Lone Star Hotel St. James

... people gyrated (I suppose it was dancing?) in colourful costumes &#8211; or rather accessories! All to celebrate the end of the sugar cane harvest and the success of the rum production!<br><br>On one day we hired a car and explored the island &#8211; marvelling at the ferocious seas of the Atlantic at Animal Flower caves and Bathsheba compared to our gently lapping, clear, warm, blue waters on the west coast ...

So, after 5 days worth of failed attempts trying to fly standby, I came to the realisation that this is probably going to be impossible for the next month at least. There were 40 other people waiting with me in standby, many of them AA staff, many of them with families and many of them completely stranded for one reason or the other - a few were stuck behind too many people in line and checkin ...

This is my third day trying to get out of the island on standby. I was 38/47 on the list earlier. So many families of staff members using their tickets for holiday.. It's insanity. It seems to be impossible to get out of the Caribbean right now! Hopefully I'll figure out something soon, otherwise I may have to cancel parts of my itinerary.. :(

... came, we made the wrong turn on the roundabout after Edgehenge! Oops.. we took him back down to the roundabout with us, and then kept trekkin' onwards. The drive up to North Point was probably the most country-ish road we got to see - the majority of it wasn't paved, although the part near a secondary school was being excavated for paving. We drove right through the recently-harvested sugar cane fields and hit the huge tourist trap area. Sigh.. This is the area with the ...

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... the church that dated almost five hundred years ago. It was kind of creepy walking all around them, but this is what made the whole place intriguing and captivating. <br><br>We stopped for while along the ocean to admire big huge boulders right on the shore. It was absolutey beautiful seeing them. <br><br>Our next stop was at the Highland Adventure Center where we sipped a complimentary soft drink. It was relaxing and we enjoyed the view once ...

... br><br>After being given a safety briefing and snorkel lesson by the guide, everyone on the boat entered the water to swim among the turtles. Mi did not take any time. Off he went in the water, as for myself, well, I was a little bit hesitant. I went in the last one. The water was pure crystalline and warm as I slowly made my way in. <br><br>Adrenaline started to take effect as I spotted underneath me four ...

... hands and enjoying the first serious rain we have seen in 30 days. Just as we get inside the pier market there is a loud roaring sound that drowns out the music and the conversations of anyone more that three feet away...we look out the door and we can barely see the bow of the ship 100 feet away through the rain...it is simply a wall of water that hits the concrete and bounces two feet into the air....maybe that is what a "dead cat bounce" they ...

... freshening up, we all decided to go into Holetown - named for its circular shape - about 20 minutes away. There's supposed to be lots of shopping there. One of the locals mentioned that we could take the bus there - either the yellow bus (privately owned, where we were sure to get an earful of the local music during our ride), or the blue bus (government owned, and much more quiet). We decided we'd take whichever came along first. So we waited ...

... comfortable, and know that i will eventually make very very close friends from the caribbean, but i think it will take some time. i guess this is more for me to articulate my own thoughts, so if you want to skim or skip it go for it. it is extremely difficult being a foreigner and recognized as such wherever you go. i think part of the problem in bonding closely with caribbean people is that we (ie the americans in the eap program) want different things than them. for us, and ...