Cricket fans – Seven of the Leeward Caribbean’s best kept secret locations

So, you’re off to the Caribbean with the Balmy Army, half expecting the England team to barely make it through to the Super 8 play-offs and wandering where else to go once your team’s supporters are no longer needed in the stadiums. Well, here’s seven out-of-the way places you might want to while away the rest of your time mon!

Scotts Head, Dominca: you’re likely to be the only Westerner in this sleepy and picturesque fishing village right at the Southern tip of Dominica, but there’s scarcely a high rise in site, the peninsula has a great beach and the snorkelling ‘wall’ offshore is teeming with fish.

Marigot Bay, St Lucia: once used by the English Navy to hide from the French, this hidden inlet is postcard perfect, with its white sandy beach fringed with coconut palms and sheltered from the sea.

English Harbour, Antigua: hardly a pristine paradise, but a jolly fun, run soaked environment full of professional yachties, history, million dollar boats and the most famous party in all of the Caribbean every Sunday night at Shirley’s Heights.

Anse Chastenet, St Lucia: just around the corner from the famous pitons, it’s one of the best preserved and most rewarding off-beach dive and snorkel spots this side of the Atlantic.

Dunn River Falls, Jamaica: was good enough for Sean Connery and Ursula Andress in a James Bond flick, but make sure you visit when the cruise ships aren’t around, otherwise you’ll witness paradise lost.

Iles Les Saints, Gaudeloupe: you’ll have to put up with the French, but these tiny islands off mainland Guadeloupe have a curious Creole atmosphere and intriquing history with a 17th century fort all of there own.

St Martin: with it’s pretenses to be the most sophisticated little town in all of the Caribbean has a certain French style and boutique-like character quite unlike the rasta, reggae, rum and reefer atmosphere found elsewhere.