Amaryllis Hotel Antigua
Airport Rd Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
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Sea Day 1
A lazy day: breakfast in the dining room (first time this trip), then morning trivia. Then work for a couple of hours on proposal stuff. Then Phase I0 in our stateroom. Then lunch. Then more Phase 10 in our stateroom (Paul won). Then afternoon trivia (we tied for the win). Then cocktails in the elite lounge. Then hot tub. Then dinner. Then a movie. Then ...
Kayak and snorkel
Woke as we were arriving Antigua and Barbuda. From first impressions, not as lovely as St. Lucia – not totally flat but somewhat so; drier; the harbour is very industrial; no other cruise ships were in port. We had another early tour, so just grabbed a quick breakfast before heading out.
We began with a drive through town, past the government buildings, to the marine park where we would kayak. Our driver provided a lot of good information ...
Everyone should have a Donkey
... local who made us feel very welcome, a more Caribbean experience than we had had in Puerto Rico.
Our warm welcome continued in English Harbour although we did avoid toasting the Queen with the local "Tot Club" (Ex pat, ex Navy (or wanna be ex Navy) guys that continued the Naval tradition of raising a tot of rum to the Queen at 6pm every evening). That would have been taking ...
Relax All Day, Fete All Night..
... what would Paris Hilton do?
Outside the terminal I cross the street to the rental car building where I have a car reserved with Alamo. “It's almost out of gas, so you will have to get some leaving the airport” I am told as I am given possession of my island chariot. Afraid I might end up with dreadlocks, I resist saying “Hey Mon, No Problem”.
On fumes, I leave VC Bird headed for Siboney Beach Club about 8 miles away. ...
“Great Honeymoon but bad room accommodation?
... amazing. We checked back in w/ Christine and she let us know she checked out our room and understood our concerns but the resort is booked, but she would meet w/ the reservations manager on Monday to see what she could find out.
We ate at Kimono’s and were disappointed but many couples enjoyed it. Monday was very similar to Sunday but w/ breakfast at Marios, lunch at Bella Napoli, and dinner at Eleanor’s we were amazed w/ the quality of food, presentation (at ...


