this is only my opinon and others i am sure will have comments too.
we have been to
St Maarten= found it congested, lovely beaches both dutch and french side, found the citizens less than friendly. lovely/pretty island.
Martinique= scary. lovely beaches, rude scary residents where we toured, cheap pricing, did i say scary?
St. Thomas= very congested, very crowded, beaches nice, did not feel real safe at night being out and around. again, lovely island.
Bahamas= found it dirty, residents not friendly, we had crummy weather...lots of rain, good prices and good shopping .
Bermuda= found it too expensive and boring. beaches pretty
Cancun= disgustingly congested, residents rude, beaches lovely, pricing cheap.
Cozumel= same as Cancun but with more sites to see (Mayan ruiins) dirty
Bonaire= nice, somewhat friendly residents, pricing comparable to Aruba, no real great stretches of beaches, lousy shopping, small choices of restaurants awesome scuba and snorkeling
Curacao= like Bonaire and Aruba but very congested and not so friendly residents.
Dominican Republic= I was at a resort CasaDel Campo and it was magnificent. We did not leave the resort as the traveling around was unsafe.
Barbados= horrible, crime, filth but we were there only 12 hrs from a cruise ship.
Grand Cayman= expensive, great scuba and snorkeling, nothing to do at night, awesome beaches.
Aruba= has all of the positives of the above mentioned islands including GREAT weather most of the time.
Needless to say Aruba is #1 for us.
I'd probably say Bonaire would be #2
andrea
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Originally Posted by LeanneG
Hi all,
We are flying out on the 21st July from the UK for our 1st visit to Aruba. My question (yet another one  ) is how does it compare to other islands in the Caribbean. I know i wont be dissapointed but have heard a few people say would never go back (as well as other bad comments  ) as opposed to really nice place put always go somewhere different 2nd time around etc.
I am aware that this may be a touchy subject but would like an honest opinion as i have never been to other parts of the Caribbean before, enquiring minds and all that!
Thanks
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