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Anonymous wrote:Aruba

Really it take 50 minutes to drive the whole island. Not to pick on you but on the small islands there's is just no place to drive.

You need to get a truck and drive on the backside to see anything cool. My kids loved it -- we hiked to both old gold mines and crawled all over them, went to Baby Beach, went to Boca Grande where you can swim in safe but bigger waves that anywhere else, went to the beach with the mangroves (Mangel Halta or something), drove out to the wild side of the island and watched blowholes, went to the Native American drawing caves, went to the north part and saw the sand dunes, etc. None of the towns on any island are very interesting. We found a ton to explore but I prefer natural things to cities. The city itself is touristy but we never even went there except to drive past.

Anonymous wrote:This question is strange to me. What places have you been to where you couldn't drive around and explore? If you don't like resorts why would you ever go to one? I've never stayed at a "resort" where it was hard to leave.

Mexico, Jamaica and the DR immediately come to mind. I've heard mixed things about Barbados.

We like to stay at resorts so our kids have access to a nice beach, pool and activities, but we don't want to eat all our meals there (so an AI is out). We want to hop in the car and see other parts of the island: other beaches, cultural sites, cool restaurants, etc. But we don't want to worry about crime. Make sense?

St. John, USVI. Absolutely beautiful.

Anonymous wrote:Aruba

Really it take 50 minutes to drive the whole island. Not to pick on you but on the small islands there's is just no place to drive.

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Anonymous wrote:Puerto Rico...caves, tropical rain forest, dry forest, bioluminescent bays, black sand beaches, white sand beaches, north side rough big waves, south calm and sunny. Move every other day to a new place(maybe an hour or 2 in the car). If you want to see a lot of different places on the same island Puerto Rico haa it.

Isn't crime up in Puerto Rico because the economy is suffering and all of the rich people have fled the island?

I was just in San Juan 2 weeks ago, no problem. Rented a car a few days to do excursions on our own. Loved it. Highly recommend.

We did the same. It's was great.

Aruba

This question is strange to me. What places have you been to where you couldn't drive around and explore? If you don't like resorts why would you ever go to one? I've never stayed at a "resort" where it was hard to leave.