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Podcast: Unpacked by Afar
Episode: Where to Go in 2026: The Five-Square-Mile Caribbean Island That's Nothing Like Its Neighbors
Description: It's a shiny new year, so this month on Unpacked, we're diving into Afar's Where to Go list: 24 emerging regions and overlooked locales to explore this year.
Places like Saba, a tiny Dutch Caribbean island with no beaches, no cruise ports, and the world's shortest commercial runway—just 400 meters long. What it does have: lush volcanic landscapes, 20 hand-built hiking trails, and a population of just over 2,000.
In this episode, host Aislyn Greene talks with Bianca Bujan, a Vancouver-based travel journalist who shares the thrilling 12-minute flight from St. Martin, the island's gingerbread-house architecture, and why her teenager called it his...