Cultural Carribbean?

[rossyl]

Hi,

I was originally thinking of Laos or Cambodia for a dose of Eastern culture.

However, I was thinking, what if I can do a bit of beach holiday Carribbean style, with also a good dose of culture?

Does it exist, or has it all been American-ised? I do not want to go to Cuba or Jamaica, as we've been there not long ago

Here's the potential list, based on where BA flies and where we have not been.

Bermuda
Antigua
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Puerto Rico
St Kitts
St Lucia
Trinidad Tobago
Turks Caicos

Thank you

[juice]

Bermuda is st the bed expensive. I used to live there and last week was over for business.

You're looking at approx $30 for a starter and $60-70 for a run of the mill main. Single glasses of wine are approx $20 and full bottles starting at $100
Room rates are approx $500 a night. BA are also massively expensive to fly there.

Suggest you will get better value elsewhere.

[RichFN2]

I have family in Trinidad, it isn't really geared up for tourism and it's actually fairly dangerous. Only place I have heard gunfire in an urban area. Although this was during a crime epidemic around 2008 but I hear it's still a dangerous island in places.

The capital is big and would give you the cultural aspect but you probably wouldn't be very relaxed.

Tobago is picture postcard perfect with the beaches etc but it's very quiet.

My parents have gone to some of the nearby islands such as Grenada and while they loved it it was absolutely dead, I have since introduced them to Asia and they much prefer it.

[Bonefish Blues]

Insufficient on any single Bahamian island for your cultural element, I'd say, lovely as the Bahamas is.

[reggie82]

You could do beach in Cambodia too, check out Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem - two beautiful islands just off the south coast.

[smifffymoto]

My father in law took a cruise around the Caribbean in January,he was bored most of the time aa even the stop on shore were not very interesting.

[LimaDelta]

I know it's not on your list, but Dominica has the largest remaining 'native' (Kalinago) Caribbean population (i.e. non-trafficked Africans). Something fairly unique to the region as a whole. Probably the most 'culturally Caribbean' island, if that's what you mean.

Generally there is a lot of history to the islands, but obviously most relating to the British, Dutch or French colonialism and the slave trade. Not a whole lot before that.

[Tommo87]

smifffymoto said:

My father in law took a cruise around the Caribbean in January,he was bored most of the time aa even the stop on shore were not very interesting.

I’m a die hard five star hotel fan, who hates excursions that take me away from the pool and I went on a cruise in the Caribbean for a wedding anniversary expecting to hate it. But that didn’t happen.

[rossyl]

LimaDelta said:

I know it's not on your list, but Dominica has the largest remaining 'native' (Kalinago) Caribbean population (i.e. non-trafficked Africans). Something fairly unique to the region as a whole. Probably the most 'culturally Caribbean' island, if that's what you mean.

Generally there is a lot of history to the islands, but obviously most relating to the British, Dutch or French colonialism and the slave trade. Not a whole lot before that.

Interesting, thank you