Buried treasure and sugar cane. Magenta sunsets, white sands and lapping waves join pleasures with the gentle breeze. The Caribbean spreads out across a turquoise sea under many flags. Some 700 islands speaking Dutch, French, Creole, Spanish and the Queens English. At times conquered, at times colonized, many times ignored. The sky brings annual drama to the islands in circular paths of destruction. The resilient people board the windows, huddle for the moment and reemerge to rebuild. The region finds itself in a continuous state of transition with so much seemingly unchanged.