Yesterday my wife came home after a visit to my parents. As they will be married for 50years (!!!) this December, they were thinking of taking the family and kids (= my brother + gf, my wife + 2 kids (6, 9yo) to some place neat. Great idea of course. But now this is where I nearly fell off my seat… My wife said that they had mentioned the Caribbean!
Now, please keep in mind that we’ve never been there and we know hardly anything about the region, except for what we learnt from Pirates of the Carribean ;-) . As a surfer I can get very psyched on the idea of course. BUT… then came the question of what to do. I guess a little beach time would (and should) be in the picture + snorkeling with the kids would be awesome, and I’d love a day or two in the surf but I don’t see all of us plodding to the beach day in, day out. I guess my parents would like to do a round of golf when everyone’s at the beach. What else is there to do? I guess I'm blown out of the water a bit on this and find myself on web pages with all inclusive resorts + accompanying activites (pools, water slides, kids entertainment etc). For some reason that doesn't resonate that well (or maybe I have the wrong impression of these types of resorts).
So, help me outline a sweet family trip for young and old (6yo - 75yo). I’m guessing a week or so there. Fly in and out from the Netherlands i.e. Aruba/ Bonaire would be logical but the Caribbean is big… All are in good health *knock wood* but not everyone loves sea/ beaches.
-where should we go?
- what kind of activities would you recommend?
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