Change of plans

[Dark Knight]

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 !!!!!

[Manoverboard]

I would start by reading the following Topic ...

http://www.cruise-community.me.uk/viewt ... ?f=55&t=54

[Redrosegirlie]

And this one

http://www.cruise-community.me.uk/viewt ... f=55&t=626

[Dark Knight]

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??

[Mervyn and Trish]

Bournemouth?

[Manoverboard]

Matlock would be much closer

[Mervyn and Trish]

To DN, but not necessarily to the sea!

[Manoverboard]

He said beach ( sand ) not the sea

[Mervyn and Trish]

So you're thinking Jewsons Matlock?

[Manoverboard]

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

[Dark Knight]

Thanks for the help

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

thanks

[Dancing Queen]

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 ) do a bit of googling and see what is on offer.

[Manoverboard]

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

[Dark Knight]

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
please rest your brain cell and I will try the ever reliable google option

[Manoverboard]

I did a Google for your need and it came up with ' Robinson Crusoe Syndrome ' ...

[Dark Knight]

That makes a change, I normally get"does not mix well with others"

[Romig1]

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 ) do a bit of googling and see what is on offer.

Many of the Sandals hotels have hammocks made for two....

[towny44]

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"

[Dark Knight]

What a wealth of cruising information.....................this site lacks

I think I will try cruise critic and have a chat with MM, he seems to know his stuff

[Mervyn and Trish]

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.

[Wina G]

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

[Dark Knight]

nuvo rich how very dare you
I come from old money and landed gentry, I just dumb it down on forums

[Mervyn and Trish]

And you do very well at it. It's almost as if you were born dumbed down. I was fooled milord

[Dark Knight]

not difficult to fool the plebs

[Manoverboard]

Milord ... as if ... a real Milord would not even consider ' sweating ', one would ' perspire '