Best beaches in the Caribbean

On 2 Feb 2006 17:28:24 -0800, Kent wrote:
> My favorite beaches in the Caribbean are:
>
> - Trunk Bay on St. John
> - Magen's Bay on St. Thomas
> - The Baths on Virgin Gorda
> - Cane Garden Bay on Tortola
> - Dickenson Bay on Antigua
> - Crane Beach on Barbados
>
> Anybody want to add to the list?

Nope. I want to keep mine off the Over Trampled List.

Allodoxaphobia wrote:
> On 2 Feb 2006 17:28:24 -0800, Kent wrote:
>
>>My favorite beaches in the Caribbean are:
>>
>>- Trunk Bay on St. John
>>- Magen's Bay on St. Thomas
>>- The Baths on Virgin Gorda
>>- Cane Garden Bay on Tortola
>>- Dickenson Bay on Antigua
>>- Crane Beach on Barbados
>>
>>Anybody want to add to the list?
>
>
> Nope. I want to keep mine off the Over Trampled List.

Dickenson Bay is the only one on your list I've been too, and certainly do not
consider it anything special.... Nice, but nothing special.
Grace bay, Turks & Cacios is much nicer as is an unnamed beach/bay on San Salvador
Island, Bahamas, adjacent to the airport.
Mike

"G&G" <G&G@> :

> Just got back from sailing in the Caribbean. We've not been there in 8 -
> 10 years.
> Yuck! No more Island Time! Too crowded. Too expensive. Off our list as
> a vacation spot again.

Could you atleast mention where your cruise went that was so bad?
Considering that no single cruise cover more than 10% of the destinations
possible with some islands very rarely being visited it seem strange to write
off the entire region based on one cruise. What went wrong?

Earl Colby Pottinger

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In article <1139191202.229105.39670@g43g2000cwa.. com>,
Maisie <travel_JL@m> wrote:

> I've gotten tired of being hustled every time I go to a beach in the
> Caribbean or Mexico. Is there any place where you don't have somebody
> standing there trying to sell you something when all you want to do is
> read your book or take a snooze? I would rather not have a gated beach
> and I will happily spend all my money on tourist junk but sometimes I
> just want peace and quiet without someone standing over me going 'lady,
> lady, buy a necklace' when I am sound asleep - some of these people
> are pretty agressive. (I'm not foolish enough to sleep on a beach
> without someone I know watching out for me).

You will not be hustled at the beaches on St. John, US Virgin Islands.
It is a national park. No one coming around selling anything. Also I
have never been bothered at Horseshoe Beach on Bermuda.

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Charles

Charles <fort@his.com.remove.invalid> :

> In article <1139191202.229105.39670@g43g2000cwa.. com>,
> Maisie <travel_JL@m> wrote:
>
> > I've gotten tired of being hustled every time I go to a beach in the
> > Caribbean or Mexico. Is there any place where you don't have somebody
> > standing there trying to sell you something when all you want to do is
> > read your book or take a snooze? I would rather not have a gated beach
> > and I will happily spend all my money on tourist junk but sometimes I
> > just want peace and quiet without someone standing over me going 'lady,
> > lady, buy a necklace' when I am sound asleep - some of these people
> > are pretty agressive. (I'm not foolish enough to sleep on a beach
> > without someone I know watching out for me).
>
> You will not be hustled at the beaches on St. John, US Virgin Islands.
> It is a national park. No one coming around selling anything. Also I
> have never been bothered at Horseshoe Beach on Bermuda.

While I have not been there, it is my understanding that this does not happen
on the north shores of Tortola and for sure on the island of Anegada (Both
part of the BVIs). Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Earl Colby Pottinger


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