Monday, January 25, 2010

Beach escape in Antigua

We woke up on a beautiful sunny day as we were approaching St John's, our third port of call early morning.
From CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA
We decided to spend a relaxing and carefree day on the white-sand beaches of Antigua. First of all, we had to find a cab driver who was willing to drive us around for the whole day, and all this for 60$... finding a cab was easy enough as there were plenty of cabs waiting for the passengers of the cruise ship, but we had to do a little negotiation to get a good deal.

On our way to the beach, we stopped first at Devil's Bridge, a natural rock arch carved by the sea at the north-eastern point of Antigua:
From CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA

then continued our way over the hill:
From CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA

... to finally reach the beautiful, white-sand beach of the Half Moon Bay  we have been waiting for:
From CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA

Even though our snorkeling plans didn't quite work out as the ocean was way too rough, we enjoyed a lot the sunshine, the waves and our rest ... until an American gang showed up next to us and the piece and quiet was all gone! Why always Americans are the loudest everywhere???
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Once back to the ship, we had a nice sail-away, leaving the coasts of Antigua in the sunset behind:
From CARIBBEAN - ANTIGUA

You can visit here our entire Album on Antigua.
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