Blue Horizon Resort, Middle Caicos Island

Advantages: Turquoise seas, white sands, fabulous hotel, food to die for
Disadvantages: You get fat! Heat can be overpowering. Advantages far outweigh any drawbacks

...How do I start? My brother got married here in 2001, my Mother, eager to attend paid for me to go with her. It was one of the most outstanding experiences of my life. We flew via the Bahamas where, when I went, there was a two hour stopover. Unfortunately we could not disembark there. Then we flew, fairly low, over a turquoise sea and small islands with white sandy beaches. Disembarkation at Turks and Caicos was quite strange, it is a fairly new resort. We exited the plane down steps on a very small runway - the wings overhung the grass. And boy, was it hot! Customs was not in an air conditioned part of the small airport buildings and I thought I might wilt! We were to stay in the Sandals resort, an oasis in somewhat of a desert. A taxi took us there, something of an experience as there are few cars and many quite mad... Read review

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Advantages: White beaches, blue ocean, great snorkeling, total relaxation, sports facilities
Disadvantages: A bit too hot for playing squash :-)

...on another), other resort islands and the coral atolls. It was beautiful to see all the shades of blue that the water has in this area. The ocean is so blue After a 30 minute comfortable ride we landed near our resort island Sun Island in the South Ari Atoll. The first thing that struck us in the blazing sun was of course how beautiful the scenery was. The ocean was light blue and the in the background were white beaches and palm trees. The landing was perfect and we docked at a small platform and soon we were picked up by a boat from the resort and the ride to Sun Island only took like 5-10 minutes. I was glad that I had put on my convertible pants so that I could change into shorts because it was hot. We arrived at the end of a long jetty and we walked over to the reception. The check in was fast and after writing down our details we were... Read review

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Advantages: Peace and quiet, relaxing paradise
Disadvantages: None at all

...What a Fantastic little Island, Fihalhohi Island Resort is in the South Male Atoll in the Maldives. After a 10 and a half hour flight from Gatwick we landed at Male International Airport, we were escorted to the Speed boat. The transfer was only 40 minutes with views of other islands on the way. As we approached the island we knew this was the Paradise we expected. Tall palm trees, white sand beaches, bright blue skies and turquoise sea. We walked down the small wooden jetty to the reception while the boat crew carried our cases. We were given a refreshing fruit drink with cool towels then filled in our registration cards. We were taken to our room by the staff who very kindly carried our heavy cases, we tipped them a few dollars for this. Our single storey beach bungalow was very nice, with a very large double bed, dressing table... Read review

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