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Southern Caribbean Beaches
Any tips on beaches in St. Maarten, Barbados and Martinique? We're not
interested in shopping or ship tours but would like to get to some nice beaches probably by cab. We'll be going mid April on the Carnival Legend. Thanks |
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Southern Caribbean Beaches
Try Orient Beach in St. Maarten.
"Stan Luszcz" wrote in message ... Any tips on beaches in St. Maarten, Barbados and Martinique? We're not interested in shopping or ship tours but would like to get to some nice beaches probably by cab. We'll be going mid April on the Carnival Legend. Thanks |
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In St. Martin I like Pinel Island. It's north of Orient Beach. Pinel
Islands is kind of like a private island similar to CocoCay, only it's not limited to just cruise people. But it will be much less crowded than CocoCay. There isn't much there... I'm not even sure if they have electricity... but that's the beauty of it. Some ladies may go topless there. Folkstone Underwater Park in Barbados is the best place there for snorkeling. It's one of the better snorkeling places in the Caribbean. It's not a pretty beach by any means... but it's very nice once you get underwater. In Martinique, take the Ferry to Point du Bout. There are very nice beaches there. Not much for snorkeling, but nice for beach stuff. It can have topless ladies there as well. One time there we saw a young lady selling bikinis on the beach. She would model them right there for you... and change tops right in front of you. Our kids got a kick out of that a few years ago. --Tom "Stan Luszcz" wrote in message ... Any tips on beaches in St. Maarten, Barbados and Martinique? We're not interested in shopping or ship tours but would like to get to some nice beaches probably by cab. We'll be going mid April on the Carnival Legend. Thanks |
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Eastern Caribbean Beaches
Along the same lines, my friends and I are going to St. Thomas, St. Marten,
and Nassau. We are already planning to go to Orient Beach in St. Marten. Any other thoughts on how we can make our shore time interesting? We plan to be in a very relaxed mode, but I'm not sure we can JUST lie on the beach every day... PattyC |
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I assume you know about Orient Beach(?). Half of it is the nudist
club and the other is purely clothing optional...but a beautiful beach and LOTS to look at! They have all kinds of water toy rentals there so you don't have to lie around. You can be active. There is fairly good shopping in St Marteen, but beware of the traffic after 2pm if you go out on your own. We really had to hump it to get back to the ship on time - makes some US traffic look tame! St Thomas is a beautiful island just to ride around but abounds with great shopping and good deals! Also have a place you can helmet dive, Coral World(coralworldvi.com), or ride this scooter thing under the water. One of most everyone's favorite stops. Nassau, you have the Straw Market to shop at or go over to Paradise Isalnd and eat, gamble, or go to their aquarium. We did a super speed boat over to a Cay and fed sting rays. Plenty to do besides the beach. Chris On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:22:15 GMT, "PattyC" wrote: Along the same lines, my friends and I are going to St. Thomas, St. Marten, and Nassau. We are already planning to go to Orient Beach in St. Marten. Any other thoughts on how we can make our shore time interesting? We plan to be in a very relaxed mode, but I'm not sure we can JUST lie on the beach every day... PattyC |
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Southern Caribbean Beaches
In Barbados, we took public transit for $.75 up to Mullin's Beach. You will find the bus terminal a 5 minute walk past the Pelican Club, just outside the Customs entrance after you leave the cruise ship welcome building. We were given directions by the tourist authority there. The reason I looked for public transit is because I had read of so many taxi driver scams. The bus stops say "out of town" which means out of Bridgetown. At the bus terminal there was a uniformed lady who helped us exchange our US money with a guy there selling cold drinks(2 Barbados dollars for 1 US dollar). She was also kind enough to tell the bus driver where to let us off. It was about a 1/2 hour ride. When we were close to Speightstown, the whole bus said goodbye with a smile and pointed to the path to the beach..what a great Barbados welcome. The buses seemed to pass every 20 minutes and there are stops every few blocks. On the way back, we boarded one of the yellow buses(these are private buses that follow the same route as the public buses). The driver sped extremely fast, had the reggae music blaring and the natives were a jovial and colorful bunch. This was the most amazing cultural experience for us, the highlight of our trip albeit a bit scary and overcrowded. And Mullin's Beach was beautiful, the water's calm and the beach very quiet. We heard from others who spent $50 to do the same thing we did for 75 cents... andrew Carnival Tropicale 1982 NCL Dawn 2004 On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:02:59 -0500, "Stan Luszcz" wrote: Any tips on beaches in St. Maarten, Barbados and Martinique? We're not interested in shopping or ship tours but would like to get to some nice beaches probably by cab. We'll be going mid April on the Carnival Legend. Thanks |
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Addendum: Barbados Public Buses are blue. Barbados Private Buses are yellow. They both charge the same .75 cents.. On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:51:06 GMT, Buddy Romaine wrote: In Barbados, we took public transit for $.75 up to Mullin's Beach. You will find the bus terminal a 5 minute walk past the Pelican Club, just outside the Customs entrance after you leave the cruise ship welcome building. We were given directions by the tourist authority there. The reason I looked for public transit is because I had read of so many taxi driver scams. The bus stops say "out of town" which means out of Bridgetown. At the bus terminal there was a uniformed lady who helped us exchange our US money with a guy there selling cold drinks(2 Barbados dollars for 1 US dollar). She was also kind enough to tell the bus driver where to let us off. It was about a 1/2 hour ride. When we were close to Speightstown, the whole bus said goodbye with a smile and pointed to the path to the beach..what a great Barbados welcome. The buses seemed to pass every 20 minutes and there are stops every few blocks. On the way back, we boarded one of the yellow buses(these are private buses that follow the same route as the public buses). The driver sped extremely fast, had the reggae music blaring and the natives were a jovial and colorful bunch. This was the most amazing cultural experience for us, the highlight of our trip albeit a bit scary and overcrowded. And Mullin's Beach was beautiful, the water's calm and the beach very quiet. We heard from others who spent $50 to do the same thing we did for 75 cents... andrew Carnival Tropicale 1982 NCL Dawn 2004 On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:02:59 -0500, "Stan Luszcz" wrote: Any tips on beaches in St. Maarten, Barbados and Martinique? We're not interested in shopping or ship tours but would like to get to some nice beaches probably by cab. We'll be going mid April on the Carnival Legend. Thanks |
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Southern Caribbean Beaches
In article , Buddy Romaine
wrote: In Barbados, we took public transit for $.75 up to Mullin's Beach. I have saved your post. Very good info. Thanks. -- Charles |
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