When we look to travel overseas are we aware that we are staying in a once remote, detached part of Britain? Some items in the Athletics world news made me think about this recently; not earth shattering items but interesting nontheless.

Familiar British Overseas Territories as they have been known since 1981, include Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands which, for political reasons we would probably cite as prime examples. More...

The Cayman Islands topped the charts of Caribbean Travel & Life’s Best of the Caribbean issue, as voted on by over 250,000 of the magazine’s discerning readers. In the magazine’s February 2011 issue, the Cayman Islands are recognized as home to the Caribbean’s ‘Best Small Hotel’, Little Cayman Beach Resort, the ‘Best Resort Spa’, Silver Rain, Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, and Seven Mile Beach is recognized as the ‘Best Beach’ across the Caribbean. More...

On January 5, 2011, the Valhalla pirate ship gave a three-canon salute to the Kittiwake as it prepared to sink to the bottom of the ocean. More...