Towns where you have been IRL

The Aberdonian · Cutthroat Posts: 289 **9958 Gold** -

I just posted details of my trip in Venezuela and Colombia in a different topic, tomorrow or so I'll post some pictures of Cuba where I have been as well. Saturday I'll go on holidays for two weeks and visit Martinique and Guadeloupe.

This will then be the list of towns I have then vivited IRL :

Cartagena
Santa Marta
Rio de la Hacha
Maracaibo
Coro
Puerto Cabello
Caracas
Cumana
Margarita
Havana
Puerto Principe
Santiago
Martinique
Guadeloupe

(Gibraltar was not found)

Anyone been to the Mexican towns or to the other island ? Anyrecommendations ?

Wolfwood · Boatswain Posts: 2527 **33917 Gold** -

Only place I've visited in the Caribbean is Jamestown on the island of Barbados. I'd love to visit more places there, but I abhor the long flights from Europe...
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sparticus · Helmsman Posts: 5818 **44872 Gold** -

Sadly - been to none Whilst awake.

Dave the Knave · Rigger Posts: 1210 **22948 Gold** -

I was in Fort Lauderdale once- that's as close to St. Augustine as I've ever been...

Because I didn't know the Fahrenheit temperature scale, only Celsius, I thought I was awesomely surviving 90 degree weather- close to the boiling point of water!

I was only six years old at the time, though, mates, so forgive a little childish folly...

Laughing

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Henrik · Powder Monkey Posts: 41 **405 Gold** -

Been to the islands 'o Curaçao and Aruba many years ago, even set foot on the Americas but only the most Southern parts (Miami)...

Live in Holland by the way.
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Black Falcon · Swabbie Posts: 111 **375 Gold** -

I've been to St Augustine often since mom's side of the family are mostly Floridians. Her grandparents (my great-grandparents aka "Nanny" and "Papa") lived in Florida since (who knows). They lived in the same house since the 1940's! Every summer, we made a road trip down to their house. Since dad was in the Marines, the starting point may vary. We almost always stopped at a roadside vendor along the way for (FRESH- not canned) boiled peanuts. I always cherish my memories of Nanny and Papa and miss them dearly. I strongly believe that family is most important in life. Evrything else- just luxuries.
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Rusty Edge · Rigger Posts: 1977 **2992 Gold** -

I was to St. Augustine in '65. I remember the oldest home( I believe it had a sundial in the back yard, the first I'd ever seen. ), the oldest school ( it had a dunce cap ), and some walls, canons, and trees with Spanish moss.

I've been to Key west a couple of times, first by car, and then by cruise ship. Besides the bars and Hemingway's house they have a shipwreck museum. My favorite thing there was a biplane tour. Those things can corner like a bus because they have a very low stalling speed.

I've been to Nassau a number of times, simply because it's the first stop for the cruise ships out of Port Canaveral.

I've to been several of the British and US Virgin islands, the coolest thing to see was Dead Chest island. Sailor

Well, If I were marooned there I'd swim for it while I still had my strength.

I finally made it to San Juan, Puerto Rico the winter before last, someplace I'd wanted to go ever since I saw it on the Captain Kangaroo show in the 60s. The fortress is awesome, and being a rum drinker, so was the Baccardi tour.

I went to the Cayman islands, which are basically someplace to run aground in this game. I did find a ring which mounted a a half-real ( a Spanish coin something like a dime)from a 1700s shipwreck as a signet, and the price was more affordable than what they wanted in Key West, so my wife bought it for me.

On the same trip as the Caymans we went to Cozumel, Mexico. It's still in the Carribbean, near the Yucatan Channel. It has some Mayan temples near the beach. We went to a park, sort of like Sea World's Discovery cove. I swam with sea loins, and I swam with Manatees. Sea lions are clever. Manatees are gentle.

I'd say it all comes under the heading of "A nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there" . To be fair, I'm more of a mountains than beach guy, and that island Richard Branson owns must be one of the most beautiful spots on earth. I'd like to see the lesser Antilles, I understand some of the mountainous islands are also very beautiful.

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Rusty Edge · Rigger Posts: 1977 **2992 Gold** -

I now live in a northern state and the winter's gloom motivates me to go someplace to see the sun again, if only for a long weekend. All of that is in the last 10 years, except for St. Augustine.

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