Joe Mike's Hotel Plaza St. John's

... to cruisers but it got us to the meeting point. We launched the dinghy and had to storm the beach as there was no dock. The hash group had to admit that it was an original way to arrive. It was a nice crowd and very social. Not every hash seeks out the visitors to welcome them but here we felt very included. We had a special welcome since Dana's very good friend, Stephanie, first hashed in Antigua before Milan and so many knew their old hashing friend. We weren't alone as there ...

... pointed out to us, apparently he's done an awful lot for the islanders and is held in high regard; one of the many things he's done is to build a rehab centre to help locals deal with their addictions. From there we went to the Betty's Hope Sugar Plantation for a Caribbean style buffet lunch, which was just amazing, Creole chicken, rice, salads, dressings, fruit bread, rum punch, fruit, after 2 large glasses of punch a couple of ...

... is English, spoken with a distinctive Caribbean accent. <br><br>Once we boarded our air-conditioned mini bus, me at the front again and Mi behind me, we drove through the center of Antigua, passing along various beautiful little villages, each one having charming little old churches and chattel houses. <br><br>A visit was made at Dow's Hill Interpretation Centre at Shirley Heights where we viewed a 15 minute multimedia presentation that traces ...

... musial wracac, a mysmy byczyly sie jeszcze przez dluzszy czas. Woda byla ciepla, ale nie goraca. Piasek idealny. A Suzie to przesympatyczna dziewczyna. Wygadana, madra i piekna. Jak wieczorem powiedzialam chlopakom, ze bylam na plazy z Suzie, to piana im z pyskow poleciala hehe. Autentycznie zalowali, ze przespali ten czas w kabinach. ENGLISH: In the morning, as usually when in a port, we were ...

... is geweldig! Met het glas nog tussen ons in, lachen we elkaar toe. Het is alweer een jaar geleden dat we elkaar voor het laatst zagen en als we elkaar even later in de armen kunnen sluiten, is dat dan ook een geweldig gevoel. Wouter en Mia zijn geen zeilers maar wel caravanners en dat leidt soms tot leuke verschillen. Zo hoef je in een caravan niks vast te zetten zolang je er nog in zit en heeft ie ook geen last van wiebelen. "Een boot is geen caravan!" wordt door ...

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>

... said, "we really need to say a prayer before the next bus ride!" The fourth day, we headed out to sea. We sailed to a small blip of an island off Antigua and anchored for a few hours so that we could do some more snorkeling. We pulled anchor and motored in for a more secure evening. Next day we headed out to Barbuda again. As we neared the island of Barbuda, we were delighted with a momma whale and her babe. The youngster ...

... We quickly realized that the bad weather forecast had arrived early and we needed to move. There was no way we could enter the lagoon from the French side and no way Al wanted to go forward to lift the main so we motor sailed with our genoa through the huge swells from both the NE and NW to get to the Dutch side bridge by the 5:30 opening. Luckily for us there were a huge number of sail and motor yachts entering that afternoon so we made the parade. We have been securely anchored ...

... 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 ...