If you’re thinking of moving to the Caribbean, there are many factors to consider: what kind of real estate are you looking for? What kind of area are you looking for? Are you looking for a remote enclave or a development? For luxury home buyers, it’s a different proposition: perhaps you want privacy and exclusivity, but also a certain sense of community. The Caribbean is full of beautiful, luxurious places to live — and these are the best. Here are the top luxury neighborhoods in the Caribbean.

One Sandy Lane, listed with Christie’s International Real Estate.

Platinum Coast, Barbados

From Sandy Lane (which launches its own residential component) to the luxury shops of Holetown, this is Barbados’ jetset capital, blessed with perfect white sand beaches and some of the most expensive villas in the whole Caribbean.

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Montserrat’s geothermal energy exploration project is moving forward.

Preparations have begun for the drilling of what will be the island’s third geothermal well.

Montserrat is dredging Port Plymouth in order to accommodate the arrival of the vessel transporting the drilling equipment for the project.

The purpose of the third well is to get closer to the core of the geothermal reservoir in Montserrat, officials said in a statement.

This phase is considered the “reinjection” or “exploration phase,” which will be used to extract knowledge and ultimately create a production well.

Montserrat is one of several islands in the Eastern Caribbean pursuing geothermal energy at various stages, including Nevis and St Lucia.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The passenger vessel ferry Caribbean Fantasy was towed safely on Saturday to Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor after a fire broke out in its engine room on Wednesday. The Puerto Rico Fire Department extinguished the fire on the vessel using 3,000 gallons of seawater.

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Delta Airlines is continuing its Caribbean expansion with a major increase in service to Cancun.

The carrier will be launching new daily nonstop flights between New York-John F. Kennedy Airport and Cancun beginning Dec. 17.

Delta also announced it would be launching new Saturday service between Kansas City and Cancun, also starting Dec. 17.

The new routes come after the implementation of the groundbreaking Mexico-United States Open Skies Agreement.

Cancun’s Hotel Zone

“The new routes bolster our presence in Mexico and support our international growth strategy,” said Carlos E. Hernandez, Delta’s Director for Mexico. “Delta thanks the U.S. and Mexican governments in the signature of the Open Skies Agreement as it sets the stage for additional expansion in the transborder market. We are eager to provide Delta’s customers with more choices in the growing Mexico marketplace.”

The New York-Cancun flight will operate on a 180-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft, while the Kansas City-Cancun flight will operate on a 149-seat MD-88 aircraft.

The new nonstop flights are now available for booking.

Delta’s new Cancun flights come a week after the carrier announced a major new expansion in Caribbean service out of Boston.

Are you heading to Cancun soon?

If you’re looking to head to Cancun and the Riviera Maya, check out some of Caribbean Journal’s recent features, from the Best-Kept Secret in the Mexican Caribbean to a great family resort to an ultra-hip beach town.

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Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig returned home to a big welcome this week to Puerto Rico, following her historic women’s singles tennis victory in Rio.

Puig’s victory made her the first-ever Puerto Rican to win a gold medal for the island.

Puerto Rico Alejandro Garcia Padilla with Puig following her arrival this weekend.

“[I am] enjoying my time at home so much,” she wrote on social media Sunday. “Really happy to be here with my family and cannot wait to see everyone at the official festivities here in San Juan on Tuesday.”

Indeed, Puig will be the subject of a major public ceremony at the Puerto Rico Coliseum that day.

“Your victory is for your people a halo of light in the depths of the night,” Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla told Puig.

— Caribbean Journal Staff

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