Philip Dacey

Antigua was probably the poorest island that we visited this trip. They only get a cruise ship in the summer every other week. We ate breakfast then followed our standard procedure of getting a taxi to a beach. Antigua has 365 beaches as the driver informed us. He drove us to Dickenson Bay Beach on the Caribbean, which is also the site of a Sandals Resort. One nice but quasi-socialist, part of the Caribbean islands is that all of the beaches are public, meaning we could swim with the Sandals resort elite. This beach was classic Caribbean, white sand, blue, calm water etc. The cab fare was $10 and renting the chairs was another $10. This public beach also had many waterspout amenities including snorkeling.

On the way back, we asked the cab driver to let us off at the St. John’s Cathedral. He instructed us on how to walk back to the pier which was a nice walk through town. This island seemed less touristy than others, probably because of the lack of consistent cruise ships. St. John’s Cathedral is an old, prominent site in the town with great views, but it has fallen into disrepair. They do not have the money to keep it up, and windows are broken, gravestones crushed, no landscaping etc… I’m glad we saw it anyway.

Check out the shore excursions available in Antigua.
Antigua Shore Excursions

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