Travel Forum / Destinations / Caribbean Islands / January 2006

Hey all, Happy New Year...
wantd to see if anyone had any special insider information on Barbados.
Where to stay, a cool place to hang out, getting polo tickets... you
know hip tips. I just finished writing my first book, "The Girlfriend's

I have friends who are looking to travel to someplace "warm, with a
beach."  Unfortunately, they have to do this in March, when most of the
continental US beaches are crowded with college students on spring
break.  They were wondering if Puerto Rico gets a lot of that during

What's the best place on St. Lucia for lunch?
Kent
http://www.pruneville.com

We will be travelling to Antigua next July - I've read a bit about
sandflies / mosquitoes and I'm wondering if anybody has been and has
any tips / information? We've been to Mallorca a few times before so
we're used to normal mosquitoes - is the problem worse or does it just

BIG NOTE:  This message does *not* concern the use (or rather, non-use) of
VISA cards drawn on american banks. That problem is well known. This
different. We had an unsatisfactory situation in Cuba with VISA cards drawn
on Canadian banks.

I'm currently residing in Canada holding a filipino passpost. Just
would like to know what I require to visit Cuba for 7 days with a few
of my canadian friends. Would I need a visa bewfore entry or will they
provide me with one upon arrival?

Just a word of caution to anyone getting ready to go on a cruise.  I just
used the services of Vacations to Go and what I booked and what I got are
worlds apart!  Cruisers beware!!

I just tried to buy a calling card for my upcoming trip to California.
They do not want to deal with Canadians (or other non-americans?).  Even
thought their web site says they will accept a "hotmail" e-mail account
from the USA or Canada, they won't - so then when that was ...

Would appreciate some knowledge from some you more well-travellers to the
Caribbean...
Haven't really been able to find this online at least, but I'm looking to
take a trip to the Caribbean next month and would like the following: