Category Archives: Antigua

Empty house

After Jeff and Hillary left, the house felt quite empty, after all they only arrived a couple of days after we arrived, so this was really the first time we could relax on our own before Jane arrives.   We … Continue reading

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6 Nations and more

Continuing our theme to get to as many beaches as we can, today is the turn of “Half Moon Bay Beach”, which is situated on the South East of the Antigua.   However before we go, we had to do … Continue reading

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Shirley Heights and more

Tuesday dawned with a beautiful clear blue sky, obviously the tropical rain showers have now passed, so today we headed to Galleon beach, 8 of 365, a small beach situated opposite the entrance to English Harbour.  The last time we … Continue reading

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Stunning Antigua!

The weekend starts today, though there doesn’t seem to be much different to a weekday, life continues much the same here; hustle and bustle, noisy excitement from the locals, cruise ships arriving at regular intervals and warm “lovely” weather to-boot; … Continue reading

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Our first visitors arrive

Monday 20th and after breakfast; first things first, we had to find a car.   We had been advised that one had to hire from the recognised car hire company at the airport who generally charge around US$40 per day … Continue reading

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We’re Off

Friday 17th January and though we weren’t in any particular hurry, excitement, mixed with trepidation woke us up.  Yesterday Alicanté airport had been closed due to a major fire on Wednesday afternoon causing massive disruption and chaos, with aeroplanes ending … Continue reading

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