Antigua - Montserrat

As we are still in Antigua. . .the schoolwork is still getting done every day. Dad has been busy fixing the bilge pump on our side of the boat . . .safe to say Rebecca and I can shower in our own showers once again. I went for another run . . .getting lost in my mind once again. I’ve tried to convince everyone on the boat to join me on a morning run but no takers thus far . . .lazy crew members! After a morning of schoolwork, the afternoon was filled with polishing stainless and scrubbing the green moss off the bottom of the boat.

Mom feeding the birds

Foot rub

I got Rebecca up at 6:30am for a hike/jog along a 1 mile trail. Surprisingly there was hardly any complaining at all. . .I was very impressed. It was a good morning and was followed up by schoolwork. In the afternoon, my dad went to go get the dinghy to go ashore and came back saying the dinghy was gone. My dad grabbed the binoculars and saw the dinghy on a beach on the other side of the harbour. My dad had forgotten to attach the dinghy to the boat. . .us girls were so relieved it was something we weren’t responsible for this time! So my dad got in the kayak and started paddling over to where the dinghy was. He brought the dinghy back covered in sand and water and took me back to where he left the kayak on the far off beach. I paddled the kayak all the way from the beach back to the boat. My arms were killing me as the water was very choppy and I was paddling against the wind. I collapsed back onto the boat so relieved to be back. That evening, I treated my mom to a foot rub. As I was massaging her feet my dad came out and started dancing to Mamma Mia. My mom and I laughed so much. He then hopped into the dinghy with his beer and watched the sun go down. My mom got in the dinghy with her drink too and they floated behind the boat for a while.

Drunken dinghy

We have been having trouble over the past week with our online visa applications as we have had to get photographs redone and we’ve had to get bank statements sent and proof of houses etc. They really are thorough in these applications. But eventually we got the applications in and appointments have been booked for our interviews. So we all have to be in Barbados by the end of June.

On Wednesday evening my mother and I went for yoga whilst my dad went to play racket ball with our South African friend, Dino. Yoga was exactly what I needed to loosen up from my tough paddle the other day. We did yoga as the sun set and it was really great. After yoga we went to Trappas for dinner. A great dinner was accompanied with great conversation. We chatted about sailing, family, the future. . .and after a great night we all headed for bed.

Dad and Dino

We had planned to head off to Barbuda on Thursday but we discovered that the grey water bilge pump on my parent’s side had packed up, so the day would be spent replacing that. A South African boat named Alleycat arrived and anchored behind us. Two couples came on their dinghy to say hello and we ended up having afternoon drinks with them at the Seabreeze café. It turns out it is a very small world as the couple who owned Alleycat sailed with Lee and Kerry in the Sand Blas islands the previous year.

Alleycat

The next day, my dad, sister and mom took a trip to St. Johns as my dad wanted to buy a new pair of takkies to play racket ball. Once they arrived back to the boat, I went for a quick run whilst my dad headed to Temo’s Sports to play racket ball with Dino. All the girls arrived later for dinner. I decided it was time my wedges had a field day again. . .so with my bag in hand, I expertly maneuvered my way into the dinghy and out of it with my shoes on. We had a nice casual dinner with Dino, Debbie and a few others at Temo’s. Debbie invited us to do a hash with her the next day. . .and given our first hashing experience in Trinidad, I jumped at the opportunity gladly.

We arrived at Galleon beach at 4pm on the dot for our hash. It started a bit late but by 4:30 we were climbing up the side of the mountain to Shirley Heights. My sister and mom walked with a few people at the back whilst I was up the front with three guys and one girl. We ended up taking the wrong trail and getting lost. . .luckily all the trails end up at the same place so we eventually found our way back to the beach. Once my sister and mom eventually arrived back at the beach, I found out my sister had fallen and sprained her ankle. . .she sat on a twig when she fell so my mother and the lady they were walking with all went pale as they thought it was her ankle cracking! My mom came back with a few more grey hairs. . .We then went for a quick shower and met Debbie and Dino at a different beach for a braai with them, and two couples from Zimbabwe. It was a great evening filled with chats, laughs, meat and sangria.

Hash!

My parents <3

The next day we tackled some more schoolwork. I came outside to great bursts of laughter and found my mom and dad swimming behind the boat dunking each other and having a jolly ol’ time. My heart warmed as I realized how blessed I was to have them as my parents. . .30 years together and they still laugh and play like two love struck teenagers. That evening was our last in Antigua and we met up with Dino and Debbie one last time at the weigh in and prize giving for the fishing competition. My dad and I got a few more lures to play with in hope of catching us a nice juicy fish of our own. My sister and I made our way to the henna tattoo stand and treated ourselves to a tattoo that probably wouldn’t last long on a boat. Commotion was going on as they brought in the big fish of the competition to weigh. . .my jaw dropped as this massive fish was hung up in mid air. The yellow fin tuna that hung before me weighed 175 pounds. We walked to the end of the dock to watch some of the fish being filleted and as fish after fish came through. . .fillet after fillet was being sold. I saw a new way of filleting a fish. . .slit open the throat by the gills and pull the stomach bag out. . .then fillet away. . .I much preferred how we fillet our fish. . .far less messy. We decided to grab some dinner and I saw a sign board saying Trini doubles. . .I haven’t had doubles since my last run with Robert in Trinidad. I eagerly waited in line for my double. It wasn’t anywhere near as good as the ones in Trinidad but it still had that familiar taste that I love oh so much! We said farewell to Debbie and Dino and headed back to the boat.

175 pound Yellowfin Tuna

Dino and Debbie

Monday morning was my last run in Antigua and I decided to go big. I ran all the way up to Shirley heights and back. . .I arrived back to the dock an hour and a half after leaving just in time to be taken back to the boat before my dad went to clear customs. We were getting the boat ready for departure when we ended up having a very twisted halyard. . .so up the mast I was sent to untwist it. After sorting that out we departed for Montserrat. We picked up a tuny on the way, which we ended up throwing back. We flew the screecher the whole way and arrived just before sunset. We look forward to exploring a new island. Especially this one that still has an active volcano, which destroyed the main town only eight years ago. . .lets hope we aren’t around for the next eruption. . .

Montserrat in the distance

Nirvana

The traveller embarks upon a journey
His destination unknown. . .his path less chosen.
Eyes of wonder and discovery enlighten his soul,
As the breath of God moves his sails forward.

He goes where the wind goes,
Moving with the rhythm of mother nature herself.
His heart as pure as the driven snow,
Illuminates light from within.

A blessing to all whom encounter him,
A gypsy searching for truth.
His spirit takes a journey, his mind submits and his body follows
His heart fills with all the beauty in the world.

And everything aligns. . .
His mind, his body, his spirit. . .
Love, joy, peace. . .
He smiles benevolently as he reaches his destination

As he reaches Nirvana.

Still in Antigua. . .

So what is Jangles doing now that everyone else has departed you may ask? Well the classroom has come back in full swing and Rebecca and I are up doing schoolwork everyday. We miss the adventures with Talisman but I suppose that’s how this life is, you move around and boats don’t always move with you.

In the classroom

We are still in Antigua . . .sigh. It is as if a nuclear bomb has gone off, this place is dead! There are hardly any people left and most of the businesses are closing up as sailing season in Antigua comes to an end. We met the skipper of a massive super yacht, Slojo. Bruno (the skipper) was South African and that is naturally how we began talking. He arranged it so we could go aboard the boat to have a look around . . .some people have some serious money. The boat had a hot tub, huge master bedrooms and a television in every room, including the crew’s quarters! The boat gets washed from head to toe every single day so it is in pristine condition. They are busy trying to sell the boat for 35 million US dollars! The best part of the boat was the very spacious engine rooms, not like Jangles where I get put in headfirst and can barely move my arms around! After leaving massive Slojo, to our little Jangles we were in a daze. That night we went to the Lime and Coconut where we had the greatest meal we had had in Antigua to date. We ate until we couldn’t even drink a glass of water. Bruno joined us for a drink to say goodbye as Slojo was departing the following morning.

Slojo heading off

The next day was schoolwork, schoolwork and more schoolwork! It was also raining most of the day as Antigua had started moving out of the dry season. For dinner was nachos and Kerry’s amazing sweet potato and feta salad. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the master chef there herself to make the salad so we followed her recipe and came pretty close. I took the bowl of salad and held it tight . . .my mom had to ask very nicely to get a helping of my salad . . .yum!

My salad and I

The next few days were filled with schoolwork and rain. I had woken up four mornings to go for a run but it had been pouring with rain outside. So one morning I went for a swim with my dad to the beach and back to the boat . . .that short swim became longer and longer as we both realized how unfit we were! So we will be practicing our strokes from now on. We took a trip to St. John’s on Thursday night and went to a movie. We went to a film called Battleship; it was a pretty decent film that had a fantastic soundtrack. The closing song was called ‘Fortunate Son’ and my dad wasn’t convinced of the artist even though I stated over and over again that it was Creedence Clearwater Revival . . .so we stayed to watch the credits and I was right. The music buff had it all clued in.

Mom's navigating!

watching Antigua go by. . .

Friday we went to go and get photographs taken as we are in the process of applying for American visas (reason we are still in Antigua). So after living through verbal abuse from my family about how skew my features are and about my lopsided head, we finally had photo’s to attach to our online applications. Whilst we were waiting for the photographs to be printed, we saw two small kittens playing on a speaker in the restaurant next door. They were so funny to watch as they were rolling around and biting each other and just having a jolly ol’ time! That evening, after 4 days of no running I decided I would go as there was a break in the rain. It was one of the nicest runs I had been on . . .I ran my usual trail backwards so I felt as if I was getting lost half the time. The nice thing about being in a new place is meeting new people . . .on my run I met two guys from Spain, another family from Spain and two ladies from Guadeloupe. One tourist guy from England even asked me if I was a local! At the end of my run, I swam from the beach back towards the boat. I was told to get in the shower quickly as we were having a braai with a South African couple for dinner. I had to shower in my parent’s shower as the bilge pump was broken on our side of the boat (dad’s job tomorrow to fix). We went to Temo Sport’s for dinner and had a great time with new company.

Dino and his wife, Debbie, with the Jangles duo

To the joy of everyone . . .the Jangles family is doing very well on our own. Schoolwork is going well and nobody has been thrown over board . . . yet. Below is a poem I wrote, hope you enjoy it. Stay safe xxx

The breath of God

The wind bellowed as the breath of God filled my soul,

breathing life into my lungs as they expand with air.

Sparks ignited as my soul set on fire,

soaring within the supernatural realm.

The breath of God moves us forward,

capturing our sails, 

lifting us across the ocean.

The world smiles as we move with its pulsating rhythm.

Our hearts enlightened as we begin our journey,

Our journey of wonder and discovery.

A journey with our creator.

Antigua and Barbuda

Two-man hammock

We left Antigua on Saturday the 5^th of May, and headed for Green Island. It started raining on our way there so we brought our waterproof kits out. Once we had anchored, it was off the side of the boat we went with big splashes! Ashton had me on Talisman jumping off of the side of the boat with him. . .he also thoroughly enjoyed dunking me beneath the water whenever he got the opportunity. As it grew darker, I swam back to Jangles for dinner. My sister had put the hammock up and had spent the afternoon lazing about in it, reading off of her small ipod screen (does wonders for ones eyesight I’m sure). We attempted to do a two man hammock and it worked! Robert called over from Talisman (yes, we were that close to their boat) that Rebecca was like a caterpillar in a cocoon, who would emerge as a butterfly once the dinner bells went. And sure enough as soon as dinner was ready, out she came. My mom had spent the afternoon making malva pudding (YUM!) so Robert and Lee came over for some dessert and a drink. It was meant to be a supermoon that night but the weather had the sky covered with clouds. . .we got glimpses of light beneath the sheet of cloud. 

The next morning, Robert came to fetch me in the dinghy for our next adventure. We went onto Green Island and found a trail to follow. We began running it but as it grew smaller and smaller we decided it was probably better to climb over the trees and avoid the thorny bushes. We made it to the other side of the island in no time and explored the little beach in the next bay. After trying to go down a couple more paths that lead to dead ends, we decided to go back on the path we came and go around the island on the dinghy. The dinghy ride had my heart racing as I looked at the very shallow water beneath us. . .watching as we somehow glided over the rocks and coral. We picked up a buoy and sun-tanned on the dinghy for a while. . .listening to the peaceful morning and the calm waters that came with it. The sky started spitting and remained that way for the rest of the day. I took the kayak to Bird Island and picked up a bouy to go snorkeling. As I snorkeled away from the kayak. . .looking down at nothing but blue which turned into black. . .I slowly started to get the chills and freak out slightly (ok maybe a bit more than that as I swam frantically back to the kayak, almost falling over the other side of it as I climbed back in). My short 5-minute swim had me untying the kayak and heading back to the boat. I decided it would be better to snorkel from the boat to the beach. Robert, Ashton and Lee joined me in snorkeling. We saw quite a few fish, a massive hermit crab and lots of seaweed, sand and coral. We all watched in amazement as Ashton started diving for the first time with his snorkel! We were all gobsmacked as he kept on going over and over again. . .he was thoroughly enjoying himself. We swam back to our boats and showered up all nicely (well Jangles did anyway as Talisman was conserving water at this point. . .). We headed to Talisman for a lovely dinner cooked by Kerry. Her salads are notably amazing. . .broccoli and caramelized onion salad, delicious! Robert and I washed up the plates and cutlery. It was a very interesting experience as Roberts kitchen is very clearly a bachelors kitchen as it has one small sink and next to it an even smaller sink that you could probably stack 3 cups in. Also, due to the limited water supply, I had very little water to wash with. This just went to show how much we carelessly use water normally and how it is possible to use less. Dessert was milktart and cheesecake. . .after another night with the greatest company in the world, it was time for bed.

The boys with their beers

The next day we departed for Barbuda and arrived midday. On the sail up we went through some serious downpours. We found out however that Talisman began filling up their tanks as they stood outside catching some water to use. Bucket after bucket and the rain kept on coming. Once anchored in Barbuda, I spent the afternoon doing some schoolwork and canoeing around the bay. It rained throughout the afternoon and into the evening. . .we saw Robert and Lee on deck catching water once again.

Talisman flying its screecher

Water here they come!

Talisman crew

The Tuesday morning we all went to shore to explore the island. It began raining just as we had finished beaching the dinghies. We took shelter beneath a roof and waited for a while. The rain got lighter so Robert, Lee and I decided to head for our run. We ran and slipped and slided in mud and over rocky ground. We went a while down the one road when we started heading back to look for the others. I felt like Sherlock Holmes, as we looked for Ashtons small shoe prints on each road we tried. We eventually ended up back at the beach where the dinghies were and waited there. Robert and I went swimming in our full kit and our shoes came out all sandy and sparkling clean. Everyone turned up again at the dinghies and headed back to the boats to move onto the next bay. On the way to Low Bay, we caught a few small albacore and a barracuda, which we threw back into the water. We motored to the next bay and Lee took photos of us all on deck whilst we took photos of them all on deck. We arrived in Low Bay and immediately headed to the pink sand beach. We spent the afternoon on the beach. A local showed us small red fruits on a tree that he called seaside grapes. We searched the little tree for red fruit to pop into our mouths. We went to the restaurant to see about pricing for dinner but decided to have dinner on Jangles instead as it was extremely pricy. My mom and I had a swimming race to the boat (I won but the waves were hammering us) and my dad towed Rebecca on the canoe. The day was completed with a sunset that filled us with awe and a dinner with Talisman aboard Jangles.

Small Albacore

On the beach

                                        

Jangles in the sunset

Towing Ashton on the dinghy

Towing Rebecca

Gorgeous sunset

Amazing moon

Jangles Crew

Ashton snorkelling

Wednesday arrived with Robert in his dinghy once again. We headed for the pink sandy beach for a morning run. One thing about running along the beach is that it is incredible hard on your calve muscles! After a few minutes Robert and I started walking down the beach. Our run consisted of short jogs, then walking, with an occasional swim thrown in there too. After the run, we took our dinghies to the reef to snorkel. On the way we saw a giant turtle popping its head up occasionally. The reef was beautiful; it was filled with gorgeous corals and a few small fish. Since Ashton had taken to diving with his snorkel at Green Island, he was back doing it once again. After a while I began shivering as I slowly turned into an ice-cube, it was at that point when we headed back to the boats. Talisman was heading back to Antigua that day and we took a vote aboard Jangles to see whether we would be going with. . .as all three girls hands went up in favour of going, the captain lost his battle. It was anchors away and off to Antigua we went. We had a great day of fishing on the way back down to Antigua. We caught around 10 fish in total, one of which was a 1-meter barracuda. We also found out that we threw a couple of Spanish Mackerels and kingfish back as we had mistaken them for being skipjack’s. We realized this as Talisman radioed us and said they had the exact same thing! Mom then reeled in a big black tail tuna and I pulled in two Tunny's, which we ended up keeping. The bug has bitten my mom as she now sits and stalks the rods, waiting for them to go off so she can grab them before anyone else. Once we had arrived in Antigua, we had the Talisman crew over for a lovely fish dinner that they didn’t catch.

Barracuda

Mom with her black fin tuna

On Thursday morning, Robert and I were still suffering from the beach run the previous morning so we had tea on his boat instead. We hired a car for the day to go shopping. We went to the big shopping mall in St. John’s and filled the car to the brim with shopping parcels . . .the car also gained two new people as we picked up some new friends from the airport. We went to Trappas for dinner for a birthday and I ran into a friend I had made at Shirley Heights a while ago. I also befriended two new people from Switzerland as well. On the way back to the boat, a donkey ate the birthday boy’s cake. The donkey’s owner wanted to marry me and was handing out leaves as well as lemongrass. Rebecca also tried to take the donkey but I don’t think it would quite fit aboard Jangles very well. The evening was concluded with ABF’s (Absolute Bloody Finals) aboard the deck of Jangles.

mom and dad

kerry and Lee

Robert

sisters <3

Friday morning began with a small run, which was followed by geocaching. The geocache was by the pillars of Hercules (natural pillars formed by crashing sea waves) . After getting our shoes drenched and searching for what seemed like ages, we eventually stumbled across the cache. The find was treated with some ice-cream from Seabreeze café. Talisman was leaving that night to head back to Trinidad and time seemed to slip away faster and faster knowing that goodbyes were just around the corner. I went with Robert to check out at English Harbour. The lady behind the immigration table complimented me on my perfume, claiming she could smell me from across the room and that I smelt so good! It suddenly got hot as my cheeks blushed pink. We went aboard Talisman one last time for dinner before they left. Kerry made an amazing sweet potato and caramelized onion salad that I could of eaten all night long! As we were having a great time, the time rolled around that we had been dreading. It was a quick bittersweet farewell and off Talisman went into the distance. I watched as they grew smaller and smaller, eventually disappearing all together around the corner.

Talisman and Jangles together

We will never forget the times we spent with the beautiful people aboard Talisman...the adventures we embarked on and the company we shared will forever stay with us. Thank you thank you thank you. . .

Travelling Antigua - video

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Travelling Antigua

Antigua

Sunday was the start of race week and we headed to the beach on our dinghies to watch the start of the race. As we got close to the beach with the dinghy we couldn’t find a spot to enter the beach as it was all covered in rocks. As we were trying to turn around to go join Robert (who attached his dinghy to a buoy) a wave took our dinghy straight onto the rocks. We ended up on the beach anyway with our dinghy still in one piece luckily. My sister and I were told to start walking back to the beach on the other side whilst my mom and dad took the dinghy back over the rocks to meet Robert. My sister walked back to the beach whilst I walked up a road to a cliff to get some photographs of the boats racing. After sitting and taking photo’s for a while, I headed back down the road to the beach. A couple on their moped offered to give me a ride and insisted that I get on. So I got on a tiny bit of seat at the back of the moped. Now imagine three people on a tiny moped going downhill on a dirt road. . .yes, I feared for my life. After the dirt road and dodging trees, we finally got onto the beach. My legs trembled as they hit solid ground again. I went back to the boat and sorted through my photos that I had taken during the day. That afternoon we went to Shirley Heights for their barbecue. They had soca music playing and it was packed with people. We enjoyed a dinner and fantastic view, which we followed with an early night in bed.

Race boats

                                        

View from Shirley Heights

On the Monday of race week, we decided to do some island exploring whilst Lee was sailing. So Robert, Kerry, Ashton, Rebecca, my mom, dad and I hired a moped and a yellow jeep. Robert drove the moped with me on the back and the rest of the gang were in the Jeep. Robert laughed at me as I clung tighter every time there was a bend in the road. After a nice scenic drive and a few U-turns (my mothers navigational skills. . .what can I say?), we arrived at Stingray City. We planned to swim with them but at 50 US a head, we decided it was a bit steep. So back on the moped I got and we headed to St. John’s to pick up our long awaited propellers. We had planned one destination for the day (besides the propellers of course) and that was C & C’s Wine Bar where they specialize in South African wine. What was one bottle of wine eventually turned into another. . .and then another. . .and needless to say we spent the entire afternoon at the wine bar. We met the owners, Cutie and Claudia (C & C) and had a great afternoon chatting to Cutie. She was such a sweet lady! We gallantly sat and drank wine, chatting about the beautiful wine farms in Cape Town, Franschoek, Stellenbosch. . . South African has some of the best wines. We made reservations for Thursday night (lasagna night) and then we took six bottles of wine to go. We arrived back in Falmouth harbour quicker on the way back as our navigation lady became Kerry instead of my mom, who was now on the moped with my dad. We watched as the moped swayed a little bit in the rearview mirror. . .must of been all that wine. We arrived back in one piece and met up with Lee for dinner at the Mad Mongoose. My dinner was very tasty. . .coconut shrimp with orange ginger sauce! After a long day of doing not much else than sitting on our butts and drinking some good ol’ South African wine, we headed for the sack.

C & C's Wine Bar

Tuesday morning, Robert and I, were on shore at 7 to go geocaching. We hopped onto the moped and headed for Devils Bridge. It is a natural phenomenon in Antigua where waves have crashed into the rocks for hundreds of years, creating an arch or bridge. Popular beliefs say that slaves leapt to their deaths off of the natural arch during the period of slavery in Antigua. Devils Bridge gets its name from these myths as the stories say that the devil claimed those who leapt off the bridge. Robert and I took a dirt road to get there, so we ended up bundu bashing on a moped! We searched around for ages to find the cache but we just couldn’t. Then Robert decided that nature was calling him so I went one direction while he was looking for a good spot to go to the bathroom (downwind he says is the best). The funny thing is, as he was searching for a good place to ‘go’, he found the cache! We only had the moped till 11am so we hopped back on it and went across to Half Moon Bay. After a walk on a beautiful beach and a little bit of rock climbing, we found the next cache. There were two caches at Half Moon Bay, so we went to go find the other one, which required us to find Harry. We went to Harry’s bar and got him to open up. I had to search for the cache behind the bar! It was good fun! Robert traded his shirt with the guy behind the bar because he apparently would look less like a tourist. With 40 minutes to spare, we decided to drive back to the harbour. A fantastic day was concluded with a fantastic evening! We found ourselves at Nelson’s Dockyard for K-yani Marley’s concert! The night was filled with chatting to friends, and dancing to the sweet sounds of ‘no women, no cry.’ It started raining at the end of the night and Robert, my mom, my sister and I all squeezed into a phone booth whilst we waited for my dad to finish in the bathroom.  After a quick nightcap at the Mad Mongoose bar, we all hit the sack.

Devil's Bridge

                                      

Phone Booth

Wednesday was lay day . . .which meant no racing. The propellers had been fitted so we took the boat out for a little test run. No more vibrations! The propellers worked perfectly! Once the boat was parked nicely in our spot once again, it was beach time. The lay day consists of a huge beach day, where people do rowing races, play cricket, drink rum. . .etc. Everyone eventually found themselves on the beach except for my parents who didn’t want to get sandy. Kerry and I were with Ashton in the playground when we were asked to be in a Malibu commercial! Unfortunately we weren’t going to be in Antigua until the end of the month so we had to decline. We all headed back to our boats just as the sun was going down. We could hear some fantastic music playing from the beach and my dancing feet started becoming itchy. So my sister and I got dressed again, picked up Robert and off we went dancing. There was hardly anyone on the beach and only about 5 people dancing. But regardless of that, we started dancing anyway! We befriended a security guard as well as a couple from New York. We even attempted to learn a dance move from some local girls (the one where you shake your butt without even moving). . .and we failed miserably. After an hour of dancing around the beach and through the waves, we headed back to the dinghy. This is where we met Stephan (an Italian guy also racing in the Regatta). We had a quick chat with him and then headed back to the boat for a good sleep.

Thursday morning came with a run. Robert fetched me in his dinghy and we went to his boat to take in to the dock as they had run out of water. Our ran began on the dock and we did our usual run but stopped at a different cliff for a breather. The run finished with a nice swim in the ocean and then a killer run up a hill. I went for a shower on Roberts boat and came out in a pair of his shorts and a t-shirt . . .needless to say Kerry quickly gave me some of her clothes as I had to roll up Robert’s shorts. I spent the day helping Robert clean his boat and watching Robots on TV with Ashton. When my parents came to get me, I was given 30 minutes to shower and change before we had to leave again. We met up with a South African guy for sundowners at the yacht club. Shortly after, the Talisman crew arrived and we headed for a taxi to go for dinner at C & C’s Wine Bar. After 10 minutes of driving, we pulled over and were told to switch cars. So we went from the taxi to a bus! We arrived at the Wine Bar and were greeted by a smiling Cutie. On the menu for dinner was lasagna . . .Robert broke into a huge grin when he found out they had vegetable lasagna too. The lasagna was superb and went really well with the wine we were drinking. Dessert was hot chocolate, Belgian waffles and ice cream from the Australian homemade ice cream bar. We were all put back into the bus to head back to the boats and after a while, we pulled over again. Instead of switching cars this time though, we switched drivers! We all laughed as we thought, “Only in the Caribbean!” We had a reasonably early night . . .I went to bed smiling as I am so grateful for this life I have been given. If there is something greater than that, it is the great company I have been given. 

Click the link below for a video of our visit to Antigua. . .
Antigua 2012