Cruise Ships and Our Trip!

Carole Ward · Post by **Carole Ward** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:09 am

Hi everyone

Just in the process of booking our trip to Tobago in January. After reading loads of advice on here we have changed our original plan to stay near Scarborough, to the other side of the island and will now stay in Castara which sounds wonderful, just waiting to hear back from a couple of places about availability. We are going to book the flights independently with Virgin as not keen on the bad things I've read about XL.

Also just wanted to check if/when/where cruise ships come into Tobago? I don't want to end up on a beach that gets packed with people getting off a cruise ship for lunch or something!

Roll on January - will anyone else be around Castara then?

Carole

Post by **Steve Wooler** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:34 am

Hi Carole

You can forget about the influence of cruise ships if you're staying in the Castara area. Only a handful of small cruise liners call at Tobago. The inmates (

) tend to head for Pigeon Point or stroll around Scarborough. Given my experience of the average cruise line passenger, I doubt whether they would want to get sand in their toes anyway.

Carole Ward · Post by **Carole Ward** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:37 am

Thanks Steve thats just what I wanted to hear

This is such a great forum you have going, there is so much useful information on here.

Fingers crossed I can get my accommodation sorted out now!

Carole

David Watkins · Post by **David Watkins** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:17 am

Carole,I shall be in Castara in January.Just keep an I out for a tall,slim handsome gentleman!
David(66dtg)

Brian Taylor · Post by **Brian Taylor** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:44 am

watch our david, carole is going to check me then and then she will see the real YOU!

(not that there is anything wrong with the real david...)

steph

Carole Ward · Post by **Carole Ward** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:52 am

Ha ha Steph! Does David stay with you? It will be great to meet all of you and we def want to do some trips with you Steph, will email you separately once we have everything sorted.

What time is it over there, I'm anxiously waiting for a reply to one more accommodation enquiry I've made as I want to get booked up!!

Carole anxious to book her holiday!

Brian Taylor · Post by **Brian Taylor** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:56 am

almost 8 a.m. here, but remeber it is sunday...so a lot of people go to church rather than checking their mails... oh and tomorrow is a public holiday (don't as which one

) so don't expect too much...

sunny greetings from the beach
steph

David Watkins · Post by **David Watkins** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:58 pm

Hmmph Steph,thanks.There I was putting across by better side and you try tto spoil it!
Carole,at the moment T&T time is 5hours behind.
David

Tony G · Post by **Tony G** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:44 pm

I too will be there in January.

And it won't be a day too soon.

Tony

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyandjanette

Carole Ward · Post by **Carole Ward** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:22 pm

Great, where do you stay Tony? I know where David stays as I've been chatting to Steph!

Have the choice of a three places now and can't decide which to go for .....!!

Tony G · Post by **Tony G** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:18 am

Last January there were three of us and we rented out Toad Hall for two weeks. Next year there will be only two of us and we are booked into the Sealevel Guesthouse, just behind the Naturalist, for three weeks. Flying out with Virgin on 10 January.

Tony

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyandjanette

David Watkins · Post by **David Watkins** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:31 pm

See you for a jar ot two then??

Carole Ward · Post by **Carole Ward** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:25 pm

Ahhhhh Tony we were nearly on the same flight!!! We were going on 10th, but changed our dates by a week to 17th to get a nice room at the Naturalist!! Sounds like we will be near neighbours though - see you on the beach!

Carole

PS Can you wear that hat so I recognise you!?

Judith Prater · Post by **Judith Prater** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:38 pm

Hello to you all

Kinda wish we were able to travel the same time, would love to meet you all it would be surreal after 'chatting' on line. Unfortunately school holidays predict when we're able to travel

Best Wishes
Jude xx

Tony G · Post by **Tony G** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:20 am

Hi All

Yes David and, if I remember rightly, it's my round.

Carole, unfortunately that particular hat has now self-destructed.

Tony

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyandjanette