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<br /> HANDREW HARPER'S<br /> OCTOBER 2011<br /> online<br /> CARIBBEAN UPDATE<br /> ANTIGUA ST. BARTHS PUERTO RICO<br /> plus OUR FAVORITE BEACHES<br /> { 2011 READER SURVEY RESULTS }<br /> { candid reviews by a writer who travels incognito and always pays his own way }<br /> editor’s letter<br /> OCTOBER 2011 — I lost count long ago of my trips to the Caribbean. Certainly<br /> dozens. Could it really be over a hundred by now? Fortunately, in this case<br /> familiarity breeds affection. I still board the aircraft with a spring in my step —<br /> particularly when fleeing the frigid Northeast in February! And as the plane<br /> begins to descend, I still find myself peering anxiously out of the window, like<br /> any novice traveler, to check that it really is sunny down there. For what is more<br /> pleasurable than sitting on a West Indian veranda, surrounded by fragrant<br /> frangipani and lulled by the warm, steady breeze of the trade winds? Or stroll<a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=1"> HANDREW HARPER'S OCTOBER 2011 online CA</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=2"> editor’s letter OCTOBER 2011 — I lost count long </a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=3"> VERANDA AT LE TOINY ON ST. BARTHS</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=4"> contents OCTOBER 2011 6 Caribbean Update 9 </a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=5"> 6 34 62 68</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=6"> NEW AND REVITALIZED CARIBBEAN RESORTS MAIN BEACH</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=7"> »</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=8"> CARIBBEAN the caribbean is an </a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=9"> ATLANTIC OCEAN 4 3 BRITISH D</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=10"> CARIBBEAN two miles north of Antigua — 15 mi</a> <a title="The Hideaway Report October 2011 - Complimentary Issue page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/7c5a7326?page=11"> aboard. 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