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Re: Barbados Anyone?
[Re: IslandBoi]
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08/07/2012 04:29 PM
08/07/2012 04:29 PM
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Posts: 5,884 St. Thomas, USVI
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I am not an expert, having been there only for a day on a cruise, AND I tend to like places that are different from St Thomas, but I thought the Holetown area was dreadful. You drive down the street and you can't see a thing for the high rise hotels one after another. We really liked Bathsheba and the east coast. It was away from the crowds, seemed to have a lot of vacation cottages with small, local restaurants around. Of course, there isn't the great food you get on St Martin, but it's an English island, so what do you expect? We hired a car and our driver was a woman who spent her weekends on the race track, so nothing seemed far away!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Hairy.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Barbados Anyone?
[Re: IslandBoi]
#17232
08/13/2012 04:41 PM
08/13/2012 04:41 PM
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Posts: 12,460 île staten
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For those of you staying in the Gap, the Plantation Show is well worth a night out. Dinner (optional), dancing, live show, open bar and transport for those outside the area is included in this eventfilled evening of entertainment. --------------------------------------- The Plantation Theater --------------------------------------- Located directly across the street from the (Divi) Southwinds Hotel.
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Re: Barbados Anyone?
[Re: sandyjoy]
#17234
08/17/2012 06:47 AM
08/17/2012 06:47 AM
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Posts: 14,646 Brookfield, CT.
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I couldn't agree more about Barbados as a great destination with all the typical Caribbean vacation goals - great food, nice resorts, beautiful beaches and the typical gamut of vacation activities people look for.
The thing that still stands out as being among our best Barbados trip memories was the ability to get in the car and explore it freely.
The people couldn't have been any nicer or more helpful and OMGoodness, the places we saw and the things we experienced.
I don't know how many can say they've done this, but we were given a tour of one of the local sugar refineries that we happened to stumble across, even being invited to climb the ladders and walk the catwalks over the thrashers. Okay, so that part was a little more than I needed to see, but the guys loved every minute of the tour.
We explored a beautiful Church or Monastery in the same area as well as the coastal and cliff views of that area. Absolutely incredible!!
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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