Help! Need *New* Caribbean Vacation Destination

Chuck & Chris <ChasKMneverspam.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:25:54 -0500, Mike <bellsouth.net@mhammoc>
>wrote:
>>On a "political" note... in my opinion the Holloway thing was vastly
>>overblown... If the same crime had occurred in the US the result would
>>have been the same, except that the 'suspects' would have spent at most
>>one night in jail instead of several months.
>
>Only if the suspects were members of the Kennedy clan.
>
Or be OJ or Robert Blake or Gary Condit

There was never enough proof that the 'suspects' could be brought to
trial. Lots of people disappear and we may think it was foul play,
but we don't know. It may take years to figure out where they went
and what happened to them. It isn't enough to suspect that they may
be involved. It might even not have been anyone local.

My own first cousin was jogging, and was found drowned by a tiny
trickle of water. No one ever figured out how he managed to drown in
that amount of water. Was he mugged and drowned as a result of the
struggle? Was he hit be a car and flung into the stream and drowned?
No one knows and I don't think anyone has attempted to find out..

And there are several people who have been convicted of things they
didn't do and they were later cleared.
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"Chuck & Chris" <ChasKMneverspam.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 7 Mar 2007 09:14:16 -0800, "Darryl61" <Darryl.Milstein.RemoveThis@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>IMHO...the publicity that Aruba received as a result of the
>>disappearance of that young lady was unfairly reported. We have been
>>to the island close to a dozen times in the last 10 years and have
>>never witnessed an unlawful or even susupicious act. The people of
>>Aruba are wonderful! Hard working, honest, sincere and, above all,
>>friendly. They are the main reason we return every year. And...we do
>>NOT own a time share in Aruba, sad to say!!
>
> I'll admit right off the bat that I am not very big on Aruba. I
> vacationed there once a few years back and had a terrible time. I
> found the island neither pretty nor culturally interesting. Believe
> it or not, it was overcast and rained every day I was there. My
> resort's beach and pool were horribly overcrowded on the few sunny
> periods and I found the hotel staff to be abysmal. Food was extremely
> expensive, extremely slow in coming and only fair at best. In fact,
> Chris and I are specifically looking for this vacation to be the
> "anti-Aruba" vacation. We want to learn from that costly mistake.
>
> That all being said, I do not consider Aruba to be a high crime
> island... at least for adult vacationers... and felt quite safe there
> as an American tourist. But the Natalee Holloway case does clearly
> show that if a crime against an American does happen down there, don't
> expect to find any answers or justice. It simply ain't gonna happen.
>
> Chuck

Chuck, take a look at Curaçao. It's Aruba's sister island and they're doing
a major tourism push these days, so good deals can be had.

I loved Curaçao with a passion I'd not felt in years. Very rich in culture,
excellent food both homestyle and gourmet, varied ecosystem, and a diverse
population in terms of nationalities. The view of Willemstad's waterfront
alone is worth a visit.
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:01:27 GMT, "Skip Elliott Bowman"
<skipster.RemoveThis@teleport.com> wrote:

>Chuck, take a look at Curaçao. It's Aruba's sister island and they're doing
>a major tourism push these days, so good deals can be had.
>
>I loved Curaçao with a passion I'd not felt in years. Very rich in culture,
>excellent food both homestyle and gourmet, varied ecosystem, and a diverse
>population in terms of nationalities. The view of Willemstad's waterfront
>alone is worth a visit.

Curaçao made our short list... mainly due to the last minute
availability of a very nice charter package out of Boston. In the
end, however, we chose the Mayan Riviera. This was tough for me
personally because I had previously worked in that area and was less
than thrilled with certain aspects of visiting there. But there was
no denying that it was the best bang for the buck (US$) and made the
most sense for this particular conflicted, "short notice" vacation.
Also, several of Chris' friends regularly vacation there and strongly
encouraged me to put my work-related feelings aside and us to go
there.

Sadly, with everything decided and our vacation set to book the very
next morning, we experienced an untimely, unexpected death in the
family. All vacation plans are now on hold while we grieve. Still,
I'd like to thank everyone for their very helpful ideas, thoughts and
suggestions. It was not a wasted effort. We now have lots to
consider for a future vacation... possibly later this year... even if
this one was not meant to be.

Chuck
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