On May 6, 2:16*pm, sandypittendrigh
wrote:
On May 6, 2:43*pm, sandypittendrigh
wrote:
* Evenings in the islands are hard to beat too:

Bonefish lodges tend to be god-awful places: magnets for self-
important type-A jerks.
The real trick is to find a room to rent, *conch bars to eat at
and independent guides work with (at least until you're ready
to go out on your own).

You're dead right about that. On the only full service guided bonefish
trip I've ever done (Christmas Island ten years ago) I ran into a
couple of real A-holes. But I also met some very nice people. Not all
rich people are jerks.

This Alphonse Island thing is a whole new level of price and luxury
for me. I fully expect to run into some snobbish Englishmen wearing
funny hats, and I'll be a little disappointed if I don't.

DIY sal****er trips are very challenging. It's hard to find a place
where you don't need both a boat and a guide. On the other hand, when
you are successful on your own the feeling of satisfaction is that
much greater. That was the kind of trip Willi and I had in the
Bahamas.