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The Seasoned Traveler offers travel insights on the Caribbean and other sun-kissed destinations.

18/10/2025

A walk along the beach in Great Harbour, JVD during our June ‘Great BVI Beach Bar Crawl’ took us to an old favourite - the delightfully rough and ready - and always entertaining - Corsairs. Hope it never changes…

17/10/2025

Every year at this time I like to post a picture of something I accomplished in the last 12 months. Here I am enjoying a pint in one of my favourite London pubs, the Horse & Guardsman in Whitehall, on our recent visit to the UK. I do so because, as many of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month🎗️. But how many know that today, October 17th, marks the beginning of Male Breast Cancer Week? Actually, how many of you even know that men can get breast cancer? Well they can. I know because I was diagnosed with it a few years ago. I’m only able to do what I do today because I didn’t ignore the signs, booked an appointment with my doctor and received appropriate treatment. So, here’s my annual reminder - male breast cancer is rare but out there guys! Stay alert. And cheers and blessings to all my fellow travellers on the breast cancer journey. 🎗️♥️💛💚

10/10/2025

Next up on the JVD segment of June ‘Great BVI Beach Bar Crawl’ was a new one - for us at least - the Tipsy Shark. It’s just a bit down the beach from Foxy’s in Great Harbour. A great place to eat. Loved those Rum Ribs. 😋

05/10/2025

Picking up on my bar-by-bar report on our ‘Great BVI Beach Bar Crawl’ back in June. My last post on this was of our final stop in Tortola before heading over to Jost Van D**e for a few nights. And where to begin a visit to JVD? Where else but the ‘godfather’ of all Caribbean beach bars - the legendary Foxy’s.

03/10/2025

Any way you look at it, I guess I’m just a beach guy (bum?) at heart. Perhaps it comes from being born within the sound of the ocean and walking to and from school along the seashore (unknown to my parents, who thought I was taking the bus). Whether it’s Climping Beach in Sussex on the English Channel, or the golden sand of Cane Garden Bay in the British Virgin Islands - it’s where I am happiest. Already thinking about the next trip to the ocean. South, perhaps… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌊🇻🇬

27/09/2025

Anthony and Niko from Bon Vivants in Nassau, Bahamas shaking up a storm during a ‘Cultural Guest Shift’ at the buzzy Electric Bill in Toronto, as part of the World Class Cocktail Festival Canada , sponsored by Diagio. A terrific night, with some killer cocktail (particularly loved the ‘Misstra Know-It-All’), and a chance to watch some top bartenders in action, including Jacob Martin, 2023 Global Bartender of the Year. Really enjoyed our visit to Bon Vivants during our last trip to Nassau (see our review on the website - link in bio) and look forward to returning. In the meantime, it was great to see them showing off their skills in Toronto. 🇧🇸🇨🇦🍸

25/09/2025

I love traditional English pubs, and this one we visited on our recent UK trip is a beauty. The Shepherd and Dog is a quintessential South Downs pub. Nestled in the village of Fulking, Sussex, it’s been a pub since the early 1800s and has quite an interesting history, including hiding smugglers’ contraband and serving Canadian soldiers billeted in the area prior to D-Day. In fact, one such soldier returned after the war and became the landlord. Today, you can get excellent traditional English pub food and a satisfying hand-pulled pint of local Downlands Bitter. Had a lovely lunch here with family and some old family friends. 🍺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

23/09/2025

This year I managed to spend my birthday in the place I was born for the first time in 50 years🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. It was a quite a special experience, celebrating the day in style with my family - who treated us both so well - and exploring some of the more off-the-beaten-path delights of my hometown of Brighton, like the quaint, quirky and delightfully welcoming Robin Hood pub.

19/09/2025

Happy Independence Day to the islands and people of St. Kitts & Nevis 🇰🇳 - among my favourite places to visit in the Caribbean. These two distinct islands are home to some great beach bars, including two of my all-time favourites - Shipwreck (St. Kitts) and the one-and-only Sunshine’s (Nevis).

16/09/2025

The Fortune of War is one of my favourite pubs in my home town of Brighton, and a place that’s a bit special to me. It’s a quirky little seafront bar, right on the beach, that’s been around since the 1800s and has, quite literally, been through the wars. Quite fitting, given its name. This is what it looks like today and what it looked like in 1940, after a German bombing raid. Here’s to resilience… and a decent pint. 🇬🇧🍺

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