Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated islands in the Caribbean last September. Six months later, how are they recovering? To find out, writers for Travel spent time in Vieques , St. Martin (below), St. John , Dominica and San Juan, P.R. A smattering of Gazing out at the calm azure water, a first-time visitor might find it hard to imagine that this long crescent of powdery white sand was once lined with tiki bars, palm trees and thousands of tourists in beach chairs with matching umbrellas. About six months after Hurricane Irma pummeled this quintessential Caribbean island with terrifying force, sweeping away homes, tossing cars and boats, and wreaking havoc on its tourism infrastructure, there is still much to rebuild. "Right now, I see the sea, I see the sun and I see beautiful nature," said Lorenz G. Winter, 55, a real estate agent on vacation from Munich, Germany, who was sipping cold beers on Orient Bay with his wife and two daughters in their 20s. "Yes, nature is still here," his daughter Sarah Winter chimed in, her back turned to the skeletal remains of damaged resorts. While signs of recovery are starting to emerge across this dual-nation island, split between… Read full this story
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