Travel Forum / Destinations / Caribbean Islands / February 2007

Does anyone know if there are any direct flights from New York City to
the Bahamas?                         Thanks

We are interested in visiting Graeme Nature Park in Worthing, Barbados
while docked in Bridgetown. We will be traveling with another couple
who don't want to visit the park. Can anyone tell how far the park is
from a public beach?  We're not sure if we will take a bus or taxi

  In a little over a week the wife and I will be off on our cruise to
(among other places) Grand Cayman.  I really enjoy snorkeling, but she is
more of a "lay in the sun on the beach" type.  Because of this, I would like
to visit Cemetary Beach (reef).  She can have the sand and ...

Does anybody have the GPS waypoints or coordinates for Cemetary Beach (reef)
and Smith's Cove.  My wife and I are cruising to to GC and Cozumel next week
and it would help to be able to use the GPS to guide us there. :-)
I am also planning on visiting Punta Sur in Cozumel.  Any ...

Anyone know where and if there are ATM's in the neighbourhood of Christ
Church (or any where else close)
thanks
Sue

We spent the week of Dec 25 - Jan 01 at the so called 4 star La Ceiba
Palma Real.  We decided on Palma Real because we had never been to
Honduras and it was the cheapest 4 star available. We got back over a
month ago and fortunately we've forgotten many of the details of the

I have been studying Spanish and would like to travel to a Spanish-
speaking caribbean destination.  I'd like to combine some practice in
Spanish with a vaction, sit by a beach and also do shopping in a nice
city or town.  I'm having a hard time finding a suitable place that is

Are the deals for loose diamonds and diamond rings on St. Thomas that
much better than the prices in the USA?

Travel Agents are treated differently than the rest of us. And the
reason is simple: The travel industry is a 4 trillion dollar a year
business!
With that kind of money being spent on travel, you can just imagine

I'm going on a trip to the BVI late next week. Lucky me! Looking at weather
forecasts, it shows scattered showers pretty much daily. Is that the usual?
I'm used to that from Hawaii, but just wanted to check to see if it's a
particularly rainy time there.

Cricket fans who will be coming to Trinidad, WI for the ICC world cup.
Please be aware that in order to build the stadium where the match is
being played, residents were kicked out of their houses. Paid no
compensation. And will be protesting outside the match.

Hi, I am planning on booking a trip through GoTravelDirect in Ottawa.
However, my boyfriend lives in Detroit and does not want to pay the
extra to fly all the way here, instead of from home right to our
resort.  Has anyone ever booked as a single person, and then added a

Can anyone recommend a good tour book on the British Virgin Islands?
Thanks,
Maxine