{"id":20552,"date":"2026-01-06T10:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/?page_id=20552"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:06:15","slug":"trip-carribean-island-hopping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Hopping 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While scrolling through some of our old saved spots on Google Maps, we stumbled upon a reminder that we had once dreamed of doing a Caribbean island-hopping adventure back in the winter of 2019. Funny how plans evolve\u2014rather than hopping between islands, we ended up spending three unforgettable months cycling our way around the island of Cuba<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Caribbean\u2014officially known as the West Indies\u2014is made up of well over two dozen islands, which quickly makes trip planning a challenge. To keep things manageable, we decided to focus this time on the independent island nations. That choice shaped an itinerary that will take us to nine of the thirteen independent Caribbean countries. If everything goes according to plan, we\u2019ll have only two left unexplored\u2014Haiti and Jamaica\u2014having already visited Cuba and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n