Back Home

Well a nice uneventful flight home mant we landed at 5:30 AM, so even allowing time to pick up the luggage and pick up the car from Valet parking we were home by 9:20. All a bit jet lagged and tired, but at least the weather is warmer than when we left. Shame we've got work/school tomorrow (well except Rachel) so not much time to aclimatise before we're back to it. Still, we had a good break.

Heads and Kayaks

Today was a celebration of Antigua, which meant they dug out all of the festival gear including the headdresses, which the kids enjoyed trying on.

In the afternoon Steve and Isobel took a kayak out for a paddle, Isobel did a good job of paddling!

We head home tomorrow afternoon, but out Internet runs out in the morning so this will be the last blog until we get home (mid-morning on Sunday all being well). See you all when we get back!

Feet and ribs

Those of you also on Facebook will have seen the competition on who has the best feet in front of the sea picture, I think Rachel has been voted the winner.

We got a lovely sea view table at breakfast, sitting at home looking at the garden in a couple of days won't be the same!

We went up to Mary's Outhouse for lunch, Rachel and I have decided it's our favourite spot for lunch but the kids moan as it involves walking up the hill. On Friday we're going to go on our own and leave the children by the pool with burgers and chips. The chilled bottle beers are worth the walk.

Ball games

Spent the morning on the beach, Isobel happy to be digging in the sand again with the bucket and moulds we got for a bargain $3 in St Johns.

After lunch Sam played Volleyball with the other kids while we all played catch in the sea with the green rubber ball.

Later Steve and the kids played water polo with their friends in the pool, using the waterfall as the goal. After dinner we had a go at pool too, though Sam needs to practice his cuing action! He should take lessons off his dad. ;)

Fire and Water

After a morning on the beach after lunch we went down to the far end of the bay to do some snorkelling. It was a bit of a swim to the coral but after we got there, there were some decent fish to see swimming around and a few pics and videos taken with the waterproof kit (for which my blackberry doesn't qualify sadly.)

For dinner we tried the Italian restaurant, which did good strawberry sorbet apparently!

The show in the bar was a fire-eater and limbo dancer, with lots of audience participation. He ran a fire stick up Rachel's leg and got Steve to do a limbo dance. Sadly (ahem) we didn't get pictures of either of these we can put on the blog.

Mary's Outhouse

After 2 fairly busy days we spent the morning on the beach swimming and making sand castles.

For lunch we walked up the hill to Mary's Outhouse, an old wooden shack on the hill where they serve chicken and ribs and lovely cold beer from an ice box. Plus hot dogs for Sam. Lots of people who visit decorate it with wooden plaques, flags and assorted other things with their names on.

There are also mongoose wandering about up there, which were pretty cute looking.

You get a good view over the resort walking back down the hill.

Museums and hotdogs

We had lunch in an impressively restored Inn, made you feel very piratey.

We had a look around the museum and Isobel gave her best Nelson impression.

After this we headed to Half Moon Cay where there is an abandoned hotel that was wrecked in a hurricane and never rebuilt. We played in the very rough surf, though unfortunately all the pictures we're taken on the waterproof camera.