in today's video we're taking you to a little island in the Caribbean Antigua
it had been a few years since we lost travel to the Caribbean so to say we
were excited was an understatement and because our visit also happened to
coincide with Antigua sailing week there was quite literally even more reason to
celebrate so in this video we're going to show you some fun things to do in
Antigua and take you along to some of the sailing week related activities
alright guys it is our first morning here on the island we're staying at the
verandah Resort beautiful sunny day we're doing like one dilemma right now
deciding between the pool or the beach tough call guys but we've got to make it
cool pool first and then Beach because there's a restaurant with a grill yeah
and yeah we've already got lunch on line here so a little bit of splashing around
and then we're gonna eat so first order of business I need to ensure my redhead
doesn't burn on his first day on the island or then he'll leave me alone
to go to the beach by myself there are some advantages disadvantages I sincere
I up like a lobster so if you need to seek out she I will be jumping in the
pool anyway it's excellent let's do it and how's that water Audrey the water is
refreshing it felt a little bit chilly when I first got in and now that I'm
actually in the pool you should come and join me okay so that
was the pool next up each time each time
alright guys so we have now made it over to the main beach here at our resort and
it's pretty cool it looks like you can do a whole bunch of watersports they
have catamarans kayaks paddle boats I think we're probably gonna save that for
tomorrow right now I just want to go into the water because it's this
turquoise like crystal-clear color and it's just a little too inviting
also guys I don't think I've mentioned yet that Kieran Antigua they have 365
beaches that's one beach for every day of the
year and we're just enjoying one of them that's great imagine making that your
project for the year to be a new Beach of that would be a dream dream my
friends so it's funny how quickly the weather changes when you're on a
tropical island like the pad sunshine blue skies - just a few moments ago and
now is like rain showers happening so you found some cover ordered some food
that is here thank you very much that's great timing thank you thank you
best timing ever yes we order two cheeseburgers fries for having coconut
smoothies time not craving a burger after all that swimming
how is that a surveilled deal nice and juicy burger love the cheese at it
lots of barbecue sauce freshness and the juiciness level of the vegetables is a
nice burger it's a nice burger today we are taking part in chase the race we are
here in Antigua during Antigua sailing week so all week long everyone's been
racing around the island yeah today we're gonna get to see one race it's all
about race the big day the catamaran there in the back we're gonna spend the
day out at sea I think we're also gonna have lunch at some point and then I've
heard we may be stopping runners at beach time so the race is about to begin
we've got all the sailboats out on the water and we're just following along
number one tip I can give you guys bring a gravel okay my gravel is proof puncher
of no but it's really cool like the water looks beautiful it's like this
deep blue and all the sailboat I threw out I can't believe how many sailboats
are are yeah animal everywhere you look Antigua
sailing week started back in 1968 when a group of friends decided to hold a
regatta because quite a feeling the group worked in the tourism industry the
objective of the regatta was to extend the winter season by getting people to
stay on the island just a little bit longer and well today it's become one of
the biggest events of the year sigh first when we've chased the race and now
it's time just to jump into the water and enjoy it do this it is now time for
lunch
we just finished enjoying a wonderful swim the water was so warm
although I'm not feeling anymore great food is ready they just called us in so
we're having some rice and beans fried fish you have a macaroni pie some garlic
breads sweet potatoes chicken this is looking great it's been a wonderful day
I think we still have some more
and because the ceiling week celebrations were happening we also got
to enjoy it reggae in the park featuring international artists all right guys so
the plan this afternoon is to take a cooking class we have signed up for a
cooking with rum course out of the Kohl's table so excited to learn how to
cook with rum we've never done it before never never never so let's go try it
it's no secret that we love to eat so we were very excited to learn how to
prepare a few Caribbean dishes all of them featuring them cooking with rum so
we've got the recipes our group is already in there getting started but I'm
going to let you know what we're gonna be preparing today so coconut crisps and
plantain chips sweet potato soup with rum rum we're good then we're having a
rum and brown sugar marinated flank steak with onion jam yeah we've already
worked on that yes we have and plantains wrapped in bacon red beans and rice
a rainbow garden salad and then for dessert a butter rum cake like seriously
that's the menu that's the menu what do you make a marinade I believe sugar
mustard yeah you're just working it
everyone hard-working here in the kitchen I came all the way over here
just an in-between all the cooking there was also time for a rum tasting which
was a pleasant surprise we're trying an assortment from all over
like this particular one it's two Waterloo yeah we're trying local ones
from Antigua were also trying French ones as well and other ones in the
Caribbean all over it's fantastic the meal turned out wonderful and we really
enjoyed getting to share it with other travelers we had seconds thirds and then
it was time for a mouth-watering cake
last but not least rum cake OMG and it's like soaked up all the rum
alright guys so it is a Sunday night and there's only one place to be here in
Antigua shirley heights this is where everyone gathers it doesn't matter if
you're a local or you're a tourist there's live music barbecue rum I think
we should probably some from an incredible sunset yes
that's why we came
we are now just following this little trail that heads down from Shirley
Heights and we are getting some amazing views the Sun is about to go down we've
got some golden light you can see the whole harbor yeah just wait for that
wait for that alright guys so another day here in Antigua we spent the morning
at the beach and then by the pool cooling off with a few drinks and right
now we're at galley Bay it's another resort really close to st. John's the
capital so we're gonna be having lunch here and then afterwards if the rain
holds off the plan is to actually go into st. John's and see a bit of the
capital you know show you the town
balls links out seriously it's Marisol back
cheers to bromancing Rob are you explain what you got I have the it's called the
trio of home smoked fish missing yellowfin tuna there's some Marlin in
there and there's some swordfish looks good
looks really good and I've got a hummus trio over here and it's got intersecting
chips and I'll do what do you have
yeah it's got a nice rich let's do it and you can really taste the beans so
this is a really nice appetizer I'm glad it's like you baby one up lots of room
for the main dessert eating on camera uh I feel pretty good I don't know which
ones which but we're gonna go for this one this one's caught my eye
I think this is the recognize if you're gonna be on an island why not
malicious it's got a pesto sauce and some small red potatoes awesome I really
gotta say I got you got envy of me and I've got each other's dishes so we
decided to do a roasted condiment donut with papaya and mango lion marinated
with the rum also a coconut cream and some fresh sliced coconuts
so dessert has arrived and the coolest thing we've got a ton of fruit oh yeah
I'm not touching that I'm just going in
was a big bite oh it's really good all right guys it is time for dinner
here on the island tonight we're eating at the pineapple of beach club this is
our first time over to this resort even though it's like right across from ours
the veranda and they have a restaurant called
the outhouse all right guys for tonight's dinner we're having another
Caribbean a barbecue so I grabbed a little bit of everything was ready at
the moment you I got some ribs you know what I just want to point something out
I think we may be the first people sir I'm the first person eating I didn't
wait till they call anyone oh the ultimate foodie barbecue ribs salad yeah
we have a pasta salad with pesto we have some corns cooked on the grill so yeah
this all is looking wonderful it's a bit windy up here I have to say we're like
up on a hill we do get some lovely views yeah we've got a lovely blue arter right
now this is at let's dig into your ribs that's what I'm waiting for him oh man
get after it check this out Wow looks so good
just stop up some sauce get after it please do I'm so tender and the barbecue
sauce is so sweet oh my gosh the ribs corn-on-the-cob different solids I've
even got steak here there's a piece of beef this is only my first plate and
last but not least we made some time to visit the capital of Antigua st. John's
holding us back a few days yes so ya know really excited to be here
they have lots of colorful buildings so we're just gonna walk around see what we
find maybe cool off with a drink at some
point so this place a big banana was recommended to us we're not quite hungry
yet no one in ten pizzas will be back for food and I don't ever really need an
excuse to eat pizza though
initially our plan had been to try and find some Caribbean food in town but
everyone kept suggesting big banana so that's where we ended up so we've been
walking around maybe an hour anyways in gone
hot out there in the Sun so we came back to big banana smoothie time I got the
strawberry smoothie Sam went with a coconut crush this drink has become a
tradition here at the resort yeah I don't even want to know how many I
thought I want to know what's the max number of coconut crushes you had in one
day one day beautiful for sure they're really good it's basically coconut cream
yeah yeah and how about yours
mine is really good its strawberries ice and really refreshing so yeah now we're
just waiting for the pizzas because apparently at big banana you order pizza
that's what they are known for so Sam and I have decided to share our pizzas
because they both look so good yeah we just couldn't resist getting a little
bit of each yeah so you got the pepperoni one I got the pepperoni one
yours it's loaded with meat it looks mighty
fine from over here yeah pepperoni I could say so okay what's going on as
this Pizza is called the meat lovers oh my gosh they did not skimp out on the
top end if you take a look down here I know that we've got I think there's
chicken there's pulled pork there's beef and maybe even old sorry sausage sausage
I should say so there is a lot going on and I have pepperoni - ah
wrong it's really meaty but it's also really
cheesy too and I really like the sauce here nice crust
guys it's just a really really good quality pizza here and oh definitely
come and get a slice here it's really tasty that's a big banana a big banana
yeah and that's a wrap for Antigua we hope you guys enjoyed exploring this
Caribbean island with us and be sure to let us know what island you'd like to
see us explore next wishing you happy travels and we'll see you in the next
video
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