Why don't you just have the water tested and find out what the problem is, once and for all, if you are all that concerned about it that you feel you ...

Very well may be the situation. With the prevalent sue happy mentality stateside, what landlord in their right mind would tell a newbie to drink up re...

BTW - thanks all for input on this, we are getting by fine for now and will figure it out as we go. We have never had a bad experience using cist...

Landlords have to deal with liability issues these days. If you drink the cistern water after they tell you "no", then they are not liable if you shou...

Thank you Ms411, much appreciated and what we were looking for. - J and L

I hear you old tart, when blessed by owner I have drank, made coffee, cooked with cistern without issue. Owner here has said "not potable" so wil...

Thanks again all. We are setup to go, just need to deal with our "stuff". - We looked at Montessori but they are at capacity. - I have trie...

Thanks Alana, this was a consideration for sure. I can see that getting old fast to and fro every day no matter how much we like the North side. ...

Thank you all for the input so far, much appreciated! Still a tough decision however renting first does give us the option to change our mind on ...

That's what I thought as well. Best of luck:-)

I was unclear from the posts. Is your cat staying with someone now? If not I might be able to help find a temp home? We already have one or I woul...

Sail 2, I wouldn't worry too much. If Marjorie said she will hold the ferry you should be able to trust that. We had the same issue, same airli...

Can't speak to Mexico or Jamaica but have to disagree about the keys being a comparable option to the caribbean. I visited the keys after several vis...

Is there typically any particular time of year that the dust is more likely to hit the islands? Or it just whenever it works it's way up from Africa?

Elephant Poop! Sorry if it's inappropriate but that strikes me as funny.

Someone mentioned whales. I haven't heard much about them in the carib. Can anyone tell me how regularly sightings occur, what type of whales and if...

Nothing to do but vent then I guess. Seems that the only solution for the masses is to wait for things to fix themselves eventually / perhaps. ...

Ok dntw8up, perhaps I came off as a bit high on the horse and miscommunicated. I sounds as if there is no voice of the people and very little interest...

This is completely ridiculous as alternative energy is already proven, avail and "plug and play" at this point. No, you cannot go 100% alternative but...

Would it be correct to say that sucking teeth is the caribbean equivilent of rolling your eyes stateside? Seems so to me

Congrats! Sometimes you gotta hear alot of no's before you get with the right person, on the right day, who gives you a yes. Hubby thinks I'm a pain...

Per the norm, gotta agree with you Betty. I am always very surprised how in many cases and with many folks, the island warmth does not seem to extend...

Thanks to all who have posted so far (I say so far cause i'm hopin for more;)). Can't begin to express how much I have enjoyed reading your responses...