Nominate your island!

[Gregg]

I never planned it that way, but for the last five years all my recreational trips have been to islands. Manhattan, Long Island, Sanibel, Key West.....I've always had to take a boat or a bridge and I'm inclined to stick with it.

All I need is a beach, decent hotel and abar where I can get a strawberry Mohito.

Suggestions?

[The Observer]

The last island I visited was Iceland. If you love volcanoes, geysers, hot springs, waterfalls, glaciers, the northern lights and lots of bars/pubs, then this may be the place for you. And WOW Airlines is going to have a $99 fare from several locations in the US, and the ability to put you on a connecting flight to Europe after your stay in Iceland is over (for an additional price).

[Hyrion]

Tahiti

If nothing else, looking through google images on Tahiti puts it as a visually wonderful place to be.

[NYGman]

Marco Island Florida is my suggestion
Https://en.Wikipedia.org/Marco_Island,_Florida

All your needs will be met

[bmxninja357]

saltspring island if you want the full speed hippie experience. it does not get more laid back. it also has its own currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltspring_Island
http://www.saltspringdollars.com/
its interesting if nothing else.

peace,
ninj

[NYGman]

Actally I have changed my mind... Let me introduce yo to Captiva Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captiva_Island

I went to the http://www.southseas.com/ SOuth Seas Resort, and it is heaven. Any type of accommodation from hotel om and suites up to townhomes on the ocean. White sand, warm water, great food, it is a real island paradise, They have boats, tennis, village stores, restaurants, all in the compound, and the beach, did I mention the amazing beach.

Really Gregg, check ut the South Seas, You will not be disappointed.

[Pottapaug1938]

My family and I were at the Majestic Elegance Resort (all-inclusive) in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. We were part of the "Elegance Club", and the extra expense was worth it. We hope to go back someday.

The literature says "tips are included in the price of your stay"; but we found out that the people who do things for you don't always get the tips. A stack of $1 and $5 bills goes a long way in getting you superb service; and if someone brought us a drink, we always slipped them a buck (you don't need pesos anywhere in the resort, or even in the country). We gave our maid $2 each day; and they said that it was a big help in feeding their families.

[bmxninja357]

if your vacation is more of a hookers and blow thing you could enjoy the island of Montreal. it even comes with snooty french speakers who will pretend not to speak english and the occasional mob and/or biker war. and theres plenty of illuminati symbolism in the architecture to keep you feeling better than everyone else.

ninj

[Gregg]

Actally I have changed my mind... Let me introduce yo to Captiva Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captiva_Island

I went to the http://www.southseas.com/ SOuth Seas Resort, and it is heaven. Any type of accommodation from hotel om and suites up to townhomes on the ocean. White sand, warm water, great food, it is a real island paradise, They have boats, tennis, village stores, restaurants, all in the compound, and the beach, did I mention the amazing beach.

Really Gregg, check ut the South Seas, You will not be disappointed.

Both Marco Island and Captiva are Metro Fort Meyers, which is more or less where we went last summer, Sanibel. In fact, the only overland way to get to Captiva is from Sanibel and indeed one day we did drive all the way to the "end of the road" at the very tip of Captiva.

I''m sorely tempted to return to Sanibel, I have some terrible allergy problems that only get aggravated by Florida and after I have sinus surgery (in a few weeks) I am assured that between my newly cleared head tunnels and the effects of my longer smoking I'll be able to enjoy it a lot more this year.

[Burnaby49]

I am assured that between my newly cleared head tunnels and the effects of my longer smoking I'll be able to enjoy it a lot more this year.

The effects of your longer smoking? You mean like this?

[Pottapaug1938]

if your vacation is more of a hookers and blow thing you could enjoy the island of Montreal. it even comes with snooty french speakers who will pretend not to speak english and the occasional mob and/or biker war. and theres plenty of illuminati symbolism in the architecture to keep you feeling better than everyone else.

ninj

As long as the Francofascists think that you're an American, you'll be fine. They will often look down on you and regard you as a benighted American; but their venom is reserved for les maudits Anglais a/k/a Anglophone Canadians, who won't leave La Belle Province -- excuse me, La Belle Pays -- and take their filthy language with them. The Canadian dollar has sunk really badly of late, so you can get a cheap vacation up there. Of course, it tends to get chilly up there around now; but the place is great to visit in warmer weather.

[Duke2Earl]

My wife and I go to Grand Cayman just about every December. We enjoy it very much. We are very simple to entertain, all we need is great weather, a nice beach and lots of drinks (preferably served to us on the beach) and good restaurants. K-Mon as the natives say, has all that and more. I have been considering buying a condo there for several years and with the situation here ...well...it's looking more likely.

[eric]

As long as the Francofascists think that you're an American, you'll be fine. They will often look down on you and regard you as a benighted American; but their venom is reserved for les maudits Anglais a/k/a Anglophone Canadians, who won't leave La Belle Province -- excuse me, La Belle Pays -- and take their filthy language with them. The Canadian dollar has sunk really badly of late, so you can get a cheap vacation up there. Of course, it tends to get chilly up there around now; but the place is great to visit in warmer weather.

Of course Montreal is an island, and the topic is island vacations, but for a Quebec winter vacation I would reccomend Quebec city. For those of you wish the "bikers and blow" experience as Ninja mentioned, again you have to get off the island and go a little east. You could even visit with Menard in Saint-Jean. Memories of taking refuge under a relatively bullet proof slate top pool table in a bar near Granby while a group of my trainees from a SE Asian country that I won't mention, took on the bikers with weapons fabricated from steel pallet strapping tape. Creative little buggers...

[Burnaby49]

You could even visit with Menard in Saint-Jean.

I think you are behind the times in that one. The owner was a friend who was trying to sell the place and I'm assuming that Rob was allowed to use it while it was vacant awaiting sale. The house was recently sold so I'm guessing that Rob is on the move again.

[Gregg]

Montreal is on an island? Well, I didn't know that, and I've even been there before (granted it was 1972). I think you have terribly misunderstood my idea of a good time, HOOKERS and blow = good, bikers and blow = not a good combination, even in Canada where they only have a few guns each.

I'll have a winner announced soon, I've got to get out of the Well Armed Homeless Shelter first and back to a proper easily defended position...

[bmxninja357]

well if thats the case might i suggest a relaxing vacation on north sentinel island. run right up and say hi to the friendly locals. lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8kV495 ... rkncYkptw2


ninj

*edit

also a good spot for opca litigants. no damn government to push anyone around.

[exiledscouser]

Top islands for me.

Grand Cayman where I lived for a few years. Loved the North Sound in a hammock with a mud slide. Tarpon Alley at 60' down with predatory fish giving you the eyeball. Stingrays eating peas from your hand on a sandbank miles offshore.

Hilbre in the mouth of the river Dee between England and Wales. Huge skies, endless golden sands, broody Welsh hills to one side, the Liverpool cathedrals off in the other distance. Seabirds, seals, sand yachts and scary in-rushing tides.

Bardsey, off the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula. It's another planet, a rock ship out at sea battered by massive waves, full of mysterious ruins and mounds that surely inspired Tolkien.

Lindesfarne off the north east coast of England. A beach to rival anything in the world. A castle in a rocky crag. Houses made from upturned boats. A mist that descends and shrouds the abbey ruins. Pubs that don't close. A ribbon of Tarmac road cut off from the mainland twice a day. Mead made from honey. Known as Holy Island, you don't have to be religious to feel the spirituality of the place.

[Burnaby49]

Pubs that don't close? And I've driven right by it without stopping!

There's only one answer to this for me. Vancouver Island. Beautiful place in it's own right with the added distinction that I was born there.

[Judge Roy Bean]

Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.

Then again, I'm old.