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9 minutes ago, Carnivore Chris said:

@Stan when are you off to Jamaica from Barbados? And how long for? I look forward to heading about it

Arrived here late last night mate. 

Just having breakfast now. It's absolute bliss. This is our view while we eat...

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Just now, Carnivore Chris said:

Look at the colour of that sea! Incredible.

How long are you there for then?

1 week :)

We did a lot of things in Barbados as planned, so now we're just using this week to chill and properly relax in paradise. Only got 1 thing planned (Dunn's River Waterfalls) but other than that its just enjoy the sun and sea and unwind. 

 

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19 hours ago, Stan said:

1 week :)

We did a lot of things in Barbados as planned, so now we're just using this week to chill and properly relax in paradise. Only got 1 thing planned (Dunn's River Waterfalls) but other than that its just enjoy the sun and sea and unwind. 

 

Any good snorkelling out there?

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Looking at four days in Paris in May/June .

Two days of Disneyland Paris with my youngest daughter and family and two days if the usual sight seeing. Hopefully going to get over to Versailles Palace and then the usual sights.

Then the usual August family sun holiday.

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3 hours ago, Stan said:

Oops, sorry! 

There were a few snorkeling tours around but we didn't do it. We had the option to but chose a few different excursions instead. 

If anyone ever goes Jamaica, Dunn's River Waterfalls is an absolute must. It's hard to put in to words just how good that experience is - you can climb the waterfalls with a tour guide and it's so worthwhile. 

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Are the guys there ripped to shreds?

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18 hours ago, MUFC said:

Are the guys there ripped to shreds?

xD not really. Some are very special specimens of people and you can tell quite obviously, others are on the other end of the scale. 

The other thing I forgot to mention, and was the only slant on the holiday, is that Americans are very rude, abrupt, abrasive and arrogant in their attitude towards staff. Not saying its all Americans obviously as it'd be a massive generalisation, but the ones we saw on holiday were. I don't want to claim its a race thing as there's no evidence of such, but you know when it's just in someone's persona? Basically they just love to boss the staff around, all black staff I add. The way they'd ask the staff for things was mad. Very bossy - instead of just politely asking for something, it's more like 'get me this... Get me that'. Like what you'd see a master do to a slave. It was disturbing at times. 

Oh, and most of the Americans we saw at our resorts were fat. Obesely so. Some morbidly obese. 

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6 minutes ago, Stan said:

xD not really. Some are very special specimens of people and you can tell quite obviously, others are on the other end of the scale. 

The other thing I forgot to mention, and was the only slant on the holiday, is that Americans are very rude, abrupt, abrasive and arrogant in their attitude towards staff. Not saying its all Americans obviously as it'd be a massive generalisation, but the ones we saw on holiday were. I don't want to claim its a race thing as there's no evidence of such, but you know when it's just in someone's persona? Basically they just love to boss the staff around, all black staff I add. The way they'd ask the staff for things was mad. Very bossy - instead of just politely asking for something, it's more like 'get me this... Get me that'. Like what you'd see a master do to a slave. It was disturbing at times. 

Oh, and most of the Americans we saw at our resorts were fat. Obesely so. Some morbidly obese. 

Wonder if Americans behave like this when holidaying in first world countries?

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2 hours ago, Stan said:

xD not really. Some are very special specimens of people and you can tell quite obviously, others are on the other end of the scale. 

The other thing I forgot to mention, and was the only slant on the holiday, is that Americans are very rude, abrupt, abrasive and arrogant in their attitude towards staff. Not saying its all Americans obviously as it'd be a massive generalisation, but the ones we saw on holiday were. I don't want to claim its a race thing as there's no evidence of such, but you know when it's just in someone's persona? Basically they just love to boss the staff around, all black staff I add. The way they'd ask the staff for things was mad. Very bossy - instead of just politely asking for something, it's more like 'get me this... Get me that'. Like what you'd see a master do to a slave. It was disturbing at times. 

Oh, and most of the Americans we saw at our resorts were fat. Obesely so. Some morbidly obese. 

That kind of rude behaviour and attitudes towards locals rooted in deluded feelings of superiority is sadly quite widespread among western - especially American and British - tourists in developing countries, in my personal experience. It's hard not to intervene sometimes. 

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3 hours ago, nudge said:

That kind of rude behaviour and attitudes towards locals rooted in deluded feelings of superiority is sadly quite widespread among western - especially American and British - tourists in developing countries, in my personal experience. It's hard not to intervene sometimes. 

My friend intervened once with queue jumping in Turkey by Germans, they were very arrogant ignored him and carried on to the front of the queue for the boat. 

Think some of all races are like this though until recently Europeans and Americans travelled more.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Waylander said:

My friend intervened once with queue jumping in Turkey by Germans, they were very arrogant ignored him and carried on to the front of the queue for the boat. 

Think some of all races are like this though until recently Europeans and Americans travelled more.

Queue jumping, bad manners, rudeness etc. is one thing and it's indeed very common everywhere; treating locals as if they are inferior and only there to serve is what makes my blood boil. 

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10 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Yeah they would.

 

Yeah that’s unfortunately very true and very common, pretty fucked up tbh. I dunno how some people can be so self-absorbed on holiday they can forget that the staff at their destination are humans too.

I landed yesterday so far I’m having a good time in Maui though.

 

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Looks fantastic! How long are you staying? Anything special planned?

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30 minutes ago, nudge said:

Looks fantastic! How long are you staying? Anything special planned?

Just a week.

Nothing really special planned. Gonna go to a traditional Luao (dunno if I’ve spelled that right) for our dinner plans tonight.

Other than that no real firm plans other than driving the Road to Hana & going to the National Park here. Well other than I’ve got firm plans to spend time at the beach, by pools, and to do a lot of hiking.

We might play golf if I can convince my wife, but I don’t think I’ll be able to…

Oh and going to Mick Fleetwood’s restaurant because I’ve heard he’s there a lot so meeting a founding member of Fleetwood Mac is a possibility xD

26 minutes ago, Stan said:

Looks great @Dr. Gonzo! Have a great time :) 

Cheers mate!

Hope I’m assuming you’re back from your trips? Those pics looked great, hope it was as fun as the pictures made it look.

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32 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Cheers mate!

Hope I’m assuming you’re back from your trips? Those pics looked great, hope it was as fun as the pictures made it look

Was amazing. Pictures don't really do it justice so that in itself hopefully tells just how good! 

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