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Travel Blogs from Barbuda
Day 4 St Maarten
... the town. A beautiful little town full of bars bistro's and shops. They had obviously heard I was in town, McDonalds wifi was password protected. Ah we'll, no phone signal all day and no wifi, but lots of sun and a great beach front bar where the ice cold beers went down well. It's a lovely little island, the smallest island in the Caribbean very happening and very party orientated. Did a little bit of research and Cointreau is inly $23 for a massive bottle, one will have to ...
Paul and Linda’s Vacation Continues
... run the entire distance in ENE winds of 15-20 knots with a chance to do some rewarding fishing. In a double hookup we lost one UFO (unidentified fishy object) but landed a nice Blackfin Tuna by 0730. Around noon Linda landed a 38” King Mackerel!
We arrived and anchored outside Gustavia Harbor around 1330 near the town of Corossol where Donna was hoping to visit the Inter-Oceans shell ...
The Pink Sands of Barbuda with Paul and Linda
... day prior brought attention to that official departure date.
It would be an upwind sail to Antigua/Barbuda in winds that had moderated significantly since the Heineken Regatta. Departing from Marigot Bay and first sailing NE to get around the NE tip of St. Martin would give us a better wind angle for the upwind sail without the island of St. Barth’s getting in our way. At Marigot Paul and Linda would have a chance to visit ...
Could anyplace be more gorgeous than Barbuda?
... joining us nearby. There was so much anchorage room here that it’s easy to spread out away from other boats to secure your own private beach (there were only about a half-dozen boats within sight) but we selected a spot that Donna estimated would be near the spot where a water taxi could ferry us to the (only) town of Codrington, where we would be able to clear customs for our eventual departure. We chose not to go ashore the day ...
I'm Free To Do What I Want...
... but I think the reality of his next few days on the boat was beginning to sink in and he headed back to Jolly Harbour (which when Norman is there, should really go by a different name) before full-fledged depression set in.
The hotel is more than a little run down but it might as well be a Four Seasons. Sure the AC is spotty at best, the furniture is from the 70's and it looks like that was about the last time the place was ...