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Caribbean: Day 4

James — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:00:52 +0000

Today was our last day of the vacation. It was too short… Anyway, I slept in as usual, and when I got up everyone was just about to head back to the beach to go to George’s for lunch. I have to say they have good burgers there. After lunch, my sister and I headed back to the boat and she decided it was time for some water sports.

Being the guy who likes to take lots of pictures, I grabbed my camera and hopped on the tender. I took 197 pictures. A lot of them were out of focus, so I had to throw those away. There were a few good ones though. Halfway through my battery died, so I had to go back on board and charge it. Thankfully, one of the crew members, Angie, had the same camera as me and let me borrow her charged battery! I don’t have the gallery up on this site at the moment, so ask me for the photos if you want to see some of them.

That evening we had dinner on board for our last night. We should have done it more often, because the chef was amazing. She made a wonderful filet, with a great presentation on top of that. For dessert we had a freshly made creme brulee, which was wonderful.

It was a nice relaxing evening, and then we had to pack up and get ready to leave the next day at 7 AM.

Caribbean: Day 3

James — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

This morning we set sail for Anguilla early in the day. It’s about a two hour cruise over, and we arrived around noon. On the way over, we had lunch on the top deck since it’s difficult to eat on shore when you’re cruising. After we arrived and the captain checked us into the country, we headed back over to Cap Juluca, a resort on the island.

We anchored out in the bay, and went in to the island for the evening. There’s a great bar and restaurant on shore called George’s, so we sat down there for a little bit, had some Pina Coladas, and just relaxed.

We went back to the boat, got ready for dinner, and then again back to the beach for dinner at Pimms, another restaurant. Dinner was so so, the striploin I ordered wasn’t the best I’ve had. I guess that’s what I get for being used to eating filet mignons and New York strips. It was a fun and relaxing evening though.

After dinner we went back to the boat, and everyone watched some movie. I don’t remember which movie because I honestly wasn’t paying attention to it. That was all for the day!

Caribbean: Day 2

James — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 05:00:06 +0000

Today was the second day of our trip. Everyone woke up earlier than me… I woke up around noon. We had already left the dock and were over at a wonderful cove. The crew set up a barbeque on the beach for us, and we relaxed there for a few hours. Around four we were all back on the boat, and cruised back to Port Gustavia.

We all relaxed and rested until around 8, and then headed out to the Eden Rock Hotel for dinner. It’s an amazing location. There are two restaurants, one on the beach, and another built up on a cliff. We were up on the cliff, overlooking the ocean. It had a really nice view. Dinner was wonderful, a great salad and then an amazing steak. Desert was just okay, it would have been better if they didn’t put a sparkler in my cake… Crazy birthday people. It had bits of metal left in it from the sparkler. They brought out another desert for all of us afterwards, which was amazing. I have no idea what it was, so I’m not going to try to describe it.

Tomorrow we’re sailing for Anguilla, and going to be staying there for the rest of the trip.

Caribbean: Day 1

James — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:00:43 +0000

Today was day one of our trip to St. Bartholemy. We woke up at 8 AM, headed over to Opa Locka Airport, and met up with the Bruckheimers on their airplane. Flying time: 3 and a half hours.

Once we landed in St. Maarten, we drove to the boat we’re staying on, the Chevy Toy. As soon as we got on the boat, we pulled anchor and cruised over to St. Bartholemy. Cruising time: 1 hour.

It was nice to find out that we’re able to get an internet connection in the port, as it makes writing a travel log on my website very easy! It’s very slow, but it does the job. Jerry was pretty happy about it too since he needs to keep up on his emails – he’s a busy man. Also, it’s kind of funny that there’s six Macs on board. I have one, my dad has one, Jerry has one, his wife Linda has one, the captain has one, and so does the first mate. I’m not sure about the rest of the crew, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more. That’s a whole lot of Apple.

We relaxed for a while, and then went out to dinner at a restaurant named Maya. I looked at the menu, and the whole thing was in French… We had to have the waitress explain everything. They wound up having an amazing Chicken dish served in a coconut milk sauce with lemongrass. It was absolutely awesome. Desert for me was a flourless chocolate cake, which again was awesome. After dinner, we drove back to the boat, and relaxed some more.

Later that night we popped in a movie, namely Munich. The screener was provided courtesy of Jerry. It was an absolutely amazing movie. If you haven’t seen it, go see it. I think it’s still in theaters.