City View Hotel & Restaurant St. John's

... our time there. Whether this was linked to the strikes and lack of fuel or was a regular occurrence, we don't know. But Adrian had his dinghy disappear once already so we made sure we hauled it up every night. In fact, the next day we ended up towing the guys who were without an engine as they were coming back from the police station and had a long 'paddle' ahead of them otherwise.   We saw a boat we had met in Dominica and borrowed some DVDs from them so that was a nice ...

... so I was pleased when we managed to arrange to hook up down at a bar along side the ship. We drove across the island taking in Devils bridge, a narrow arch carved out by the sea leaving a natural bridge spanning the sea, if your carefully and the sea's not to rough you can walk along the bridge, although you need to be careful as the sea punches the water under the arch and shots it upward with some force alongside the bridge ...

... was absolutely breathtaking. Here I was, high above the cliff, overlooking below the blue crystal sea, the sun's rays illuminating the water, the deep blue sky with its candy ball clouds, it was unbelievable. It was another moment in time to be cherished forever. I kept running here and there with excitement in order to capture and memorize everything at once. Again, picture perfect. <br><br>Finally, we made our way to Nelson's Dockyard. The ...

... around the island. Not only us actually, but also some Brazilians from our ship, all in all there was quite a big group of us. We bargained the price of the trip to 10$ each, for 1h of a trip around the island. Antigua has beutiful views, it`s tiny and picturesque. The trip took actually almost 2h, when I got back to the ship, I had literally 8 minutes to change and run to the 6th deck where the gallery is. I made it! Antigua was fantastic.

Today we arrived in St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. We debarked the ship and walked a bit until we reached what seemed to be some sort of plaza, where a local was balancing a pineapple on her head while grooving to music, hoping to make a few dollars off of us tourists. Later in the day, we took a tour of the island and saw two gorgeous beaches: Dickinson and Runaway.<br>

... rendez-vous to nearby Runaway Beach. We made our way to the pier, where about 20 people had gathered to participate in this excursion. The skies were looking a bit gray today and we were all hoping for some good beach weather. The tour guide led us through a small part of the town to where our transportation was waiting to take us to the beach. Shea and I sat in the back row of a very cramped and hot mini-van next to a rather large woman. I was stuck in between the ...

... didnt know everything closes on a Sunday here, not much happenin in town at all. Not even any chickens about. Luckily we didnt need to get anything (already had a bottle of rum) for our bus journey to English Harbour. Full to burst with passengers, all screaming 'Bus Stop' when they want to get off. Found a place to stay (The Anchorage) and also found everything everywhere was shut. Monday was a public holiday too - guess what everybody does ...

After landfalling in Antigua in early February, Quest has spent most of her time anchored in English Harbor. Jeanne and Jeff left us here since Jeanne had been offered a dream job in California. Having the boat to ourselves again seems way too luxurious. During the first few weeks, we lined up some repairs - to the blown out main sail and also to build a new sun shade (called a bimini). I also took advantage of knowing we'd be ...

... starts at midnight so this $105 only buys you one night outside Road Bay. It is also high considering many of the moorings no longer exist. The seas were a bit unsettled but we had some excellent snorkeling at Sandy Island, Little Bay and Prickly Pear. There are no longer moorings at Prickly Pear and we failed to heed Doyle's suggestion to use a trip line on our anchor in case we caught a rock ledge. We did catch a ledge but by the time we were ready to lift our anchor there had ...

... ridiculous. We are offered just a plate of fruit salad and some cheese, and we are all very angry. The leader gets nervous and tries to calm us down and the chef from the kitchen tells us that this is what they eat in this exotic island for lunch, so we should not be demanding. I then go straight to the people of the group and tell them to deny eating this ridiculous dish ...