What is Antigua like?

[RichardCranium]

the Caribbean is used a half way house for drug smuggling from the S. America countries into N. America. So whilst everything is nice and rosey for most holiday makers, there lurks a shady, behind-the-scenes part too.

Food for thought...

Aha ... so is there a 'dodgy' hidden agenda here ... ?

Is this actually a business trip ... ?

[ChrisPackit]

No it's not a business trip. Just went out with my friends Charlie and Mary Jane

[sunnysan]

Deffo

No it's not a business trip. Just went out with my friends Charlie and Mary Jane

Whatever floats your boat. If you want to go on a drug fuelled raggathon, then caribbean might work out for you.

Yes it is beautiful in places but the best spots are usually not competitively priced when compared with what you can get in other parts of the world.

Seething class warfare in Barbados hotels can be entertaining though.

Agree with you as well about the cbn being pretty seedy outside the resorts.

[Paddy]

Antigua and Barbuda travel advice

Around 97,000 tourists visit Antigua and Barbuda each year (source: Ministry of Tourism, Antigua) and the vast majority of visits are trouble-free. Antigua and Barbuda is a friendly and welcoming country and overall crime rates are relatively low. Despite the relaxed atmosphere however, there have been incidents of violent crime including murder. These tend to occur within the local community but can sometimes affect tourists.

There has been an overall increase in crime in Antigua over recent years, including gun crime. Two British nationals died as a result of a shooting on 27 July 2008, in their room, at a resort near Valley Church in the south west; an Australian yacht captain died following a shooting in the Nelson’s Dockyard area of English Harbour on 22 January 2009 and an Amer

[MarillionFan]

Which one is Dodgy Agent?