That's the international airport, though Wikipedia says they are building a new airport elsewhere that's supposed to be open before this game.
Some good info here: http://www.discoversvg.com/index.php/es/gettinghere If you want to fly in November, prices are around 800 bucks from Boston flying through Barbados: https://www.kayak.com/flights/BOS-B...5-11-11/SVD-BGI/2015-11-18/BGI-BOS/2015-11-18 Too early to get prices for next September.
Yeah. Hurricane season is through the end of October actually. I went to the Antigua and Barbuda game in October 2012 and it rained pretty much the whole time I was there.
Road trip to the carribean? Well...logistically that may be a challenge. I did see that AO will put together an away package..with a stay tuned. But thats all i have for you. I'm out on this one but will make Jacksonville.
This one is a logistical nightmare Basically you have to fly to Barbados and catch a turbo prop. Not exactly a quick weekend getaway.
Make a week of it. I've got a room in a converted old fort on one of the Grenandines closer to St. V.
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Can see why they need a new airport at least. Very short runway that even the ATR 72 almost overran. Terminal is the size of like two rooms. Very volcanic looking island. Rocky shoreline with occasional inlets of sand. Can see why most tourists head for the grenadines visible off shore. Seems to be mostly locals on the small beach I'm at. Typical small island where everyone seems to know each other by name.
St Vincent is not your typical Caribbean tourist island. The beaches are pretty rocky as the island is actively volcanic. Kingston is the only semblance of a town on the island. I would classify it as a beauty. It's only about eight by three blocks. The rest of the island is covered in houses that vary in some state from shacks to completed houses. Most people seem to be subsistence farmers. Goats, chickens bananas and coconuts everywhere. The interior of the island is very rugged and mountainous. Covered in thick jungle. I hiked through it to reach the volcanic crater on the north end of the island which was sweet. Just about all the traveling us fans stayed in the same little beach area. It was easy to recognize each other because there were like no other tourists. The beach was mostly for locals but we popped in between the two hotel bars. Some people did boat trips out to the grenadines and they said that was awesome but I didn't go out there. Area around the stadium had hardly anything. I don't think they host many events there. It was super hot but the stands were covered and being on the water had a nice breeze. Like any away game you get the eclectic mix of American expats plus the traveling core of i would say 20 odd us fans. Lots of peace Corp folks and yachters. So definitely an eclectic mix. Stadium wasn't much different than most concacaf away stadiums for concessions. Beer and popcorn. Sight lines were awful because you're basically field level. Highest row maybe 12. And it's a cricket field so 30 plus yards from the field and the benches blocked about half of everything. Local fans seemed to completely ignore us for the most part. Neither friendly nor hostile. We might as well have not been there. I kind of found the reaction to the game odd. I know nobody likes to lose 6-0 but realistically this was an amateur Rec team going up against full time professionals. SVG fans were pretty mad at their players and really talked down about them. One guy basically said they were all lazy and smoked too much weed.
Haha, I actually heard the same comment from a few other Vincentians. Apparently the only option on the island is an amateur (borderline recreational) league. I actually saw part of a game later in my trip in a small town up the leeward coast from Kingstown. The field was swampy, the players very quick, and the play extremely physical. I concur that St Vincent is not your typical Caribbean island. Extremely underdeveloped, probably because literally the entire island is mountainous. I think the only stretch of flat land might be the airport runway. I spent a couple days in Barbados afterwards, which felt like suburban Florida or Myrtle Beach by comparison. The game was a good experience. The fans ranged from friendly to apathetic, which seemed about right. The sightlines from the lower level were not great, but that's understandable since it's a cricket ground. The afternoon of the game was a public holiday, which contributed to a good atmosphere in Kingstown before and after. I spent a few hours after the game at what's called Heritage Square, which was packed with people, beer vendors, and DJs. In the days after, I took the ferry to Bequia island, which has some great untouched beaches. I hiked the volcano on the leeward side with a small group, where the "trail" ranges from overgrown to almost non-existent. I'm told the marijuana farms covering the leeward slope of the volcano want to keep it that way. It's not simple to get to St Vincent, but I'd definitely recommend the experience.