magazine.

The May/June issue shows off the Island in a 14 page feature which is the result of the combined efforts of travel journalist Kim Wright Wiley and photographer Catherine Karnow.

The article opens with a double page picture of a sheltered inlet and features nine other photographs including Jobson's Cove, Warwick Long Bay, Palm Grove Garden, St. George's, Hamilton Harbour and Youth and Sport Minister David Dyer wearing yellow Bermuda shorts while riding a white scooter.

Ms Wiley painted a portrait of "a languidly elegant place'' where "the street names are cute'' and "the operative Island colour is pink''.

"This is an Island done in pastels,'' she wrote, "a sort of Caribbean Lite.

Everything is milder, The hotel calypso band plays a full beat slower than normal.

"Nothing ever seems to happen in Bermuda,'' she continued. "Perhaps this is why the Island is so peaceful, even to this day.'' This included change which was the reason visitors returned to the Island, surmised Ms Wiley.

"That is why they come back, That is what they pay for. In Bermuda it is possible to pretend that nothing ever changes.'' The Island "is familial, gossipy and close'', said Ms Wiley, who put this down to its 22-mile-length and population of approximately 59,000 people.

It is also a British island, she noted, that "is rife with pubs''. Amongst those getting extra attention are Ye Olde Cock & Feather pub and the Swizzle Inn.

Artist Michael Swan, Bermuda shorts, pink sand, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, the Bermuda Perfumery, the Railway Trail and Crystal Caves are all featured in the article.

Golf -- particularly hole 16 at Port Royal, a "cliff-to-cliff shot with no margin for error'' -- also gets a mention as the Island's number one sport, "despite the romance of the water''.

And transport gets a brief look in with referrals to the "one-car-per-household rule'', mopeds, "expensive'' taxis and "clean, pink, cheap and crowded'' buses.

Ms Wiley noted the lack of road signs, the roundabouts which "confound me'' and toads "the size of scones'' hopping madly across the road during a light rainfall.

She also painted an overview of the Island's history including the shipwreck of the Sea Venture in the early 17th century and Bermuda's participation in the American Revolution and the American Civil War.

Ms Wiley makes light of "several tempests in a teapot'' during her stay including the breakdown of the conveyor belts at the Airport which meant visitors had to carry their own baggage.

She said she found the Island's charms to be subtle and to appreciate them "you must be able to find pleasure in the things that do not happen''.

PASS AND PRESENT -- A photo of a young girl, framed by the model of the Deliverancein St. George's, is one of the features of the Islands magazine story.