Halcyon Cove by Rex Resorts St. John's

Travel Blogs from St. John's

Around the Island in One Day!!

A travel blog entry by xuanargi

6th September 2009

We decided to go around the island on our second day of arrival, which, unfortunately, was a Sunday. Initially, we had planned to hire a car from the Resort but the price put us off completely – they had quoted us USD100.00 for a day! We tried to call other rental companies in town to enquire about the price but …

Marriage Arrangement in Antigua

A travel blog entry by xuanargi

7th September 2009

It was a very busy day for us as we visited all the local authorities to arrange for our marriage on this beautiful island. We have chosen to wed in Antigua simply because it is a very beautiful tropical island and we had wanted to be wed while standing in the sea with soft waves splashing and seagulls flying around us …

Lazy Day at beautiful Dickenson Bay

A travel blog entry by xuanargi

9th September 2009

We got up early today and jogged on the beach. This must be one of the most relaxing holidays we have ever had! A lot of sleeping, eating, lazing around and doing nothing much but read. I guess most all-inclusive holidays for 7 or 14 days are like this. It is just so different from the kind of "holidays" we often do, ie …

Stingray City!!

A travel blog entry by xuanargi

10th September 2009

We decided to be adventurous today.

We stopped at the Ministry of Legal Affairs first to collect the certified true copies of our Marriage Certificate and passports, the latter of which had been deposited with the Ministry when we first filed our petition to register our marriage.

Our local bus ride …

No pirates of Antigua

A travel blog entry by spsadventures

... mindedly encouraging others to be (in his opinion) better people, I can't pass it up. It had the ambiance
somewhere between a beach bar and a euro yogurt shop, which I found interesting. There were a bunch of cafeteria-plate-style options to choose from. , I got some sort of pasta bake and rice with (for lack of a better term) stew. Also, I got local tamarind juice. All of the flavors were good. The stew had an interesting texture that you ...