Travel and Lifestyle Blog
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Antigua and Barbuda, and wouldn’t hesitate to stay at the Verandah Resort & Spa again in the future, a nice little hideaway. I’ll miss the butterflies, and pretty beaches. Farewell Antigua, until next time….. 😘
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Devil’s Bridge on the atlantic coast, with plenty of crashing waves Betty’s Hope Sugar Plantation Roots Views of Montserrat in the distance
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Go on organised excursions to learn more about your destination, stretch beyond the limits of your resort. If you have a room with a view, order a meal to your room and eat out on the balcony. Keep a journal of your travels, thoughts, experiences to reflect back on in the […]
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Just a few minutes walk from the Verandah Resort & Spa takes you to Long Bay beach. The white sand and turquoise water looks far better in real life than it does in the pictures below. Click here for Bloglovin’ link SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave
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Fancy a bit of beach talk? Beach stalkers, athletic prowess and crab encounters perhaps….
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A quiet hotel on Grand Anse beach. The staff are generally friendly and polite (with the exception of one housekeeping lady who beat on my hotel room door one evening, with such force and persistence I thought maybe the hotel was burning down or the police had some urgent matter to discuss […]
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After long flight, rude staff at Maurice Bishop International Airport is the last thing you need. Nobody expected to be greeted with the rude and hostile attitude of some ‘female’ immigration staff we encountered, and these women were and embarrassment to Grenada. What a welcome!! Perhaps these staff did not wish […]
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Make the night before your flight as stress free as possible with these tried and tested tips.
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Little Ochie in Jamaica takes you away from the tourist heavy hot spots, offering freshly cooked food, including fish straight from the ocean and a relaxed atmosphere for an idle afternoon watching the waves.
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Most of us are probably a mixture of types, depending on where we are, the mood we’re in, and who we are with. On the whole, I’d say I’m the ‘photographer type’, I just can’t stop taking pictures of everything when I’m on holiday. I carry about 20 memory cards, […]
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Rick’s Cafe, is one of the most popular tourist spots to hang out in Negril. Pull up by road or boat (try both). Get drinks Watch daring divers Be a daring diver Listen to live music Watch the most amazing sunsets Job done. The sunsets were some of the best I’ve […]
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RIU hotels are known for being pretty standard wherever you go and this one in Negril, Jamaica was a typical all inclusive beach front style with spacious rooms , mountains of food and brilliant entertainment each evening. Rooms were spread over four blocks along the beach strip with a fair […]
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Margaritaville is a 5 minute drive down Norman Manley Boulevard from the Riu Negril resorts. Some hotels, like Riu Negril, will call the Margaritaville bus to come and pick you up from your hotel and the drop you off again at scheduled times throughout the day/evening. Here you will find […]
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Firstly, the answer is no. Right now, I am not making any serious plans to go on a cruise, I merely went along last weekend out of curiosity and I must say, I came away rather inspired. River cruises are all the rage, the ‘new black’ if you like! Honestly, […]
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Tobago is a small quiet Caribbean island, physically separate from Trinidad, but part of the same country – Trinidad and Tobago, where calypso and the steel drums began. I read somewhere that Trinidad and Tobago is good for mud spas – I didn’t really come across this but I can […]
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Despite the frightening March 2015 incident that took place in Tunisia’s capital a week before, we went ahead with our all inclusive holiday to Sousse (just under 2 hrs from the capital, in one of the quieter tourist areas). We thought it was probably one of the safest times to […]
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