Caribbean

Dipping in after our dive - amazing purple, green and yellow coralDoes Apple have an anti-sand app?Incredible that there is wi-fi here, with only 2,000 inhabitants.

Sulphur HOT springs - I could hardly stand 107 degrees.  Yowzah!Applying the local sulphur mud -good for what ails you (mosquito bites)!The Grand Pitons - a rope assisted hikeMike wants to do next time.  Who's IN?!

Horseshoe crabRocking to Bob Marley on the snorkel cruise :)The famous Maltese Falcon - all aluminum, computerized sailing yacht,  289 ft. long.Sails can fully unfurl in 6 minutes, detectwind speed/direction and auto-adjust!This trip is enough to turn [...]

Devil's Bridge (I'm on a narrow ledge) splashing with surging Caribbean sea.Nelson's Dockyard, named after Lord Nelsonwho was here from 1784-87.  An importantbase for British ships to patrol the West Indiesmaintaing sea power, as well as [...]

Bustling Saturday market, alive with music and localsVC Bird, first Prime Minister of Antigua,beloved by its people, fought for Antigua'sindependence from BritainSome rough parts of town!The famous Antiguan "black" pineapple... yum!

Oh, no!  Are we halfway through this trip already?!Our super "luxe" transport to the planetowed by a tractor!!!One of the most beautiful sunsetswe've ever seen! Taken from the ferry from Nevisto St. Kitts.

Nuff said!View from our lovely stone cottage at Ottley's, former sugar plantation.  Hey, hey the monkeys outnumber people 2:1 here! They were brought by sailors from West Africa as pets.  Now monkeys devour island crops.  Despite thefact that St. [...]

The entire island is only 8 square miles of uberchic.Oooo!  La! La!  Very fashionable!St. Barth airport, rated the 3rd most dangerous com'l airport in the world.  Pilots have to have an instructor take them up for 10 [...]

"Foie Gras": duck liver pate.  "A Volunte": all you can eat.Rum is THE drink here - a byproduct of long gone sugarcane days...Mike staying fit walking the beach - back and forth, back and forth. Did [...]

An island of only 38 square miles, with 2 countries! The St Martin side of the island is governed by France, and the St Maarten side is governed by the Netherlands. Talk about a contentious [...]

We've had some close calls - these trips can be quite treacherous!! Mike is always seeking the "high activity adventure".

Trunk Bay in St. John - one of the top beaches in the Caribbean - 84 degree water!! Virgin Islands National Park in St. John. 40% of this national park is underwater!!! Have you ever seen [...]