Recommendations for St Lucia and barbados needed!

Hi All,

Hope you can help! Im planning to go on a relaxing holiday to Barbados
in June for two weeks with my boyfriend, and in those two weeks i am
planning to go to st lucia for a week.

Ive looked at 'caribbean star' for flights. has anyone been on these
flights before? any good? or know of any others?

would you recommend that we do scuba diving and any other activities
in barbados or st lucia? ive heard that soufriere, st lucia is
supposed to be amazing. (please note: im a beginner!)

also, does anyone know how far it is to get from Castries to Soufriere
in st lucia? (we dont drive) which coast/location would you stay in?
any recommended mid range hotels for barbados/st lucia?

THANKS A MILLION IN ADVANCE!!!!

Chrissy :)

"Chrissy" <chrissysjunk.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> Hope you can help! Im planning to go on a relaxing holiday to Barbados
> in June for two weeks with my boyfriend, and in those two weeks i am
> planning to go to st lucia for a week.

What kind of place are you looking for? Is is a cheap place, or a luxury
resort. All inclusive or self catering.
Give some clues, and it is easier to give some suggestions.
I am hopfully going to Barbados myself in a couple weeks. I just need to get
off from work...


Leif Arild
Norway

On 3 Apr 2004 07:49:08 -0800, chrissysjunk.uk (Chrissy)
wrote:

>Chrissy :)

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> gIVE ME BACK MY NAME, wITCH.

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"Petal & Leif" <lejensen@online.no> wrote in message news:<LgBbc.4762$zf6.64330@news4.e.nsc.no>...
> "Chrissy" <chrissysjunk.uk> wrote in message
> news:de060d08.0404030749.2cef1897@c om...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Hope you can help! Im planning to go on a relaxing holiday to Barbados
> > in June for two weeks with my boyfriend, and in those two weeks i am
> > planning to go to st lucia for a week.
>
> What kind of place are you looking for? Is is a cheap place, or a luxury
> resort. All inclusive or self catering.
> Give some clues, and it is easier to give some suggestions.
> I am hopfully going to Barbados myself in a couple weeks. I just need to get
> off from work...
>
>
> Leif Arild
> Norway

Hi Leif!

We are looking for self catering accomodation with Air Conditioning.
Averaging out at a maximum price of US$120 max per night over those 13
nights. hence we can stay in a cheaper hotel in one island and more
luxury on the other. as long as it averages out.

(is AC not needed? as i have seen a few hotels that does not provide
it?? wont that mean there will be a lot of mosquitos etc in the room?)

Which area would you recommend staying in at barbados/st lucia?

Thanks again!

Chrissy

"Chrissy" <chrissysjunk.uk> wrote in message

> Hi Leif,
>
> Once again, thanks for all the info. Youve been a great help! :) i
> have one more question actually...how far does it take to get from
> christchurch to the west coast where all the nice beaches are? (we
> dont drive)...and is the west coast the place to be for snorkelling
> and water sports? any ideas?

To get from Christ church and up to the west coast is very easy. There is a
bus leaving Oistins every half an hour, and the it goes all the way up to
Speightstown. And the return bus also leave every half an hour. So you dont
have to go to Bridgetown to change bus. Any place on the west coast is just
beautiful, and you can find a nice beach that is not crowded almost any
place. Snorkeling is not that good in Barbados, as all corals close to the
coast is dead.
But there is some few small wrecks on shallow water. One of them is in
Carlisle Bay, on the south coast, just outside Bridgetown. The wreck is not
too easy to find. But if you see the pier, you have to walk 2-3 minutes from
the pier, towards Hilton Hotel (under construction). Then the wreck is
located a hundred meters or so out from the beach. Ask som people and they
may be able to locate it for you.
On the west coast, there is a wreck right outside Holetwon. It is easy to
find. Just find Chefette fast food restaurant, and look for a floating
platform out in the water. Jolly Roger, that is where the wreck is.
And there is also a wreck a bit further north than Holetown. I can not
describe how to find it. I have to be there myself to see... :(
If you join a catamaran day tour, they will take you to good snoreling
places. I highly recommend the sail tours. It is very very good.


>
> Thanks, thanks and thanks again! :D
>

No problem.

>
> p.s. yeh, i think i'd agree with your wife on that one...air con is
> much better as it means less mossies. :) cuz when i get bitten. its
> not a pretty sight! i think i must be allergic. :(

LOL
I am so ugly that the mosquitos dont come near me :) So I have no problem.
>
> p.p.s. where are the must see locations that you would recommend? (you
> must know...seeing as you seem to be the barbados guru.) :) thanks
> again! :)

East coast is pretty. Harrisons Caves is very nice. And the sail tour.
"Barbados guru" LOL, thanks. In Barbados some people say I am more local
than the locals :)

Leif Arild

On 4 Apr 2004 03:24:01 -0700, chrissysjunk.uk (Chrissy) wrote:

>Great info Don, Thanks. So by the sounds of it, its probably better
>to stay in castries as its easier to get to other locations from there
>by bus....

No one actually stays in Castries. How much do you guys want to spent?
There are resorts, and there are guest houses.

>how long does it normally take on the bus from castries to
>Soufriere? and are they quite frequent?

The buses are frequent. I do not recall how long, as I never actually did
the run. Plus it was five years ago. I made the mistake of figuring I would
make stops along the way. So I got off at Marigot Bay. Why, because the
idiot taxi driver I had drove right on past without stopping or telling me
he was passing it. Then I had to go back into Castries to get a bus back
out again. On the second bus I only went to Anse La Raye.

The taxi driver did drive through Soufriere, but it was just a drive
through on the road that goes through. No side excursion down to the water.
So my attempted trip was to go back and see what I didn't see with him.

>are there any locations/excursions that you would recommend us going
>to or any activities? (we're 24/25)

The night life is up in Rodney Bay.

>are there any waterfalls around?

There are. But I did not take a jungle tour. On St. Lucia you can only get
to the rain forest on a guided tour. They put you in the back of a jeep
like truck exposed to the elements and bounced around. If waterfalls is
your thing then Dominica or Basse Terre on Guadeloupe would be better.

I did see one waterfall on St. Lucia by taking the bicycle trip that was
discussed in my trip journal.

>and is it generally quite safe in st lucia?

To me all of the Caribbean is safe. But them I'm a guy, and I do not worry
ever.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.

On 21 Apr 2004 13:38:22 -0700, vlawaetz@m (Verena) wrote:

> I live in St.Lucia where my family runs
>a guesthouse and heritage site. What was said about the taxis is
>definately true, and their high prices and bad service is hurting the
>island's tourism. However, most taxi drivers make very little money as
>their costs are pretty high too. It is a bit of a dilemma but we're
>working on resolving it.

The problem I see with taxis on St. Lucia is there are too many of them. So
many, that most of the time they are hanging around pestering tourists to
hire them. Since they don't actually have that many rides, despite the high
prices, they don't make much money.

Don <donwiss at panix.com>.