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We took a cruise April of 91. The ship stopped at
Barbados and St. Maartin. I cannot tell you about
Trinidad or Granada.
In Barbados you can shop in Bridgeton. We found great buys
on Crystal and China. There is also a party boat called
the Jolly Roger that provides lots of rum drinks, music,
dancing. They take you to a beach, or you can snorkle.
There is a submarine (I forget the name) excursion
also that looked very interesting, but about $60.00 US
per person. Last but not least you could rent a Moke
(Jeep) and drive around the island. The island is small
enough that you could do it pretty easily.
In St. Maartin has two sides French and Dutch. We signed up
for a snorkling trip on the French side. We were disappointed
because the water was murky and the fish were not very colorful.
Not sure if this was caused by a storm out at sea. We have snorkled
in St. Thomas and Mexico where the fish were incredible.
You may want to check out the Holiday Travel notesfile for more
information on the islands that you will be visiting.
Enjoy your trip.
Jeanne
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| In Barbados, we went on the Bajan Queen party boat!! I'm telling you,
this was one of the highlights of the whole week!! It was so much
fun!! The only thing is is that I didn't get to see any of Barbados
because the party boat is right next to the ship, and by the time I got
off, well, that Rum Punch really did a number on me so I had to sleep
it off!!! But it was well worth it!! We had a BLAST!!!!
Have a great time!!!
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| In Grenada, we enjoyed the Rum Runner. It is a two-tiered boat that
cruises in the harbor, serves a spiced rum drink all day, and docks for
a few hours at a remote beach. They allow a few natives on the beach
to sell spices. One carried a guitar and invented songs about the
people on the beach (R-rated lyrics....) They had a steel drum band
aboard and a limbo contest. We had a GREAT time!
Kelly
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| First St. Martin or St. Maarten [French & Dutch] ?
I would bet your coming into to Philipsburg, St. Maarten. When we
were there this past March for a week, this is where we saw most
of the cruise ships.
Second question, How long are you in port. 8am to 4 pm ?? or over
night ? It quite depends on how much you will be able to see.
Phillipsburg (Dutch) is the big town on the southeastern side of the
island, Marigot (French) is a big town on the northwestern side of
the island. It was part of the mystique and magic of this island
for us to wander between the two co-habitant cultures. We rented a
car the second day, and circled the island in a little over 2 hrs.
You can drive or be driven between Phillipsburg & Marigot in less
than 30 minutes.
Things to do:
* Sail to St. Barts and back on a racing Catamaran. They schedule
around cruise ship ports of call...You can pick one up in the
marina on the way into Phillipsburg from the dock. This was
truly GREAT !! Lots of Heineken (BUD to them) and Rum Punch.
What a feeling of being on the water!! [$50 p/person]
* Go to the top of Point (sorry can't remember), but its the peak
of the tallest mountain on the island. Its a really beautiful
to ascend to the top and look out over the entire island.
It takes 2 hrs to go see it and return to Phillipsburg. [$Free$]
* Visit the ruins of the fortress in Marigot. If you included it
along with the Point "such'n'such" it would only add 1 hr.[$Free]
* Plenty of Party boats...You can do just about anything on these
tour boats: [$10p/p to $50, you generally get what you pay for]
- Circle the Island, while drinking punch
- Land on Nearby Island, while drinking punch
- Go St. Barts, while drinking punch
- Go Fishing, while drinking punch
- Go Snorkeling, while drinking seltzer
* Zillions of shops in both Phillipsburg & Marigot.
Most of these things cost money...If I had just spent a bundle on
a cruise. I would get a small group together (2-3 couples) flag
down one of the mini-van taxi's in Phillipsburg. Negotiate a fare
to take you all to the Peak, and the Ruins in Marigot, then to the
center of Marigot let him go, walk around, have lunch, shop, til
you've seen enough. Hire a taxi to take you back to Phillipsburg
and spend the rest of the afternoon walking around Phillipsburg
shopping, sampling local exotic concoctions or the cheap Heinekens.
Hop back on the boat in the late afternoon.
Good Luck, have a good time,
T_C
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