Blogs from Antigua & Barbuda, Central America Caribbean - page 8
Fearless in Antigua . . .
Published: December 7th 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua
December 7th 2007
I've been fighting a bit of funk the last few days. Feeling a bit homesick. Familiar fraustrations with work are back. I've doubted if I'll ever feel comfortable in the social world of this ship. I've been questionning my decision to cruise again, knowing my last experience won't be this experience and maybe it just won't be as good. But I spent some time remembering the reasons I chose to come back and recognizing the things I have power to control here. And I'm acting on that and focusing on that. The gym on the Destiny is fantastic. They recently got all brand-new equipment. I've also found a quiet place that's outside and low-traffic to practice yoga. These things are good and I'm working at developing a routine for myself that includes both. I'm still trying ... read more
Belize and Guatemala
Published: November 30th 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua
November 30th 2007
Na drie weken Centraal America probeer ik de Spaanse taal machtig te worden. Woonachtig bij een Guatalmateekse famile is het onmogelijk om te vluchten voor deze vreemde taal. Langzaam maar gestaagd begin ik het Spaans in de vingers te krijgen, hoewel dit gepaard gaat met de nodige K$$%^&^T momenten. Uiteraard. Antigua is een beschermde Unesco stad en bruist op het gebied v uitgaan. Veel backpackers, cultuur, vrijwillergersactiviteiten en kroegen. Na een gewenningsperiode van een week ben ik gewend aan de layback attitude van deze stad. Naast mijn studie vermaak ik mij dan ook uitstekend met salsalessen, bezoeken aan koffie en cacao plantages, Amerikaanse films en opzwepende concerten. Voordat ik terecht kwam in Antigua heb ik de nodige avonturen beleeft in Belize en Guatemala. De twee weken durende rondreis was een plesante en geslaagde ervaring. Het reisgezelschap ... read more
November 22nd 2007
I have been far from communication this week, enjoying the best that Antigua and Barbuda has to offer on the water sports front. We left Nelson’s dockyard and motored through heavy swell to Green Island, a haven for wind and kite surfing on the west coast of Antigua. The next four days revolved around time in and on the water. Every morning I took a group of 2 or 3 divers out to the exposed side of the island, where the waves crash over the reef and send white water spray up into the air. We were attempting to track down Elkhorn coral, a particular species of hard coral that is endangered and therefore populations are in need of careful study to monitor their disappearance or recovery in certain regions throughout the western Caribbean. I also ... read more
November 14th 2007
On the 21st October 1805, England fought and won one of the most famous naval battles of all time; The Battle of Trafalgar, against the French and their Spanish allies. Muskets and cannons blazed throughout the exchange. Leading the charge was Lord Nelson, one of our greatest admirals, a man who gave his life in the course of the battle. Prior to becoming the commander of the British Fleet, Nelson was stationed in the Caribbean as the Senior Naval Officer of the Leeward Islands (the islands running from Saba south to Dominica). In this role he was far from the popular leader that he developed into in later years: his major responsibility was to prevent the local merchants from trading with the Americas, instead they had to send their produce to England to sell and trade. ... read more
Lots of Lava from Antigua
Published: September 1st 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua
August 15th 2007
We tore ourselves away from our familia and Rosalia's delicious meals to see Antigua on our way to Honduras. This city is supposed to be one of Guatemala's highlights. It's beautiful with bright buildings, jade museums, and a thousand hip, hip, hip shops, restaurants and bars. It's as cosmopolitan as Central America gets. However, it´s also packed with tourists and high prices. And not even the "Irish pub" has more than the usual Gallo beer. The Gallo people seriously monopolize the beer supply and the few canned Guinnesses are pricey since they're shipped from Panama. We did stumble upon a few highlights here in the colonial wonder of Antigua... We saw the Free Hugs (Abrazos Gratis) campaign in the parque central, so we stopped for a squeeze. (Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4&eurl for the original). We also met ... read more
April 4th 2007
well folks with the Cricket on the screen over in the bar, things are looking pretty peachy for a beer but before i do i want to add some more pictures so you can see and i can recall later what this place is like.... read more
April 4th 2007
Time for Antigua Central America Caribbean » Antigua and Barbuda » Antigua » Jolly Harbour By sailtripper April 4th 2007well folks with the Cricket on the screen over in the bar, things are looking pretty peachy for a beer but before i do i want to add some more pictures so you can see and i can recall later what this place is like.... read more
Heading to St Kitts..At Last
Published: March 11th 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua
March 11th 2007
After an hours delay we finally boarded the Island Hopper from Antigua to St Kitts. It was a small 40 seater with propellers where you could sit anywhere. Adam, Drylie and Ravi who went to the very back row managed to wangle 2 cans of Red Stripe Beer each from The Air Stewardess on a supposed dry flight!! They were happy and the others tried to sleep on the short 20 minute journey to St Kitts. Once we arrived in St Kitts we soon realised that cases were missing!! Due to so many people heading over for the cricket everyone seems to have one extra bag so the long and short of it was that Adam and Gordon were the unlucky guys as their cases had been left in Antigua. They both had to stand in ... read more
Delayed in Antigua Airport.....
Published: March 11th 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua
March 11th 2007
Well, where do we start.??. After a later night than anticipated we met at 5.40 am at The hotel reception, well all of us except two, who of course will remain unnamed!!!….feel free to guess who the two culprits were!! We jumped on a bus which was provided by the hotel at a wonderful price of £3 and that drove us to Gatwick airport South terminal. We were greeted by cheery faces from Virgin Atlantic who guided us to our check in desk. We proceeded to pick up our boarding passes and then moved away to head to Yates’ bar and food grill. As we were heading there the two stragglers appeared after hailing a taxi that cost them near £15 from the hotel. If only had they made the bus how much cheaper would that ... read more
March 10th 2007
Hello everyone,we are here in Antigua Airport after a long flight from London Gatwick,we will comment about our flight etc on the next blog but this is just a quick blog to say we are awaiting our call for our flight to St Kitts from Antigua Airport.The boys are all in fine fettle and have at last sampled the famous Red Stripe Beer!!! Here is a picture of all the boys and a couple of locals who are sitting with us at the airport also on their pc's. To be continued....... read more
