Antigua – 2020

The western Caribbean Island was finally set in stone. It was no longer canceled from Airline restrictions or entry barriers. With the use of some airline miles, we were able to pick Antigua as our week’s vacation destination. Alexis had a small hiccup with her passport, but we were lucky enough to take care of 1 week before leaving.
With passports and Covid Tests in hand, we left the USA for sunny island weather of Antigua in English Harbor and Jolley Beach.

Day 1 – Saturday

Flight in – had to figure out all the name change and ticketing logistics
Alexis got ask a buy a bunch of white girls about chikafila
Long backed up line in customs at Antigua, checking covid tests
Taxi ride through the middle of th me island ( yard cookouts )
Dropped of at admiral inn, would be only guests , on that side of the island .
Boat ride to powder room and pool
Met finance people going to live on yatch for a while with a firm
Lady fighting about a boat Capitan
Drunken Yacht people singing karaoke across the harbor

Day 2 – Sunday

Woke up , coffee and tea on the veranda overlooking the harbor
Walked to Piquant kitchen for breakfast
Ate along side Falmouth harbor , watched fish
Walk and toured the town (only offered weed once)
Saw Caribbean harbor seals (fish)
Tour Nelson’s harbor museum.
Saw giant yachts and sailboats
Hike the middle ground , old fortifications manned by Goats
Super yatchs . Titania and valquest
Boat back to gunpowder inn
Pool times , nap and fall out of hammocks, beer and passion fruit smoothies
Alexis – pool speak, Trying to stand still is hard
Met British people, couple , 3 dudes , etc
Dinner at restaurant and night lounging around the cabana’s

Day 3 – Monday

Alexis saw cats around the area
Breakfast at inn.
Swam and lounges until 12
Lisa’s taxi ride to coco hotel (changing locations)
Saw “ cows, zip line, “old road -fancy resort”
Arrived at coco
Drinks and shown room over looking the sunset 🌅
Walk down to coco beach
Burger snacks, and drinks
Met Connecticut couple
Dinner , coconut fish and jerked chicken pasta
Very pretty sunset

Day 4 – Tuesday

Slow start morning
Breakfast – French toast and pancakes. Cat patrols
Coco beach, necklace shopping , lobster beach lunch , lounge and swimming
Rains came in
Walked the length of jolley beach
Zombie hotels and pools
Lounge and drinks hiding from rain.
North beach
Dinner wine and snapper
Saxophone man playing tunes

Day 5 – Wednesday

slept in,
English breakfast
Lunch , mussels and butter fish , cheese cake dessert
Walked beach down to other coco resort.
Built sandcastle and hamstring rehab stretches
Watch sunset from beach
Steel drum band, played name that tune

Day 6 – Thursday

early morning breakfast
Walk to crows nest bar at Jolley harbor for eco tour
Saw mongooses picked up by Reef , chenille
Tour left and picked up people at and Saint John
Windy and bunny on the way out. Salt water pelted sunburn not that great feeling
Saw jumby bay, rich people island, sandals, and other expensive places
Mangrove trees
Tour of hells gate, and hiked through the cave system and over the bridge
Saw hawksbill sea Turtles and had Picnic lunch
Snorkeled are a reef , saw good bit of regular fish, longsnout skinny fish
Rum punch and banana bread on island on way back
Tested for covid had 3 rum and Coke’s while waiting
Negative results
Dressed up for dinner and then dancing night with Caribbean band
Anisha dance party