GTW to St John's
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 2 Jun 2018 22:57
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Gatwick to Jolly Harbour, St
John's, Antigua
  We were very comfy in our Gatwick
digs but the time difference had us awake at three this morning. An easy stroll
to Virgin check-in, excited to be flying to Antigua on the ten thirty, eight
hour flight. Bear loved the name of our plane – Daydream Believer, very appropriate for what we hope to
achieve on our two week ‘holiday’, more on that later.
  Soon in the
air and up above the clouds, not bad food and
good films.
  Bear kept an eye on the map and there in the mist finally, the Caribbean
Sea, a couple of years earlier than planned.
  A few minutes later, the beautiful
blue and some coral
reefs.
  A first for us was landing at St John’s as we have only ever been here on Beez
Neez. Loads of planes landed at the same time so the queue for Immigration was
five zig-zags long. An hour and ten minutes and we were stamped in. The queue
behind us filled to brimming and the five zig-zags were chocker. Lennox met us
and as he had others coming in, he handed us over to his friend. Ten minutes
later we saw Jack’s Hill for the first time in eight
years.
  Twenty minutes later we arrived at
Sleeping Indian Retreat, Villa 234D Jolly Harbour, St
John’s. In the front door, welcomed by Kathy of TT and a long awaited view of
the Sleeping Indian Hill through the patio
doors.
  Upstairs to settle
Beds and empty a case in the second bedroom,
quick cuppa and out for supplies.
 Case in hand for supermarket
shopping, we could not resist turning right at the end of the cul-de-sac.
We will just check that the
beach is still there and get some sand between our
toes.
  Looking left at
Lignum Vitae Bay and looking right. Now for
the ten minute bimble to the shops.
  En route to the shops a sunbird stopped what he was doing to ‘welcome’
us.
 Shopping put away, did look a bit
weird to the locals as we had used a suitcase (they do not give out plastic bags
at the supermarket anymore). That done, we walked to the end of the fifty foot
dock and looked right toward the far end of the
channel, turning right would be to the marina.
 Upstairs with a cup of tea to take a
proper look at Sleeping Indian Hill. We are now five
hours behind UK time but our bodies remain in Malaysian time, twelve hours
ahead. Oh my, we are so tired and managed to get to half past eight and that was
that. Night, Night.........
ALL IN ALL THRILLED TO BE
BACK IN JOLLY HARBOUR
VERY
EXCITING |