Another early flight leaving New York at 7.30 am for Antigua. However, it was a flight of just under four hours and there was no time difference from New York.
We landed just before midday and after collecting our luggage and getting some local currency, we went to get a taxi to our resort. This was only about 30 minutes from the airport.
The taxi dropped us off just outside Siboney Beach Club; there was a path leading into the resort, which led to the beach and to the left was reception. The first sight of the beach was amazing, white sand and turquoise blue sea.
We went to reception, and after the usual paperwork, we were shown to our room, which turned out to consist of a bedroom, bathroom, living area and a kitchen area. We were more than happy. Also our room was literally seconds away from the beach, but then again none of the rooms in this small resort are exactly far from the beach!
After settling in, we changed into our swimming gear and went to explore. The Siboney Beach Club sits next to the Sandals Hotel an adults only resort and both are situated on Dickenson Bay.
The beach was even better now we had chance to see it properly. There was also a swimming pool, which we sat by on one day, but the beach was so beautiful that it would have been insane to sit round the pool for more than just one day, even though it was set in a lovely garden area.
We found the local grocery store, a two minute walk from our resort, where we could buy snacks, bottled water and beer.
The weather on arrival was a bit overcast, but very warm and we also had a couple of short sharp showers.
There is a beach front bar / restaurant, which is operated independently of the hotel. The food was very good and we ended up eating there every night. We had breakfast here most mornings which they served up to 11am, such a civilised time!
We did toy with the idea of visiting the capital, St Johns, and perhaps hiring a small catamaran from the Sandals resort, but the beach was so lovely, the weather after the first day absolutely glorious that we decided that just chilling on the beach was just what we wanted to do after our hectic time in San Francisco and New York.
Sun loungers were provided, but shade was limited to the few trees on the beach - unfortunately, parasols were not provided - but we managed to get under the trees as the beach was blissfully not crowded and any other tourists on the beach seemed happy to sit out in the blistering heat. The temperature of the sea was like getting into a warm bath, fantastic!
Out of all the beaches on this third leg, Antigua has definitely turned out to be the most beautiful, romantic and idyllic of the ones we have visited and it has been a great way to round off the last part of our round the world trip.
We are both looking forward now to going home, seeing family and friends, watching the Olympics and getting back to normal life before returning to work.
We also need time to look back at all we have seen and done on our travels since January, as we did not really get to do this in between trips. There will also be the mammoth task of sorting through photos (we have taken a few!) and compiling albums of the best - what a task, but a great way to relive our experiences.
I feel so lucky and privileged to have seen and done so much in the last few months and to have shared these wonderful experiences with Dave.
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