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My wife and I have made our first cut at the excursions we'd
take, should we decide to take cruise-line sponsored excursions at every port-of-call. (We'll probably only do three or four excursions, total, and may or may not do them all cruise-line sponsored, depending on how much confidence we gain in individual excursion provider's reliability, both in terms of service quality and in terms of getting us back to the ship in time no matter what...) This is surely one of the issues that experienced cruisers can really provide a lot of insight into. All ideas and recommendation would be greatly appreciated! St. Thomas - Cas Cay Eco-Tour Float/Hike/Snorkel St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Antigua - Forts of Antigua Historical Tour Barbados - Rainforest Hike & Cave Adventure St. Lucia - Soody Nature Hike & Mineral Waterfall We know we want to do one combo kayaking/snorkeling excursion. We took a sea kayaking course locally a couple of years ago, so recreational kayaking (in waters above 50 degrees F) should be a breeze by comparison. We've never been snorkeling. Each port has one, it seems, but the latter three ports seem to have more interesting options beyond that, so we'll probably want choose one of the first two. My wife's preference is to do this in St. Thomas, since it is our first stop, but my preference is to do this in St. Maarten, since I'd be more leery about walking St. Maarten without being part of an excursion (which would likely be the alternative) given that we don't speak Dutch, French OR Carib. g The Barbados choice is almost a done-deal for us. It sounds so incredibly perfect. The St. Lucia choice also sounds very good, but we're a little taken aback by doing a 7 hour excursion when the ship is only in port for 9 hours total (including clearing customs and such, right?) -- bicker® http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/D...ry_040602.html |
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:20:05 -0400, *bicker* wrote:
St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Wrong excursion. |
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:20:05 -0400, *bicker* wrote:
St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Wrong excursion. |
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:20:05 -0400, *bicker* wrote:
St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Wrong excursion. |
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wrote: My wife's preference is to do this in St. Thomas, since it is our first stop, but my preference is to do this in St. Maarten, since I'd be more leery about walking St. Maarten without being part of an excursion (which would likely be the alternative) given that we don't speak Dutch, French OR Carib. g You won't have a language problem at any of the ports. You can walk around St. Maartin with no concerns. I hardly ever take a ships excursion at any of those ports on your itinerary. St. Maartin and St. Thomas are the ports where a ship excursion are the most unnecessary. Since you have never snorkeled though, one of the ships excursions at St. Thomas would probably be the best introduction. They will give you instruction. At St. Martaan I would get a taxi driver to take you for an Island Tour that includes the French side, possibly with a stop at Orient Beach. Should cost about $45. Skip the idea of snorkeling there. Antigua, a taxi tour instead of a ship excursion. -- Charles |
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In article , *bicker*
wrote: My wife's preference is to do this in St. Thomas, since it is our first stop, but my preference is to do this in St. Maarten, since I'd be more leery about walking St. Maarten without being part of an excursion (which would likely be the alternative) given that we don't speak Dutch, French OR Carib. g You won't have a language problem at any of the ports. You can walk around St. Maartin with no concerns. I hardly ever take a ships excursion at any of those ports on your itinerary. St. Maartin and St. Thomas are the ports where a ship excursion are the most unnecessary. Since you have never snorkeled though, one of the ships excursions at St. Thomas would probably be the best introduction. They will give you instruction. At St. Martaan I would get a taxi driver to take you for an Island Tour that includes the French side, possibly with a stop at Orient Beach. Should cost about $45. Skip the idea of snorkeling there. Antigua, a taxi tour instead of a ship excursion. -- Charles |
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A Sat, 7 Aug 2004 11:12:23 -0400, Chrissy Cruiser
escribió: On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:20:05 -0400, *bicker* wrote: St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Wrong excursion. Yeah? Why so? We were set on either this one or the kayaking/snorkeling excursion on St. Thomas. Has anyone done both? -- bicker® http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/D...ry_040602.html |
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Further excrement from the poster formerly known as Island Gal and Cruising
Chrissy. When the going gets tough, change your ID. -- DG in Cherry Hill, NJ "*bicker*" wrote in message . .. A Sat, 7 Aug 2004 11:12:23 -0400, Chrissy Cruiser escribió: On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:20:05 -0400, *bicker* wrote: St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Wrong excursion. Yeah? Why so? We were set on either this one or the kayaking/snorkeling excursion on St. Thomas. Has anyone done both? -- bicker® http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/D...ry_040602.html |
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Further excrement from the poster formerly known as Island Gal and Cruising
Chrissy. When the going gets tough, change your ID. -- DG in Cherry Hill, NJ "*bicker*" wrote in message . .. A Sat, 7 Aug 2004 11:12:23 -0400, Chrissy Cruiser escribió: On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 09:20:05 -0400, *bicker* wrote: St. Maarten - Kayaking Snorkel Tour Wrong excursion. Yeah? Why so? We were set on either this one or the kayaking/snorkeling excursion on St. Thomas. Has anyone done both? -- bicker® http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/D...ry_040602.html |
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I agree you can do all of these islands without the added expensive of shore
excursions- and this group is very helpful with all the details- st thomas take the ferry from red hook and snorkle in st john at the national park- st martin a cab can take you to orient or dawn beach- there are lots of choices just do the research - and have fun! "Charles" wrote in message d... In article , *bicker* wrote: My wife's preference is to do this in St. Thomas, since it is our first stop, but my preference is to do this in St. Maarten, since I'd be more leery about walking St. Maarten without being part of an excursion (which would likely be the alternative) given that we don't speak Dutch, French OR Carib. g You won't have a language problem at any of the ports. You can walk around St. Maartin with no concerns. I hardly ever take a ships excursion at any of those ports on your itinerary. St. Maartin and St. Thomas are the ports where a ship excursion are the most unnecessary. Since you have never snorkeled though, one of the ships excursions at St. Thomas would probably be the best introduction. They will give you instruction. At St. Martaan I would get a taxi driver to take you for an Island Tour that includes the French side, possibly with a stop at Orient Beach. Should cost about $45. Skip the idea of snorkeling there. Antigua, a taxi tour instead of a ship excursion. -- Charles |
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