K.T.S. Paradise View Hotel St. John's

... of islands north of Grenada was to bring the boat to Adrian's broker who is based in St Martin (it's going cheap if anyone wants to enter this world). So we did try to get the essence of each island, but we generally did not stay for more than a week in each place.   Grenada - The tale of this 4 month journey starts as Dana rejoins Adrian aboard On-On (loaded with spare parts) in Grenada on New Years Eve. Adrian had been here already for 3 months and found this island to be ...

Sunday 05/04/09 St Johns - Antigua Temps Air 28°C Sea 27°C Our berth once again is ideally placed being right alongside the city's main waterfront, straight off the ship to the many bars & cafes. Although it's Sunday the place is already humming as already berthed is the Holland-America Lines ship Maarsdam, and 15 minutes after our arrival the Fred Olsen Lines Booddica arrived and there's another due in later in the day We'd ...

... around the port and boutiques without being rushed.

That evening, the ship left Antigua at 6:00pm. I said farewell to the island in my own special way under the watchful eyes of the sun shinning on my face. This island, with all of its beautiful majestic landscape and panoramic views, had become to me a dear friend that I will remember for always and have forever in my heart fond memories.

Thankful for beauty,

Mo

... desk going out of the ship, in a beach outfit. I yelled: "Suzie! Are you going to a beach?!?" The answer was yes. "Do you have a spare seat in the cab?". A few mins later on three of us - Brazilian guy, Portugese girl from London and myself the Polish girl were bargaining the taxi price to the beach. 7 min of driving , 12$ for the whole car, one way. The beach`es name was simply "THE Beach ...

... vissen en lekker zeilen. Van Martinique, een zeer Frans eiland met een hoge levensstandaard, varen we in een dagje naar Dominica. Daar komen we in een andere wereld terecht. We liggen in de baai van Roseau met een handvol andere zeilboten. Qua toerisme moet Roseau het vooral hebben van de 2-3 charterschepen die het eiland per week aan doen. Dan gaan alle stalletjes met souvenirs open en is het druk op straat. Wij genieten van het contact met de zeer vriendelijke locals ...

... 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. Antigua is the larger island of the two island nation of Antigua and ...

Time to explore by foot; the resort gym is nicely equipped, but the 3 men in there are quite intimidating, staring consistently. I decide to leave . The marina is a walking distance, very pretty. The casino is a scam although a beautiful building. Lots of photo opps! I opt for the pool today rather than the beach; I also fell asleep in the jacuzzi, combination of many pina coladas and hot sun! I wake up, get out, the mermaid now looks ...

... and Oystercatcher XXV. About mid-day on Sunday we left Browns Bay and anchored between Green Island and Bird Island behind a long reef. It was spectacular to sit in the calm anchorage and realize there was nothing but this reef between us and Africa. We could have stayed here for days! But on Monday we had to motor back to Falmouth Harbour to meet our buddy Iain on Tuesday morning. On our way south we ducked into Indian Harbour beneath the expansive cliff top home of Eric ...

... 1870 for the rent of 1 fat sheep, if demanded by the crown. Later the Codringtons resided at the magnificent estate at Dodington (Gloucestershire) from where they managed their estates. As the sugar cane industry was labour intensive and there were insufficient people on the island to cover it, people were brought over from Africa as slaves. Work hours for slaves was from sunrise to and hour before sunset with an hour at noon off for their meal. Sunday and Christmas were their only holidays.

... dish, and that we are not leaving without a proper meal.



Well, an hour later, and we are indeed enjoying a proper lunch - at least we weren't fooled!!







We have to return back to the ship as soon as we finish lunch, and we are to be carried to the last but most beautiful Island of all.