Antigua part 3

Well since writing last Dave and I have joined the Antiguan fashion of having a few bites and our legs look like dot to dot. Our arms haven't been unaffected although not as bad as our legs. I dread to think how bad they would have been without insect repellent 😬.

Yesterday we had a lazy day. We were supposed to go scuba diving but unfortunately the guide was sick. We did manage a little snorkel off the beach although there is not much to see here as  it is all sand.  

Food and drink has been never ending it feels. I think my liver has had a bit of a culture shock with the rum punches and tequila sunrises!!  It hasn't been all lazy as we played water volleyball yesterday and Tuesday which was good fun. Tuesday night my arms were feeling it! Dave learned a harsh lesson when we played on Tuesday; he is always very careful in the sun, covers up and goes indoors however Tuesday he jumped in the pool to play volleyball forgetting to apply sun cream!!! He is tender to say the least, I burnt with a factor 30 so he really did suffer - he's worn a long sleeved rash best since!

Tuesday evening I had my first try of Lobster and loved it.........expensive taste 😁.  We were in a restaurant on the beach. It was lovely listening to the sea as we were eating.

Last night we strolled on the beach and took some sunset photos. I'm looking forward to seeing those on the computer

Today we went out on a boat - Antigua Adventures, on an Eco tour.  Dave and I were the only people until we reached St John's Harbour where a huge cruise ship was moored, the Royal Princess, it was massive.  An American couple who joined us were on it and said it was amazing.

During our Eco-tour we stopped in the bay of Long Island which is pretty exclusive.  A few famous people have property there apparently. If you want to stay in a little hut there you are looking at $8000 per night......of course Dave and I have booked on 😂😂😂.  

We also went to see the mangroves which are an important part of the Eco-system, here we spotted an eagle ray, there were some other rays in the water which we spotted while sailing.

We swam, we climbed Hells Gate which is a large rock where the Carribean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean. That was pretty amazing. We then went to an island which is home to the only snakes in Antugua called Bird Island. We didn't see the snakes but saw a few lizards which the snakes feed on, a few with short tails which is due to the snakes taking them off!!  We saw the local birds Frigates which are huge sea birds and we saw birds that nest here but have their habitat is in Bermuda. We had lunch here then off to do some snorkelling. On return to the boat we were greated with rum punch then headed back.  

Tonight dinner was a BBQ accompanied by a steel band which was great to listen to.

Now we're off to bed as we have a land tour booked tomorrow 😄