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    For those of you who have traveled, I need some recommendations of places to go for my honeymoon at the end of April.
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    A few recos for ya

    1. Australia.

    2. New Zealand.

    3. Vanuata...romantic, sunsets, cheap french wine.

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    Where is Vanuata?
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    http://www.cvpd.com/martinique/rose/index.htm
    http://www.sasi.fr/carestour/Villas/Estrella.HTM

    MARTINIQUE!!!!!

    My wife and I stayed at Villa Estrella about 2 years ago.
    It was so georgous. Flowers everywhere, a small beach
    right in front of the house, an acre+ of immaculate
    grounds, cocoanut trees, your own private coral reef,
    Vauclan village just 15 min away!

    We had fresh french bread, french cheese, and pate for
    breakfast every day. It's part of the Prefecture of Paris,
    so there are no import duties on wines or cheeses, fabulous
    wine for less than california rot-gut.

    Art in the streets, colour everywhere, bananna plantations,
    cool nights, hot days, and a constant wind.

    The ad says for 9, but its perfect for 2. It costs about
    $1000 a week, and worth EVERY penny. The house itself is
    set up as a large room surrounded by 3 bedrooms connected
    by a walk-around porch, with the walk-around porch circling
    the whole thing. The bushes and flowers bordering the
    porch is so thick as to be impenetrable...besides, the area
    is not well populated. We walked around naked.

    Philippe Lucien 596-634-922 is the person you need to call.

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    Thumbs up Glad you asked

    Originally posted by smh
    Where is Vanuata?
    Its a few hundred ks above Australia and Papua New Guinea.

    The Island was formally run by the French, hence a heavy gallic influence. The locals are friendly, in a sort of waving machette fashion.....only joking there.

    Theres a couple of resorts out in the lagoon which are really cool, you can get a bungalow over the water etc with a nice veranda for drinking french champagne whilest the sun goes down.

    You can hire a car and drive around the Island in a morning which is pretty cool, plenty of road side stalls selling tropical fruit etc.

    Lots of after hours activities available, casino etc, not that you will probably be interested in that.

    Tell them your on the honeymoon and they throw in heaps of free stuff, we got away with that three times before they twigged.

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    Thanks,

    I'll look into it.
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    Tried to go Vanutu, once. 28 hours on the plane. Nope.
    Don't think so.


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    I don't think my fiance can handle that. He's one of those people who can never sit still...
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    Well, I just looked it up again. Apparently, they have faster planes now.

    18 Hours from Atlanta to Sydney, 4 hours from Sydney to Vanatu.

    According to Travelocity, the best price you're going to
    get on regularly scheduled airlines is about $2200/person,
    to Sydney. But, there's probably better available.

    Check out http://www.hideawayholidays.com.au/vli_syd2.htm
    for more information.

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    Did some more checking, Martinique is about 6 hours from
    NYC. You gotta go thru Puerto Rico. Cost is roughly 1200/person.

    Have you considered Costa Rica? We stayed at a horse hotel
    on the western coast. From Atlanta, takes about 3 hours to
    get to San Jose, and about 3 hours drive after that. The
    place we stayed at was wonderful. Cool days and evenings
    (it is blistering hot on the coast, 3 miles away), nice
    dogs, nice horses, parrots, the food was great (a REAL plus
    because Costa Rican food generally bears a strong
    resemblance to British Food....salt is about it).

    Playa Domingo is right down the road. They have gambling,
    a buffet (everything you can think of), golf.....

    At the town you can get a guided tour to the islands with
    snorkeling. Lots of dolphins and some whales.

    http://www.centralamerica.com/cr/hotel/caballos.htm

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    Take you .38 snubnose. In April, you'll need it for the
    mosquitos.

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    I think I will skip on Canada...looking for somewhere a bit warmer...
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    well where you bought property blows
    best place is west canada
    there is a city called Kelowna

    oh and if you want famous cities
    we got paris, sydney, london

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    well cold is good
    makes making love a little hotter

    but that time of the year, canada is really good n stuff
    but we dont want you up here n e ways

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    I want to go to a place where I can run around in a bikini most of the day and get some sun. South Dakota winters make you pretty pale skinned...
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    In that case, the Carribean Basin is definitely the place
    to go. Note: NOT the Gulf coast of the US.

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    HEY! What's wrong with Canada!?! It's wonderful.. I rented a cottage in the Canadian Shield (Whiteshell provincial park) in June of this year for my honeymoon and it was incredible....

    Kovan - I guess some people just don't know what they're missing!

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    i always wanted to go to barbados
    just cus of the ad they put on tv
    and the CLEAR sea they show
    oh and how can i forget their slogan

    "Barbados... Just Beyond your Imagination"
    i wanna go see if it is beyound my imagination


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    i honestly think canada is great for all things
    specialy for americans cus their dollar is worth a lot of duo here
    nice place for honeymooning is west beatutiful sun, warm, cheap, pacific ocean
    blah blah

    oh and the mountains there are LOVELY
    i going there soon cus i went there as a kid
    loved it

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    Barbados is too touristy for my taste. Andros and Cat in
    the bahama's are very similar without the people.

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    Didn't want to offend anyone from Canada, but I am looking for something more tropical than Canada.
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    Maybe we'll go to Canada for an anniversary or something
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    I'm also getting married soon (April). We have booked plans to go to Bermuda (2 hours from Newark, NJ). The price wasn't that bad either. Some places are all-inclusive too.
    My fiance likes to get a tan while I'll go golfing. They say that guys shouldn't bring clubs on your honeymoon, but my fiance insists that I bring them! We don't know when we'll get back there again.
    Jim

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    BTW

    You ARE going to post pictures, right??????

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    Oh, sure...of the beach that is...

    By the way, I am in the process of learning how to golf, so we will both probably be taking our clubs with us.
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    When is your wedding date? Mine is April 27, 2001.
    Jim

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    April 28, 2001
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    Someday, in the not-too-far future, I will be able to say to you, "When you have been married for as long as I been..."!

    Good Luck!
    Jim

    "...head is all empty and I don't care..."

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    I'll be just one day behind you on that one...

    I tell you what though...If I could give any advice to someone who just got engaged, it would be to elope. I am planning this wedding on my own, because my fiance will only answer my questions this way: "Whatever you want, dear." It is a lot of work for one day, but I'm sure it will be worth it.
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    if you want warm and golf, the mediteranian is you best bet. places in spain, the balleric island's and other places like that are alway's lovely, with nice beaches and excellent courses, i've played on a few
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    you'd probably need to get a flight into the main european airports then get a connection.
    Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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    How big is your wedding?

    My wife and I planned our wedding on our own and it was a lot of work... and we just had a simple wedding with only about 130 people. But you're right it was worth the effort.

    Good Luck to both of you!

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    My wife and I were married before a Judge. With 4
    witnesses including my drunk brother. The judge was also
    drunk. Ours has lasted 26 years. Spend your money on the
    honeymoon.

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    My fiance comes from a large Itialian (sometimes anoying) family. I come from a small Irish family. She is having cousins, aunts, great-great second uncle's cousin's brother's at this wedding. I dont't even know half of the guests.
    Code:
    175 -  Her parents family & their friends
     75 -  My parents family & their friends
    +25 -  Our friends
    
    275 people!
    what a special day! I bet I won't even have a chance to drink.
    Jim

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    Cool Canada

    Canada is cool. I love it there. I'm an Honourary
    Canadian dubbed by some Canuks I worked with a few years
    ago, becuase they said I knew more about their own country
    than they did!!

    Now, I just have to marry a nice Canadian gal, so I can
    get citizenship.

    Sherm

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    My wedding will probably be something like:

    80% - her family
    15% - her friends
    5% - my friends & family

    Sherm

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    You got that many friends????? Or is it that few guests.

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    you havent even met the girl for god sakes

    well since everyone is going on how big their wedding gonna be

    Family 35
    Friends of Family 200(if not more)
    our Friends 35
    Her Family 25
    outch

    hmm i just need to finish school before i can propose
    i might do it sooner


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