Caribbean island travel destinations

[Corn Row]

Originally Posted by dinosaur

has anyone been to Bermuda before? there's a ton of islands to fly into so i feel a bit lost there. i just know its the shark capital of the world.

Huh???

Bermuda is not in the Caribbean.

As far as I know there are no sharks in Bermuda.

There is only one island (unless you count the extremely small private islands some of the super rich have).

Many actuaries have lived in Bermuda (myself included) and there is a fair amount of information on this website regarding the island.

[Dee for 3]

I know I'm just one data point, but I went to Sandals in St. Lucia for my honeymoon and loved every minute.

[ClubberLang]

Originally Posted by Corn Row

As far as I know there are no sharks in Bermuda.

Meh, the odd one follows a cruise or container ship in from time to time... pretty rare though. Lots if you go out to the banks!

[dinosaur]

Originally Posted by Corn Row

Huh???

Bermuda is not in the Caribbean.

As far as I know there are no sharks in Bermuda.

There is only one island (unless you count the extremely small private islands some of the super rich have).

Many actuaries have lived in Bermuda (myself included) and there is a fair amount of information on this website regarding the island.

i meant the Bahamas is the shark capital. so i can honeymoon & interview at the same time? from a hammock?

[DudeMan]

Originally Posted by dinosaur

i meant the Bahamas is the shark capital. so i can honeymoon & interview at the same time? from a hammock?

I recommend you watch Jaws 4 repeatendly on your flight.

[ShebaPoe]

I'm not much of a Caribbean guy, but here are a few thoughts:

High school girls are real easy in Aruba. Just make sure to feed them to sharks and move to Holland after. Aruba has a Gap on it. Why would you go there?

I'm not crazy about St Marten. The Dutch side is trashy, Maho beach is like a tackier Las Vegas, imagine that. The French side has some great restaurants, but other than that very little to offer. People who go there are like "did you see the Lalique bathrooms at the mall?" Yeah...I did...do you realize you're telling me about a crapper and this is your vacation? So skip the Lalique and skip St Martin.

St Barth's is worth a day trip if you are someplace you can take a boat from to get there. Expensive as all hell but good restaurants and decent shopping.

Jamaica is not for me, although one time I did go to a local bar (off the resort). There were 3 Jamaicans in there and a cooler of red Stripe. They were just sitting around, and they explained to us that if we wanted a red stripe, we should go to the cooler, take one, and leave a dollar on the counter. And these guys were smoking doobage that 2pac would have been impressed by.

So if I were you I would go to Anguilla. Small, out of the way, quiet, touristy section is rather contained. It's not cheap, but if you want cheap, go to some well-traveled tourist crap-hole like the Bahamas or Jamaica.

Also, if youare going with more than just your s/o (ie a group trip) you might find something you like here: www.wimco.com