BigSte
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As title...need advice on where to go etc....fancy Cuba next year but not sure what resort
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Fee
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I've not been
My dad went a year or two ago...
arrived and then flew out again the following day
said it was a dump
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Cosmo
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a mate when with his missus a few years back, said it was a fairly nice place were he stayed. But as with all places, Im sure it has its dumps aswell.
Personally speaking, in the Caribbean, Ive been to St Lucia, Dominican Republic and Antigua (also Cancun which is around there if you want to include that!) and they have all been really really nice places.
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Joe
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I'm looking at hols at the minute with the mrs, reading on the net Cuba sounds like a bit of a dump. Most reviews say even the hotel staff beg you for clothes.
We are going for the Dominican Republic I think.
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drax
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Isnt that one of the places you need personal security to go anywhere other than the hotel? And im sure theres some kind of rule about not being allowed back into USA, or maybe thats if your a US citizen
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Schlumpfy
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St Lucia is apparantly very nice for what it is. One place i would love to go is Bora Bora
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by drax
Isnt that one of the places you need personal security to go anywhere other than the hotel? And im sure theres some kind of rule about not being allowed back into USA, or maybe thats if your a US citizen
Cuba? Nah, one of its main incomes is tourism so the vast majority of places are perfectly safe. Obviously though you can end up the wrong places if your not careful, but saying that you could in most cities in the UK!!
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Rebecca
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Cuba sounds nice. Can I come?
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by novabex
Cuba sounds nice. Can I come?
Can you do the angry pirate?
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MikeLamb
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Go to one of the hotels on Cayo Coco with Thomas Cook, they are gorgeous. All inclusive for about £500. There's a little hut on the beach making all you can drink mohitos 24 hours. I went this year and it was amazing
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Rebecca
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Ahh har me maties. Course I can.
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CorsAsh
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How about the monkey face?
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Demo
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^ FPMSL 
me and the missus went to cuba last year. went to cayo coco which is a small national park island off the north east coast.
it was fucking paradise. weather was glorious and the people were extremely friendly and couldnt do enough for you.
personally i wouldnt go somewhere like havana other than on a day trip as you have to remember cuba isnt the wealthiest of countries so aint gonna be posh and tidy in places
we stayed at the "tryp cayo coco" resort all inclusive and had a cracking time
off to cozumel in mexico in a few weeks if the hurricane doesnt wipe it out
and remember that when booking anything in the carribean you should look for 4* at least cos theyre 4* is slightly lower ratings than our* over here
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
How about the monkey face?
sick.....
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GT4Brody
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Going to cuba next year for a wedding...then cyprus a month later for another, expensive year me thinks!
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andy1868
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my mate went to cuba with his family when he was younger, whenever he enters the US they ask him what he was doing in Cuba but they never refuse him entry or anything 
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I went to Cuba about 6 years ago and it was amazing, stayed 4 nights in Havana which yer it was abit of a dump as they had to hot wire the 1970's taxi's but it is worth seeing as it was totally different to anything i'd seen before. Also if you go to Havana you can go to the cigar factory which is a gud trip. We spent the rest of the time in an all inclusive beach resort and the weather was glorious and no one begged you for clothes etc would deffo go again
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BigSte
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
a mate when with his missus a few years back, said it was a fairly nice place were he stayed. But as with all places, Im sure it has its dumps aswell.
Personally speaking, in the Caribbean, Ive been to St Lucia, Dominican Republic and Antigua (also Cancun which is around there if you want to include that!) and they have all been really really nice places.
I went to Cancun this year and loved it - really really nice place.
I fancied a hol in that part of the world again so was looking at Cuba
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BigSte
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Originally posted by MikeLamb
Go to one of the hotels on Cayo Coco with Thomas Cook, they are gorgeous. All inclusive for about £500. There's a little hut on the beach making all you can drink mohitos 24 hours. I went this year and it was amazing
sounds good mate, will look into that.
Thomas Cook are really good as well imo - i went to Cancun with them last month and was quite impressed!
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Cosmo
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Where abouts did you stay in Cancun?
Was an amazing place. Would recommend Domican Republic and St Lucia too.
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Originally posted by GT4Brody
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Originally posted by CorsAsh
How about the monkey face?
sick.....
Not as sick as munging 
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Demo
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quote:
Originally posted by BigSte
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Originally posted by MikeLamb
Go to one of the hotels on Cayo Coco with Thomas Cook, they are gorgeous. All inclusive for about £500. There's a little hut on the beach making all you can drink mohitos 24 hours. I went this year and it was amazing
sounds good mate, will look into that.
Thomas Cook are really good as well imo - i went to Cancun with them last month and was quite impressed!
yep i went to cayo coco with thomas cook. the resort was stunning and the rep was really friendly and approachable and helped with everything he could
mohitos though are like dirty river water imo
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Robbo
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FD at an old job went to Coooba on a 2nd honeymoon in the September, he then went to Russia on business in october and was promptly kicked out of the US upon arrival in the December
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BigSte
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Originally posted by Cosmo
Where abouts did you stay in Cancun?
Was an amazing place. Would recommend Domican Republic and St Lucia too.
Hotel was called Oasis Viva - really nice.... was about a minute away from the Riu Palace. Coco Bongo's and the like was a 5 minute walk from the hotel
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