I have all of December off from work, where should I go?
I’ve not yet done any research whatsoever on this, and figured it would be fun to start off by asking you lot.
Is December even a good time to visit this part of the world, weatherwise?
I’ll be traveling alone and I’m not looking for an action packed vacation. Beautiful scenery, tasty drinks and good food will do the trick. Beach vacations aren’t normally my thing, but I think that’s just what I’m in need of now.
Preferably somewhere I’m not in danger of getting robbed and stabbed every waking minute, too. That would be nice.
I’ll be traveling from Norway, btw.
I want to put in a dime for Guadalupe. It’s a beautiful island with all tropical trimmings. It’s not as touristy as Bonaire or Cuba. Has awesome diving spots and the people were quite welcoming.
It helps of you speak a bit of French, though.
I lived in Grenada for a couple of years. It’s a chill, safe place. I had my family there and we always felt safe, as long as we kept an eye out for speeding buses when crossing the street. It certainly checks the boxes you specified. Night life is limited. I’m planning to go back for a vacation in February.
As I recall there is a time of year that gets very windy. I think that’s in winter, but my memory is fuzzy. The internet says February is the windiest, and that matches some of my memories. In any case it’s always warm. I wouldn’t worry about rain. That’s tapered off by December. If it does rain it’s a warm rain, and it’s likely to come in short showers so I don’t think you’d be stuck inside all day.
If you want to be in walking distance to amenities I’d recommend staying near Grand Anse. You can also get public buses there. (They are actually vans.) There are resorts close to the airport, but in those places you’d be dependent on taxis to get away from the resort - which might be fine if you want to be somewhere quieter.
Thank you oh so much, this means a lot, it really does. Grenada just made it onto the list.
Thanks, everyone, for all the advice! I have to say, it’s pretty friggin’ cool to post a question like this and have so many people chime in :)
I’ll keep you in the loop on where I end up, and what I end up doing!
Belize. Tiny country next to Mexico and Guatemala. I was there in August for scuba diving. Population under 200,000.
It’s British Commonwealth so everyone speaks English; has Mayan ruins and extensive caves; it’s next to the second largest reef system in the world and has fantastic scuba diving.
Go to Cuba, have nice rum and food, and spend lots of money.
I’ll throw Grand Cayman on the list. Specifically, I’d recommend visiting Stingray City. Just a really neat experience to feed/pet stingrays while wading around on a sandbar.
My stupid america brain forced me to read that as “Grand Canyon” at least three times before getting it right, I was rather confused
The st Kitts train!
Ooooh, nice! Thanks!
My pleasure! I saw it on a Deutsche Welle documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaiS_lp_4JM
If you’re into aviation, definitely Sint Maarten because of its airport where planes land very close to the beach.
Ah, that’s right, Sint Maarten and that crazy runway, that’s definitely worth a visit.
A related but not very fun fact; “Sint” means angry, in Norwegian, and double A is how you write the letter Å (if you don’t have access to a keyboard with that letter) and Å is pronounced like the O in the Scandinavian name ‘Morten’, and so Sint Maarten sounds very much like “Angry Morten” to a norwegian, and a Dane.
Yet another reason to visit.
