Bermuda is an anomaly.
Located 800 kilometres off the coast of South Carolina this exotic pink sand paradise doesn't seem to have a connection to anywhere on earth.
It has glorious tropical weather for an island located so far north in the Atlantic Ocean.
While it has Caribbean-like weather and Caribbean-like vibe, it's over a thousand kilometres from the Caribbean.
However, Bermuda does have the Caribbean to thank for its warming Gulf Stream, which bathes Bermuda with the conditions that fosters near-perfect weather and the farthest north coral reef in the world.
"Bermuda is one of a kind," said Rehanna Palumbo, the director of sales at the Fairmont Princess Hotel, a pink palace in the capital of Hamilton.
"The word of our prime location is out and that we're only a two hour plane ride from Halifax and two-and-a-half hour plane ride from Toronto. People love to come here and experience our colony of pastel colours in the tropics."
Air Canada is the only carrier to fly from this country to Bermuda with non-stop flights daily from Toronto and weekly seasonal service from Halifax on Saturdays.
Bermuda's famous for its shorts -- and pink ones at that.
The ensemble the shorts are worn in is comical only to tourists, because residents are very serious about it.
Businessmen wear the pink shorts two inches above the knee with dark knee socks, dress shoes, light-short sleeved shirt, pink tie and dark blazer. Straw hat is optional.
It's a throwback to the island's old English colony military uniform.
The south shore is where the prime beaches are: Horseshoe Bay, Southampton and the secluded Stonehole Bay and Chaplin Bay.
On the northern tip of the island is St. George's -- the UNESCO World Heritage site -- where survivors from a shipwreck settled in 1609, meaning this year Bermuda is celebrating its 400th anniversary.
