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Do you have a gigantic desire to o to the Caribbean? In my opinion it is overcrowded, full of american tourists and not particularly attractive. If you haven't done it before, I would have thought that a cruise to Thailand and Malaysia and papua New Guinea would be far more interesting for you....
quote:Originally posted by mec1:Mary PDo you have a gigantic desire to o to the Caribbean? In my opinion it is overcrowded, full of american tourists and not particularly attractive. If you haven't done it before, I would have thought that a cruise to Thailand and Malaysia and papua New Guinea would be far more interesting for you....
Coming from Australia, I would think a cruise to the Caribbean would seem far more exotic .... as would the "American tourists". Thailand and Malaysia are in Australia's back yard ... and guess what, they are filled with Australian tourists.
Ernie
Those places are full of 'Asian tourists' and very dirty.
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:Those places are full of 'Asian tourists' and very dirty.
How do you know? Ever been there?
LA friends just got back from Thailand and Malaysia and loved it so much they are going back next year.Their pictures were wonderful.
quote:Originally posted by sympatico:How do you know? Ever been there? LA friends just got back from Thailand and Malaysia and loved it so much they are going back next year.Their pictures were wonderful.
It was a joke-get it, a joke because of mec 1's ridiculous comments about 'American Tourists' and the Caribbean. He must have never been there or only visited to busy cruise ports.
quote:Originally posted by mec1:Lasuvida - what an atypically American response!
Let us not call the kettle black. You sound to be 'typically British'-uptight!
We have been to Malaysia twice and Thailand three time-loved it!! incredible people and scenery. The comment was because of mec 1's silly comment about 'American tourists'.
I went to las Vegas a few years ago and though that it was WONDERFUL, we have nothing like it here in Britain. However, many of my American friends asked me why on earth I'd bother to go there of all places?
Mind you I do not get too excited about Westminster Anbbey and the Houses of Parliment.
lasuvidaboy said: He must have never been there or only visited to busy cruise ports.
A serious question: does the Carib have any non-busy cruise ports?
[ 04-22-2005: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
*3 day nowhere--worst behaved people*Caribbean--ordinary people; middle America and SouthernersI would imagine the Mexican Riviera a west coast version of the Caribbean [if St Thomas is a port, I will stay on board, yuch]*New England--interesting mix of people*TransAtlantic--most fun and eccentric people
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:I went to las Vegas a few years ago and though that it was WONDERFUL, we have nothing like it here in Britain. However, many of my American friends asked me why on earth I'd bother to go there of all places?[/b][ 04-22-2005: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
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[ 04-22-2005: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy: The Caribbean can be a very crowded place and the same goes for ports in the Med, Northern Europe, Alaska-any area where the major liners operate.
The difference is that the Med has many large cities which can easily absorb six ships, for example. An island or Alaskan ports cannot do this so well.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:The difference is that the Med has many large cities which can easily absorb six ships, for example. An island or Alaskan ports cannot do this so well.
That is true Malcolm. Have you been to Florence or Venice during the high season?-EEK!!! Talk about huge crowds of tourists! The thing is some people like the crowds and the excitment that comes from them. From my past Caribbean cruises, many of the people I met are from smaller towns or even rural areas of the States (and other countries) and may find the crowded shops, beaches and tourist sights fun-tons of people watching! Living in a large metropolitan area myself, I like to get away from that sometimes while on holiday. It is still possible in the Caribbean to take a private excursion to a more remote area of the island that you are visting and to me that is the best. The other option is to fly to the region and stay at a beautiful secluded resort.
quote:Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:The Caribbean has so many islands that the large cruise ships do not visit to begin with. On many islands, small towns are away from the busy tourist spots where the ships drop off literally thousands of passengers on certain days.
You find this in the Mediteranean too. I think it is a very strange to discuss wheter the one or the other cruise area is better - they are just different.
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