Which Caribbean island?!

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Hello,
H2B and I are trying to book our honeymoon for late November next year - we are going to Canada for a 7-10 days and then want to fly to one of the Caribbean islands for a week, can anyone recommend one in particular?
Looking for this to be the relaxing part of the honeymoon so don't mind it being one of the smaller ones!
Thanks,
xx
H2B and I are trying to book our honeymoon for late November next year - we are going to Canada for a 7-10 days and then want to fly to one of the Caribbean islands for a week, can anyone recommend one in particular?
Looking for this to be the relaxing part of the honeymoon so don't mind it being one of the smaller ones!
Thanks,
xx
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7683767.stm
[Modified by: Sneakyb on October 24, 2008 06:16 PM]
Sorry - I have just read the above reports on Tobago! Maybe not the best place to visit at the moment but I suppose nowhere is 100% safe!
[Modified by: MrsFoxToBe on October 26, 2008 07:38 AM]
Dominican is too populat as is Barbados so everything seems a bit hectic and although not been to Tobago, media report didn't seem great!!
I am completely biased, but if your in Canada (East coast particularly) i'd hop on a $150 Air Canada flight to Bermuda and stay in the SouthHampton Princess or Elbow Beach hotel and have some good old luxuary!!!
Have a look at these, hope I can help.....
http://www.bermudatourism.com/index.aspx
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/bermuda
http://www.fairmont.com/Southampton
barbados
xx
It does happen everywhere but at least you can try to protect yourself by being sensible about where you go. e.g. I wouldn't choose to walk the London streets at 2am by myself.
I just think there are lots of other places that are just as nice without the very real threat of robbery, murder etc. I know if I went over there I would spend the whole time worrying about when my hotel room was going to be broken into.
Barbados did appeal to us originally but I get bored with sunbathing so although we want relaxing, I would quite like to sneak off to be able to explore or do some adventure activities!!
We are being useless at picking a honeymoon, too much choice!!!
I actually did Tanazania and Zanzibar earlier this year and although I would love to take H2B out there, I think we are going to wait a few years before I do it again!
xx
We love it so much we are going to Cuba for our honeymoon staying at the paradisus rio d'oro, take a look it's amazing!
First Choice were crap, but the place was fantastic. 8 hour flight and its totally safe to walk around, any locals commiting crimes against a tourist are given harsher sentences than if they commited it against a local. This is because they are totally reliant on tourism.
We personally love all the smaller/quieter islands. Grenada is stunning- very quiet and peaceful as it is still recovering from Hurricane Ivan so nowhere near as touristy as some of the other islands. Also you can do a day trip to the Grenadines whilst you are there.
Dont let the recent crimes affect your choice- it could happen anywhere. If its not crime, its natural disasters!
I say Caribbean all the way!!!!
Maybe we just landed in a bad hotel???
Plenty to do in Barbados...... especially diving. There is a ship wreck in a bay near Bridgetown and you go from the harbour by catamaran and can snorkle down to the wreck, can see the turtles, rays etc, plenty of watersports - the south/east coast is better. Can do day trip to the Grenadines for some sailing and of course the shopping in bridgetown! There is a tiffany concession in one of the stores and it's tax free. Go round the malibu and mount gay rum factories (good tasting session!)
Someone said about Antigua in June - it is so much cheaper to go that time of year - best time is November to April as less humidity, March is said to be driest month in Barbados.
I hope this helps but here is a pic I took in Barbados from our hotel room
http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm91/janetandseanswedding/Honeymoon/?action=view¤t=IMG_1371.jpg
Cougar, I have heard lots about this restaurant - do you need to book in advance? Obviously I don't mean I would book it now!!! But before we go maybe.
Our new plan which we said last night we won't change again (!!) is Iceland for 5 days, New York for 4 days and then Barbados for a week!! Ha, I bet we change it again by the end of the week!!!
xx
From our table
We didn't have time to do any proper sailing, just a wreck snorkle and champagne/rum punch at sunset.....
The resort we've chosen in Antigua is a bit out of the way so we wanted a week where we could walk around at night and try different bars/restaurants. That's why we've chosen Barbados. The hotel we've chosen is on the edge of St Lawrence Gap.
We stopped in Bridgtown overnight on a cruise last year and our friend who was working on the ship took us to St Lawrence Gap for a few drinks.
That Cliff restaurant looks incredible...
xx
We had the most amazing two weeks in Tobago. We didn't do the package thing, but stayed with independent hotels and B&Bs...
We managed to see turtles laying eggs with the conservation people there. The beaches were amazing, not busy at all, in fact sometimes we were the only people on them. My H2B dives and said it was great in the water and I did some horse riding on the beach.
Don't read the bad press about this place, it is amazing, the people are so friendly. In fact if you take a stroll you get guys wanting to give you a lift to help you out!
a couple of the hotels are below, can send you photos if you like
http://www.topotobago.com/
http://www.bluewatersinn.com/
plenty to do,
each to there owni suppose.