Travel Forum / Destinations / Caribbean Islands / February 2004

Has anyone been there recently?  What did you think?  Worth going?
Price seems good, reviews that I've read are mostly positive...  Lemme
know.  Thanks,
Rob

I will be in Ocho Rios ONLY in about a week.  Would anyone know where I can
find:
1.  Duty Free Royal Jamaican Cigars
2.  Super Nicely Priced Blue Mountain Coffee

We were 4 guys traveling around Panama the 3rd week of January, 2004,
on a budget.    We loved Panama, BTW, and generally found a hotel
everywhere we went for from $25 -> $50 per double.
Our one splurge,  the  Melia Panama Canal, on Gatun Lake near Colon

More of the same.  Freedom to travel anyone?
Earl
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U.S. aggressively enforcing Cuba travel restrictions

Anybody been here lately. I was there in 1990 and it was a great place.
Thinking of going back but want to know if it is still a nice place. Email
me your response directly.
Thx

Is there any way to do a 7 day package (or 14) from Montreal or
Toronto or wherever in Canada to Martinique without having to fly on
the very horrible Transat Airlines. The only package I have seen from
an agency in Montreal has been on Transat. I don't want to spend 5

We don't go there anymore.  Even staying at the nicest hotels and eating in
the best resturants, we get sick.
We go to Costa Rica now.
Pura Vida!

For those who have been, what sort of places would you recommend visiting
withing a walk, or short Taxi ride from
the ferry in St. Maarten.

Hi!  Traveling from Barbados on a cruise ship trans-Atlantic.  Need a hotel
for one night between plane arrival and ship departure.  Any ideas?  Checked
the hotel sites, but very confused.  Any help appreciated.
Thanks, KC

I'm planning to have two weeks of holidays in June in Grand Bahama
Island. I've never been there before. I would appreciate any comments
and tips about the island. Is there any diving spots that I shouldn't
miss? Any good scuba center? Would island hopping be expensive? Etc.

Anyone been there latelly. Planning to go there next month. Haven't
paied for it but I have the airplane ticket to St. Thomas already.
I've seen some very good reviews, and the beach looks fantastic. But
most recent posts on tripadvisor.com paint a very bad picture of

Trying to figure out if we should go to Bonaire for a family/ dive vacation.
Just started researching it.
I have found that most places have pkgs. with the diving and rental car
included.  During their "value season" the rates seem real good.  Two

Hi, I'm retiring and need to move to an area with a low cost of living. I'd
like to move to the Caribbean or Central America, for the climate. I'd
appreciate any advice as to where would be a location in the Caribbean or
Central America that has a super low cost of living but yet ...

Im currently studying for my A Level travel and tourism and i need to
find out what clients think makes a good company representative in the
travel industry. So if you have any ideas, views or opinions that will
be great.

What's of interest in Ocho Rios, Jamaica for a single day traveler to that
part of the island?
How far is Dunn's River falls from the center of town or the pier? Is
transportation there and back reliably availalbe? Any specific