Paradise Island Long Weekend

This was our fourth trip to the Bahamas, so instead of a trip description, consider this “Jennifer & Andy’s guide”. We opted to stay at the Comfort Suites on Paradise Island, which is across the street from Atlantis, a third of the price, and you have full use of all Atlantis facilities. You simply can’t […]

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Seeing the Caribbean by Ferry: A Carnival Cruise

(Location: Eastern Caribbean) Post 9/11, no one was traveling. In November, we saw a deal for a cruise at Christmas for $250 per person. We hadn’t been on a cruise, and the itinerary looked pretty good, so we figured how bad could it be?!? We flew from Raleigh to San Juan, Puerto Rico where we […]

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Getting Married in the Bahamas

(Location: Paradise Island, The Bahamas) In 1999 we were married in the Bahamas. Fifty friends and family joined us at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island. We chose to get married in the Bahamas because our friends and family are all over the US (and it is much more interesting than Cary, North Carolina – […]

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Scuba Diving in Aruba

(Location: Aruba) We used our flight vouchers from Roatan to go to Aruba – it was the only safe place to go during hurricane season. The weather was perfect, but very windy. We stayed at the Sonesta, located in Seaport Village (downtown). There’s a boat that comes right into the lobby and takes you to […]

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Bareboating the BVI

(Location: British Virgin Islands, Caribbean) The idea was simple – “why don’t we just charter a sailboat and sail around to different dive spots?” A few months later we were stepping off a plane in St. Thomas and taking the first ferry to the British Virgin Islands – this was an all day adventure. We […]

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