2/11/24 LIVE Super Bowl Sunday Cruise from Manhattan to Anitgua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Maarten...

[IntrepidFromDC]

I will probably have Bonsai Sushi tonight,  but here's the MDR menu.

[mets07]

The sky tonight with bottom slice of the moon...

 

[Haljo1935]

On 2/11/2024 at 4:46 PM, IntrepidFromDC said:

The atrium is beautiful but not huge. The symbol of Venice,  the winged lion, apparently is not impressed with the string trio and appears to either be mooning them or ready to take a dump.

Guess nobody signed off on that install. 🙄Hilarious !

[Haljo1935]

On 2/11/2024 at 8:31 PM, IntrepidFromDC said:

Nice map - wish I had seen that before my Venezia Canada New England NYC cruise.

[Haljo1935]

On 2/12/2024 at 3:20 PM, IntrepidFromDC said:

Last time I was on this ship I was suspended and my LIVE died, hopefully it's just a glitch and not me again. 

Yikes! I remember when that happened; was totally enjoying your LIVE then poof 💨 you were gone 🤷‍♀️ We were all so worried something had happened to you. Let's hope no repeat this time 🤞

[Haljo1935]

On 2/13/2024 at 8:12 AM, ninjacat123 said:

I think my Freedom Guys looks better than your Guys. But then I hadn’t eaten 5 meals that day🤣

Watch @ninjacat123 playing "show me yours and I'll show you mine!!"

Edited February 15 by Haljo1935
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[Haljo1935]

18 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Bonsai Teppanyaki for dinner did not disappoint.  Sorry I forgot to get a pic of the dessert bento box, it was beautiful and delicious, especially the pistachio cake.

You mean this...

[ninjacat123]

23 minutes ago, Haljo1935 said:

You mean this...

And you showed him yours🤣

[IntrepidFromDC]

First port day today,  Antigua. I learned I've been mispronouncing it all my life.  Pronounced like "Antiga".

[IntrepidFromDC]

I have a full island excursion and although we'll see a few of the 365 beaches Antigua is known for,  we'll only stop at one, Frye's Beach,  for 2 hours...

[IntrepidFromDC]

[IntrepidFromDC]

Today's fun times and last night's 3am pizza 

[IntrepidFromDC]

Heavenly Chaos Tours...they have 5 or 6 different excursions and pack a couple hundred people into a courtyard without individual tour signs so when one tour gets called to proceed to their bus, it's like  "human bumper cars".  The pier area is pretty without the "Carnival Shopping Gauntlet".

[IntrepidFromDC]

Our first stop was at a surviving member of British colonization home, on a mountaintop. She told us alot about her family history,  but nothing of historical interest. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

The patios and views were more interesting. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

There was a lot of livestock on the mountainside,  especially sheep.

[IntrepidFromDC]

I think this is Darkwoods Beach,  we slowed to take pics but didn't stop.

[IntrepidFromDC]

The tourguide had a lot of British bashing in his monologue which didn't go over too well with the 4 Brits and 2 expats on the  bus. Everytime theyd grumble at one of his jokes he'd say something funny like  "oh, we didn't think you'd come back.  The Antiguans won their independence from the British in 1976, more on that later. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

Our next stop was a pineapple plantation.  You see our tourguide standing next to a very spiky sandbox tree where the Brits would chain the slaves to the tree and beat them. The baby pineapple was cute, and the sample was better than the best fresh organic pineapple I've ever had at Wholepaycheck Foods. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

Next stop was Frye's Beach for a Carnival-quality lunch and 1.5 hours beach time.  The beach was great, the rum punch with local rum was good.  The food,  notsomuch.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Me at Frye's Beach 

[IntrepidFromDC]

As Jeff would say,  to be continued...

[wmp.dll]

Frye's Beach looks amazing. Gave me a few ideas of what to do when I stop in Tortola later this year. Love your review. 

[Stowaway LFC]

I'm still laughing at "wholepaycheck foods"! How true that is!

Edited February 16 by Stowaway LFC

[ninjacat123]

7 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Our next stop was a pineapple plantation.  You see our tourguide standing next to a very spiky sandbox tree where the Brits would chain the slaves to the tree and beat them. The baby pineapple was cute, and the sample was better than the best fresh organic pineapple I've ever had at Wholepaycheck Foods. 

Wholepaycheck Foods🤣