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Post by supersoda on Feb 1, 2024 17:14:20 GMT
My DD graduates with her master's degree in the UK next January, within a week of my 50th birthday. I had planned to spend my 50th somewhere warm and tropical like Tahiti. Now it looks like I'll need to hop somewhere from England if I want to make it to DD's graduation ceremony because there is no way I can manage two international trips from Texas in one month.
Thoughts? I was looking at Bali, so that might be an option, but I'm sure I'm overlooking destinations that are easier to reach from Europe. Also, we're visiting the Mediterranean this spring so we don't really want to do that again.
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Post by wellway on Feb 1, 2024 17:26:50 GMT
Cape Verde? One of the canary islands? Both off the African West coast.
I'm assuming you are looking for a beach destination.
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Post by lesley on Feb 1, 2024 17:31:11 GMT
I will always recommend Mauritius to anyone looking for a winter holiday!
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Post by gar on Feb 1, 2024 17:45:23 GMT
Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zanzibar , Sri Lanka.
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Post by ~summer~ on Feb 1, 2024 17:45:26 GMT
What about somewhere in Portugal?
Not sure how warm you want it - but islands off Spain or Greece?
Morroco?
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Post by Linda on Feb 1, 2024 18:31:41 GMT
I know you said no Mediterranean...but what about Cyprus? Nice short flight from UK and lovely beaches and it's not usually on a Med tour
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Post by supersoda on Feb 1, 2024 18:41:11 GMT
Thanks y’all. Most of these weren’t on my radar at all so I have a lot of options to look at!
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 1, 2024 18:56:12 GMT
Tenerife and Mauritius were popular destinations of the Belgians.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 2, 2024 9:08:53 GMT
Thoughts? I was looking at Bali, so that might be an option, but I'm sure I'm overlooking destinations that are easier to reach from Europe. Also, we're visiting the Mediterranean this spring so we don't really want to do that again. Yikes, Texas > UK > Bali > Texas is a bloody long trip! If you stuck with your original plan of Tahiti, but via the UK, it's a lot less hours in the sky. (But Bali would be a hell of a lot cheaper.) Also, January is the rainy season in Bali, so not an ideal time to go. |
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Post by sueg on Feb 2, 2024 11:44:51 GMT
Morocco or Tunisia in Northern Africa. Malta is interesting too - Mediterranean, but perhaps not a common as Spain or Italy.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 2, 2024 12:41:03 GMT
St Lucia.
Seemed to be a place a lot of British families go during their school break in October. And you'd be headed more towards home from the UK.
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Post by supersoda on Feb 2, 2024 15:45:48 GMT
Thoughts? I was looking at Bali, so that might be an option, but I'm sure I'm overlooking destinations that are easier to reach from Europe. Also, we're visiting the Mediterranean this spring so we don't really want to do that again. Yikes, Texas > UK > Bali > Texas is a bloody long trip! If you stuck with your original plan of Tahiti, but via the UK, it's a lot less hours in the sky. (But Bali would be a hell of a lot cheaper.) Also, January is the rainy season in Bali, so not an ideal time to go. lol-yeah. I finally figured that out! I’m plugging all of these places into google flights from the UK and the U.S. trying to find a happy medium. My weakness for geography is really showing! |
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Post by supersoda on Feb 2, 2024 16:01:04 GMT
St Lucia. Seemed to be a place a lot of British families go during their school break in October. And you'd be headed more towards home from the UK. St Lucia made it on my short list last night. It’s almost equidistant from the U.S. and the UK and looks gorgeous. |
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Post by kamper on Feb 2, 2024 16:28:53 GMT
I'm in the Canary Islands now. The weather is pretty much perfect IMHO. There are TONS (or should it be TONNES) of tourists from the UK here so, I know you can find package deals or it will be easy to book yourself.
We are on La Palma now and have been to Tenerife, Gran Canaria and La Gomera so far (been here 2 months). There is so much variety in activities, places to stay and things to do.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 2, 2024 16:32:47 GMT
St Lucia. Seemed to be a place a lot of British families go during their school break in October. And you'd be headed more towards home from the UK. St Lucia made it on my short list last night. It’s almost equidistant from the U.S. and the UK and looks gorgeous. It is STUNNING!! |
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Post by bessieb on Feb 2, 2024 18:18:27 GMT
If you are wanting somewhere warm in January you can pretty much rule out most of Europe - even Cyprus average temp in jan is about 60 degrees F. The Canary Islands will get up to about 68 degrees. The Red Sea area of Egypt will get up to the 70s - warm by our standards. St Lucia is amazing and will be lovely and warm - around mid 80s but with the Tradewinds keeping it from being suffocating.
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 3, 2024 0:01:31 GMT
OK, y'all've talked me into it..... I'm going to St Lucia! Meet you there supersoda !  |
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Post by littlemama on Feb 3, 2024 0:07:35 GMT
OK, y'all've talked me into it..... I'm going to St Lucia! Meet you there supersoda ! It is so beautiful there, absolutely amazing. We are probably going to go back for our 30th anniversary in a couple years. |
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Post by kamper on Feb 3, 2024 17:00:30 GMT
If you are wanting somewhere warm in January you can pretty much rule out most of Europe - even Cyprus average temp in jan is about 60 degrees F. The Canary Islands will get up to about 68 degrees. The Red Sea area of Egypt will get up to the 70s - warm by our standards. St Lucia is amazing and will be lovely and warm - around mid 80s but with the Tradewinds keeping it from being suffocating. It's been pretty consistently in the 70s. It was 77 the other day in Los Llanos on La Palma. The only time we wear long pants is when we go up higher than 4000 ft. |
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