I arrived by driving eight miles west from a town on the northern tip of a lake.

Taking a tiny plane up to the northern tip of the country was frustrating too.

There's an easy snorkelling trail just off the island's northern tip, and, twice a day, a free boat service will take you out to an even better house reef.

At the lake's northern tip, the line veered sharply west (then southwest), until now, 17 rail miles from that point, we pass close to an estate's northern periphery.

But apart from on the slightly overcrowded northern tip, this has been accomplished with such elan that you rarely realise just how many people are sharing your holiday.