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Re: Heniken Regatta date for 2018?
[Re: RonDon]
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04/12/2017 08:34 AM
04/12/2017 08:34 AM
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Everyone's personal perception of traffic can and does vary. We used to go every now and then at regatta time and never noticed any big difference from what we experience at Easter but often, the traffic you encounter will depend on where you're headed and what time you're on the roads. Unless we have to be somewhere at a specific time, I always figure we're on vacation and since there's only one main route around the island, we often do a u-turn and just go the other direction. Eventually we reach our destination and often with a new adventure along the way. Oh, the places we've been and the things we've seen....... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Joy.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
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Re: Heniken Regatta date for 2018?
[Re: RonDon]
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04/12/2017 10:08 AM
04/12/2017 10:08 AM
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RonDon said: Heard horror stories about traffic and booking dinners so we try to avoid. We just returned from SXM and ran into traffic from the music fest at Happy Bay. What you "heard" might not always be factual. Going back 15 years or so for Regatta, yes it used to be pretty bad and especially on Sunday night. The past several years, it is not that bad at all until close to the final party on Kim Sha Beach and that is not as bad as in past years. If you plan accordingly around bridge openings and party times you can avoid a lot of what you have "heard" about Regatta. Now, if you are trying to get through Simpson Bay on the Sunday of the final party around 7:00pm, I would expect a lot of traffic and slow movement.
J.D.
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Re: Heniken Regatta date for 2018?
[Re: ruralcarrier]
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04/12/2017 11:02 AM
04/12/2017 11:02 AM
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Agreed, other than bridge openings, which can be a real PITA, traffic in general at Regatta isn't that much worse than any other time in high season. I have seen a lot of people complaining here in February/March about bad traffic in general, so not sure that Regatta traffic itself is much worse. And restaurant reservations, except on Sunday night in Simpson Bay, OR if you have a big group, reservations are not that big a deal.
Carol Hill
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