ANDERS OVERGAARD
Private yacht charters spell travel freedom. You can use them to explore many islands or to have maximum time on the water (helpful if borders suddenly close). You can be as active (mountain biking) or laidback (onboard spa treatments) as you like. You can leave an anchorage earlier than planned, or linger. And let s not forget water toys most vessels come with a full array of them, motorized and not. So consider this Leeward Islands itinerary one excellent example of what is possible. When can you go? Now, but you may need to adjust some ports of call if protocols change no big deal.
Christopher Fauske
Correspondent
If you’re itching to travel but realized during the past year that you didn’t miss the crowds at the beach and the crush at the bar, the Caribbean island of Saba might just be for you.
And while you’re there, you can hike up to the highest point in the Netherlands.
Saba, a five-square mile volcanic island, is the smallest of the islands in the Dutch Caribbean where the U.S. dollar is the currency and where English is the principal language.
But what makes Saba something quite extraordinary is the range of terrains and climates packed into that space. Twenty-six percent of the island is a national park and its waters are home to an extensive marine park.
Description:
Most species have long, spirally curved abdomens, which are soft, unlike the hard, calcified abdomens seen in related crustaceans. The vulnerable abdomen is protected from predators by a salvaged empty seashell carried by the hermit crab, into which its whole body can retract. Most frequently, hermit crabs use the shells of sea snails (although the shells of bivalves and scaphopods and even hollow pieces of wood and stone are used by some species). The tip of the hermit crab s abdomen is adapted to clasp strongly onto the columella of the snail shell. Most hermit crabs are nocturnal.
Habitat:
At Cove Bay, near the sea shore, at the foot of the Volcano, Mount Scenery, on Saba in the Caribbean Sea.