Guests eat breakfast at one of the restaurants in the Kura Hulanda complex in Otrobanda, a tourist district and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dutch colonial Willemstad, Curacao.
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Tourists fish in the turquoise waters of Porto Mari, one of Curacao's more than three dozen beaches.
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Waves pound the jagged coast of Shete Boka National Park at the western tip of Curacao.
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Jouri Breit, left, and Tom VerVers of Holland walk down the dock to go scuba diving at Porto Mari.
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Enrique Alvarez, a teenage tourist from Venezuela, swims at the Sea Aquarium beach in Curacao.
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A 45-minute canoe ride up the Chagres River in Panama brings you to Embera Indian Village, where a warm welcome and lunch served on a leaf await.
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The sun sets over the Island Seas Resort beach in Freeport.
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The nature walk at Freeport's Lucayan National Park is one alternative to the beach scene.
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A family enjoys the afternoon fishing at Xanadu Beach in Freeport.
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A trip to the Bahamas would not be complete without some traditional island fare.
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Views abound from Kahanu Garden and Pi'ilanihale heiau, an ancient native temple not far from the town of Hana, on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The garden was named after Washington Post editor Sara Goo's father's family .
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The Kahanu Garden is home to many breadfruit, coconut and other trees and plants commonly found in Hawaii.
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Participants head into the countryside during the Colin Hudson Great Train Hike, the highlight of the local hiking calendar in Barbados.
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Walkers make their way north through a stunning Barbados landscape.
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