Blog #5 - A Cruise Around the Island

Thursday, 17 February 2011.  Today we went for a cruise around Antigua on a catamaran.  The circumnavigation of the island took about six hours and although the weather was windy and cloudy, it turned out to be a very nice day with enough sun to get a sunburn on unprotected parts.  We booked our cruise with Treasury Island Cruises.  Here is a picture of the catamaran from their web site at http://www.treasureislandcruises.ag/

We had one stop on a beach where we went snorkeling on a reef.  Again we saw lots of nice tropical fish and quite a few conch shells.  I wanted to bring one home, but there was somebody living inside of each of the conch shells I found.  Here are some of the pictures from our cruise.

Waiting on the beach for our ship to come in.

Sandy and Kristin pause before wading out to the catamaran.  The water was up to mid-thigh before we reached the ladder underneath the boat.

Sandy and Kristin found a nice spot for us on deck where we had a great view for the day, but were not too close to get wet from the spray (except for one dousing).



The Wadadli Cats catamaran waits on the beach for our boat to pull away.  The Wadadli Cats was from another cruise company and sailed parallel to our boat for much of the trip.



The Sandals Resort was our starting and return point for the circumnavigation.  It was a 40 minute taxi ride from our resort.

A picture of our mast that I took while lying on the deck on my back.

Our guides told us that this house on one of the small islands offshore from Antigua, belongs to Oprah.

The old fort at English Harbour.