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We were originally due to go to Venice and the Adriatic in June, now due to a house move etc, we have re-booked our cruise for January next year for 2 weeks in the Carribean
We have not been there before and have no idea what to expect so any help or tips would be great
ports of call are:Barbados, Bonaire,Aruba,Curacao,Grenada,British Virgin Islands,St Barths,Antigua,Dominica,St Vincents and back to Barbados


Help !!!!!
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I would start by reading the following Topic ... ;)

http://www.cruise-community.me.uk/viewt ... ?f=55&t=54
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Good infor there
now to the main point, Where do I find a beach with Hammocks, so I can slob about all day driniking cocktails??
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Bournemouth?

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Matlock would be much closer :lol:
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To DN, but not necessarily to the sea! 8-)

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He said beach ( sand ) not the sea :thumbup:
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So you're thinking Jewsons Matlock? :o

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Could be ... or Matlock Baths by the River Derwent for greater ambience perhaps, this option has the added bonus of having plenty of trees to tie one's hammock to :yawn:
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Thanks for the help :thumbdown: :wtf: :thumbdown:

could anyone with more than 1 brain cell please advise some good beaches for getting a hammock and lazing about

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Plenty of Caribbean beaches with sunbeds but I don't ever recall seeing any hammocks :( maybe some of the hotels that have their own beaches have them you can use places like Sandals for the day ( for a fee :o ) do a bit of googling and see what is on offer.
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Lateral thinking is required ..... so,

Take you own hammock and then look for two trees which are fit for purpose .... simples.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/100%25-Cotton-H ... 085&sr=1-2

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Moby

it is a fly cruise, so I will not be taking my own hammock, honestly sometimes I wonder if you have even been on a cruise :o :o
please rest your brain cell and I will try the ever reliable google option
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I did a Google for your need and it came up with ' Robinson Crusoe Syndrome ' ... :silent: :lol:
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That makes a change, I normally get"does not mix well with others"
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Dancing Queen wrote:
Plenty of Caribbean beaches with sunbeds but I don't ever recall seeing any hammocks :( maybe some of the hotels that have their own beaches have them you can use places like Sandals for the day ( for a fee :o ) do a bit of googling and see what is on offer.
Many of the Sandals hotels have hammocks made for two.... :D

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Dark Knight wrote:
That makes a change, I normally get"does not mix well with others"
I tried google for you and got " is this another silly request from DK" :lol: :lol:
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What a wealth of cruising information.....................this site lacks :thumbdown:

I think I will try cruise critic and have a chat with MM, he seems to know his stuff :o
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You try to help some people and what do you get?

As for MM knows his stuff. More likely he'll tell you to get stuffed. He's a proper cruiser, not one of you nouveau riche johnny come latelys. :lol:

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MM always said he sailed from Southampton so may not have done the Caribbean ;)

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nuvo rich how very dare you
I come from old money and landed gentry, I just dumb it down on forums :D
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And you do very well at it. It's almost as if you were born dumbed down. I was fooled milord :lol: :lol:

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not difficult to fool the plebs :o :o :wave:
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Milord ... as if ... a real Milord would not even consider ' sweating ', one would ' perspire ' :lol:
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