Bermuda was highlighted in the travel section of a top US newspaper over the weekend.

Entitled Island Lure, the article by The Boston Sunday Globe correspondent Craig Harris, who visited the Island on his honeymoon with his bride Gail, covers some three pages of the section, including the cover.

Mr. Harris featured the colours of the Island, the short flying time from Boston and called it "one of the Earth's most romantic locales'' and "a warm, friendly paradise''.

He added that "its mixture of British customs and island traditions made it as exotic a destination as any place across the sea''.

The couple stayed at The Reefs in Southampton which Mrs. Harris chose "to watch Bermuda's spectacular sunsets from the hotel's outdoor terrace restaurant''.

It "sparkled with sophistication'' and "offered a more intimate and relaxing atmosphere'' than other hotels on the Island, he wrote.

However all is not sunsets and beauty in Mr. Harris' article as his experience with a moped is also included in the text.

"Our first morning in Bermuda, I became aware of how dangerous scooters could be. Taking a ride after breakfast, I took a spill that left both of my knees sore.

"I wasn't alone with my wounds. At our hotel, we met a woman from New Jersey who had fallen off her scooter during the test ride and had required stitches.'' The couple visited the Dolphin Quest programme, Botanical Gardens, Crystal Caves, the Maritime Museum and the Royal Naval Dockyard plus the Aquarium, Natural History Museum and Zoo.

They also tried their hand at snorkelling during their honeymoon.

Mr. Harris then took note of what happened when the sun went down.

"Punctuated by the cricket-like melodies of the island's frogs, Bermuda comes alive with sound at night.'' He highlighted Hubie's Jazz Bar, the Clayhouse Inn, the Bermuda Folk Club and the pop-soul trio of X-tacy who performed at the Sonesta Beach Hotel & Spa.

In closing Mr. Harris mentions the 153-year-old Gibb's Hill Lighthouse, one of the Island's well known residents, Ross Perot, and Hamilton, "a tourist's dream with store upon store lining the streets''.