Bermuda Bahama Come On Pretty Mama

Have you dreamed of sticking your toes into a pink sand beach while listening to music that is a cross between calypso and reggae...than Bermuda is the place for you.

Bermuda's unusual pink sand beaches and clear, cerulean blue ocean waters are popular with tourists and many of Bermuda's hotels are located along the south shore of the island. In addition to its beaches, there are a number of sightseeing attractions. Historic St George's is a designated World Heritage Site. Scuba divers can explore numerous wrecks and coral reefs in relatively shallow water (typically 30–40 ft in depth) with virtually unlimited visibility. Many nearby reefs are readily accessible from shore by snorkellers, especially at Church Bay.

Bermuda's most popular visitor attraction is the Royal Naval Dockyard, which includes the Bermuda Maritime Museum. Other attractions include the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, the Botanical Gardens, lighthouses, and the Crystal Caves with its impressive stalactites and underground saltwater pools.

If you are looking for things to do in Bermuda, there is not a shortage. Spend a day on a beautiful pink beack, a day shopping designer stores and local crafts, and after a day of shopping a day at the spa is always in store? For the sport enthuasits there is always beautiful golf courses, horse back riding, any water sport under the sun and amazing SCUBA diving to over 400 shipwrecks dating back to the 15th century.

It is not possible to rent a car on the island; however, visitors can hire scooters for use as private transport, or use public transport.

Although Bermuda's latitude is similar to that of Savannah, Georgia, it is warmer in winter, and slightly cooler in summer. Its humid subtropical climate is warmed by the nearby Gulf Stream, thanks to the westerlies, which carry warm, humid air eastwards over Bermuda, helping to keep winter temperatures above freezing. The climate is humid and, as a result, the summertime heat index can be high, even though mid-August temperatures rarely exceed 86 °F. Winters are mild, with average daytime temperatures in January and February around 68 °F.























So what are you waiting for pretty mama...you should experience Bermuda and all it has to offer.

If you would like to find out more about the Bermuda or book a trip to this amazing location, please call or email us for more information.


Island Oasis Travel
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Steals of the Week

Are you tired of being wrapped in a blanket of fog and rain? Than we have a steal for you! All of the following prices include roundtrip air and transfers as well as all your meals, drink plus your taxes! Don't miss out.

Jan. 23rd - 7 nights at the RIU Palace, Playa del Carmen, Mexico $1010.94/person
Jan. 24th - 7 nights at RIU Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico $761.44/person
Jan. 30th - 4 nights at the Flamingo Cancun, Cancun, Mexico $552.33/person
Jan. 31st - 7 nights at the Allegro Nuevo Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico $896.23/person
Feb. 3rd - 3 nights at the RIU Caribe, cancun, Mexico $556.09/person
Feb. 4th - 7 nights at the RIU Bambu, Punta Cana, Domician Republic $1283.79/person
Feb. 7th - 7 nights at the Palladium Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico $941.01/per person
Feb. 8th - 4 nights at the Blue Bay Grand Esmeralda, Playa del Carmen, Mexico $652.33/per person
Feb. 11th - 7 nights at Natura Park, Punta Cana, Domician Republic $1263.79/per person
Feb. 14th- 7 nights at the Grand Palladium, Montego Bay, Jamaica $1161.96/per person

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Island Oasis Travel
1501 North Belt WestBelleville, IL 62226
618-222-9420
janice@islandoasistravel.net

Caribbean Secrets

The Caribbean isn’t all just yachts and cruise ports. Here are a handful of the region’s great experiences that don’t get as much press, but deliver unbeatable trips. If you are looking for adventure on your Caribbean vacation, check out the hidden gems below.

Dominica’s Boiling Lake
One of the Caribbean’s best destinations for rugged adventures, mountainous Dominica sports an incredible hike. It’s a tough six-mile path clinging to narrow ridges of the ‘Valley of Desolation.’ The destination? Boiling Lake. The 207-foot-wide lake is veiled in steam, with bubbly burps on its grayish surface. The valley is the remnants of an 1880 volcanic eruption. Expect to get dirty.

The "Caribbean Pompesi"
In 1995, after 400 years of silence, a volcano in the Soufriere Hills blew its top and obliterated Montserrat’s capital Plymouth in a sea of ash. Eventually all the island’s 11,000 inhabitants relocated. Today, visitors can visit, with a 4WD vehicle, the surreal scene of abandoned mansions around Olde Town and get an eerie view from Garibaldi Hill.

Meanwhile, Martinique’s ex capital had a similar fate. St-Pierre was wrecked by an eruption in 1902, killing all of the city’s 30,000 inhabitants but three; today, you can see blackened ruins, including a mostly destroyed 18th-century theater.



Puerto Rican Christmas Carols
Those wanting to give up the cold at Christmas, but keep the Yuletide on 10, can spend it in Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan, where you’ll find a month-long sing-songy celebration. Churches conduct dawn masses rich with aguinaldos (Puerto Rican Christmas carols), while exuberant groups of carolers travel house to house and make merry. Along the market-lined Paseo de la Princesa, pick up wooden santos figurines (saints carvings) for Christmas souvenirs.

Cycling in Guantánamo
At Cuba’s east end – near the notorious Guantánamo Bay – lies one of the country’s greatest engineering marvels. The 55km La Farola, finished by revolutionaries in 1964, is a rugged, rollercoaster-style road that reaches one of Cuba’s weirdest town, Baracoa. Relatively isolated since its 1511 birth, Baracoa is known for haunted legends, a hike up the flat-top mountain El Yunque, and really really good coconuts, which appear in cucuruchu (grated coconut mixed with sugar, honey and guava, wrapped in a palm frond).

Haitian ‘Vodou Rock’
At the Hotel Oloffson in chaotic Port-au-Prince, made famous by Graham Greene’s The Comedians, you can watch weekly ‘Voudou rock’ concerts of the band RAM (named for hotel owner Richard A Morse), featuring rara horns, guitar and keyboards. Morse, who says he bought the hotel after it was offered to him from a loungan (Vodou priest) for $20, says they ‘take African roots as a starting point.’ It’s a real juke joint experience, he says, ‘I can’t believe I’m in the middle of it.’

Flying off Saba’s cliff
Saba’s Juancho e Yrausquin Airport has the world’s shortest runway (400m). When departing, planes don’t technically lift off the ground; instead, the runway suddenly stops and the pilot literally drives the aircraft off the edge of a cliff. It’s an equally butt-clenching experience to land here.

Hidden Beach in the Dominican Republic
Bávaro and Punta Cana, in southeastern Dominican Republic, may be the epicenter of beach travel here. But there are ways to escape the hordes. Take the lovely Hwy 104 west through mountains to Playa Limón, a two-mile, isolated beach lined with coconut trees. You’re likely to have the spot to yourself most of the day and the drive alone justifies the trip.

Trinidad Birding
Trinidad and Tobago is excluded from many Caribbean birding books, partly because the sheer number of species here – about 430 – overwhelm their editors. Non-birders will be considering a new hobby after visiting Trinidad’s Asa Wright Nature Center, one of the world’s great birding outposts, with all-inclusive lodges in the Northern Range rainforest. It’s a 90-minute drive from the capital, Port of Spain.

Captain Jack Sparrow’s ‘Black Pearl’
On Union Island in the Grenadines, you can sail the ship used by Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean.

The ‘James Bond Hotel’
It’s not officially the ‘007,’ but Jamaica’s Goldeneye Resort – easily one of the Caribbean’s most glamorous destinations – is the former estate of Ian Fleming, who hatched up the Bond concept in the 1950s and ’60s while entertaining a stream of A-list celebs. These days it’s run by Island Records’ owner Chris Blackwell, but the stars keep coming (Johnny Depp, Bono, Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson).