Intengo yokuba i-castaway yesikhashana ayidingi ukwephula ibhange. Eqinisweni, ezinye zezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zomhlaba zokungcebeleka ebhishi zithengeka ngendlela emangalisayo. (Futhi kungcono usebenzise lawo mamayela ngaphambi kokuthi izinkampani zezindiza ziphelelwe yisikhathi zonke.) Ngakho-ke sijoyine ngesiphuzo esibandayo kanye ne-paperback — oh, yeka: Ngayo yonke imali oyongayo, thola ikhava eqinile!
John, US Virgin Islands
Gcoba ku-pedicure - cishe uzogqoka izicathulo e-St. John. I-Cove after perfect cove ibukeka sengathi iqoshwe i-ice-cream scoop, futhi imizila ye-snorkeling engaphansi kwamanzi miningi njengezindlela zezinyawo phakathi kwamasimu kashukela. Uma amabhishi ebonakala ejwayele, kungenxa yokuthi aphakathi kwalawo athwetshulwa kakhulu emhlabeni, ngenxa yogu olungenawo ama-condo kanye nezikebhe ezihamba emanzini aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Edolobheni lase-Coral Bay, thenga ama-bikini “esitolo” ngaphakathi kwebhasi lakwa-VW, ukhiphe ama-cheeseburgers ebhodini elidala lokuntweza emoyeni, bese ulala ngokushayisana kwamagagasi ekotishi lasebhishi elinomoya ohelezayo ngemali encane efika ku-$70. (Okunye futhi: Lezi zinsuku i-St. John ingesinye seziqhingi zaseCaribbean kuphela ongafika ku-sans passport.) Futhi nakuba i-St. John ingase yaziwa kakhulu ngezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisezingeni eliphezulu njengeCaneel Bay, futhi iyikhaya laseCinnamon Bay Campground, ingxenye. yaseVirgin Islands National Park, evikela izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zalesi siqhingi. Awekho amatende adingekayo: Ungaqasha enye yezindawo zokukhempa ezingamamitha angu-15x15-foot, ngalinye linemibhede emine engamawele, ifeni, itafula lepikiniki, kanye negrill.
Izinkinobho zeFlorida
Uma ushaya i-Mile Marker 37 ku-Overseas Highway, isihlabathi esithambile esishukela kanye namasundu asiliva anyakazayo angase akukhohlise ukuze ukholelwe ukuthi ulawule ukuhamba ngomkhumbi yonke indlela eya e-Caribbean. Cha, lena kuseyiFlorida, ikakhulukazi i-Bahia Honda Key, ipaki yezwe engamahektha angu-524 enogu oluhlanzekile. Eqinisweni, ibhishi elihle kakhulu kwa-Keys—futhi isimo salo sikahulumeni sisho ukuthi izindleko zokuhlala lapha ziyingxenyana yalokho ozokusebenzisa kwenye indawo eduze nochungechunge lwesiqhingi. Bhuka elinye lamaKhabhinethi ayisithupha anokuthula ase-Bayside epaki: I-bungalow ngayinye ezitezini ilala wena nabangane abahlanu, futhi ine-air-conditioning, ukushisa (njengokungathi!), Ikhishi kanye negumbi lokuphumula, kanye ne-grill edekhini ebheke echibini. Kulabo abadinga isenzo esingaphezu nje kokubuka amagagasi, ukuqashwa kwama-kayak kungu-$10, futhi uhambo lokushwiba emanzini ngaphakathi kweLooe Key National Marine Sanctuary lugijima ngaphansi kuka-$30 amahora amathathu. Kumabhishi amathathu aleli paki, i-Sandspur engamamayela amabili ubude iyona ende futhi ilungele ukubhukuda, lapho ukwehla khona ku-turquoise Caribbean, er, Atlantic Ocean.
Cat Island, Bahamas
Eziqhingini eziningi zasezindaweni ezishisayo, "i-rake and scrape" yilokho okwenzayo ngaphansi kwesikhwama sakho semali ngemuva kokushayiswa inhlawulo yehhotela neziphuzo ze-rum ezinenani eliphakeme kakhulu. E-Cat Island, kuwuhlobo lomculo wase-Bahamian ozowuzwa phakathi kwama-beach bar, njengoba ufinyeleleka njengezihlabathi ezinombala wamakhorali ezinqamula isiqhingi. Phakathi kwezindawo ezimbalwa zokuhlala kubude obungamamayela angu-46 ubude, ikati elimise okwehhuku yindawo ka-Sammy T, lapho ama-villas ayisikhombisa e-redwood ngayinye inekamelo lokulala elilodwa noma amabili, isiphephetha-moya kanye nekhishi.
I-Samaná Peninsula, eDominican Republic
Izinkampani zezindiza ezifana ne-JetBlue zenza i-Dominican Republic indawo eshisayo enezindiza ezishibhile eziningi. Kodwa siphakamisa ukundiza siye eSantiago bese sithatha uhambo lwamahora amathathu ukuya eNhlonhlweni yaseSamaná. Kusukela kuMasingana kuya kuNdasa, iyindawo ekahle yokubuka imikhomo. Izivakashi ezihlakaniphile zikhipha impahla kwenye yezindlu zasengadini ezingu-23 e-Las Palmas futhi ziqala ukuzithobisa olwandle olwandle lwase-Las Terrenas olungamakhilomitha angu-500 ngaphesheya komgwaqo. Ngemva kokuphumula, banethuba lokuhlola yonke impophoma engu-85-square-mile- kanye ne-Samaná Peninsula egcwele isihlabathi. Yeqa uhambo oluqondisiwe lwama-$10 oluya e-Cayo Levantado—luheha izivakashi kakhulu—futhi esikhundleni salokho ukhwehlele u-$XNUMX ngokugibela isikebhe usuka edolobheni eliseduze lase-Las Galeras uya e-Playa Rincón. Ibhishi le-talcum-powder-soft elingamakhilomitha ayisishiyagalombili lingelezihlahla zikakhukhunathi kuphela kanye nemijondolo yezinhlanzi, lapho amarandi amabili ethengela khona ukudla kwasolwandle okuthosiwe.
I-Anegada, i-British Virgin Islands
Ngaphezulu kokuphahlazeka kwemikhumbi okungu-300 kuzungeze i-pancake-flat Anegada, kodwa asikho isidingo sokutshuza ukuze uthole impango yakho uma uhlala kulesi siqhingi sase-British Virgin esingamakhilomitha ayisishiyagalolunye. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi amagumbi ase-Neptune's Treasure anezilinganiso eziphansi kakhulu zama-$95 ngesizini ephansi (ngo-Ephreli kuya kuDisemba) kanye no-$15 ngaphezulu ezinyangeni zasebusika. Amakamelo anemibala ayisishiyagalolunye aqhele ngamamitha angu-150 ukusuka ogwini—enye yabaningi aheha amatilosi nama-BVI aficionados kulesi siqhingi, kanye namabhishi okuthiwa i-Loblolly Bay, i-Cow Wreck Bay, ne-Flash of Beauty. Ngenkathi umatasa uvakashela lezo, noma uthwebula izithombe zama-flamingo echibini eliseduze, noma ucwile elangeni nje, izisebenzi zikaNeptune ziphumile zidoba izinhlanzi ezintsha ukuze zidliwe—kuphi kwenye indawo?—ogwini.
