If Ned Flanders had a pub...

We have discovered an Irish pub in St Johns, Antigua (Shamaroony's). They are playing the world cup matches on the telly there. It's best to order the local beers though. I watched on as the bartender poured my warm Guinness out of a can, that doesn't quite fill a pint glass.


English Flag draped over the balcony!


Warm Guinness .....

Weekend at Airport

I have just spent the weekend stuck in the Orlando international airport, waiting for Nelle to arrive. Well, at least I was staying in a hotel located inside the airport. Killing time included looking at all the shops, which were really, Disney, Sea World and Kennedy Space centre stores repeating themselves. The food court was the place I would get my daily $14 tuna sandwich. It was also fun watching the McDonald's staff try to understand what I was asking for, my accent must be really thick ! I have been mistaken for being from England, South Africa, Ireland and Massachusetts since being here and no-one has picked Australian !

I watched a world cup match (Sweden Vs T&T) at the fox sports bar, where the 2 bartenders supplied me with Fosters and went on about what a great band Wolfmother are (after establishing I was Australian).

Then Janelle turned up and all was right in the world again. The first thing she did was get a picture taken out the front of the Disney Store.....

Back In America

I'm back in America for the next few days. I arrived in Orlando on Saturday night. On Sunday I went ot the Epcot Centre, which is one of the "lands" at Disney World. There was a ride there that I think would be the closest you could ever get to the sensation of flying. The ride was called "soaring".



Soaring !

Separated At Birth ?

Neville and Dad.

Strange Television

One interesting thing about being overseas is to be able to see what sort of TV shows are on in another country. In Antigua, you really only get a stream of US stations. One of these channels is a Christian channel. On this station I have seen some amusing things (like the fitness show, which is just 3 guys stepping from side to side for half an hour!), but the weirdest show so far has to be "Bibleman". From what I can gather, he is some sort of mutant protestant who fights evil with a light saber and quotes from the bible.


Waiting for a showdown with Quranman!

SS Washington

During the week, the SS Washington was in Antigua. It's the first time I've seen an Aircraft Carrier. The town was full of US sailors for the week, so all the good places to eat were always full. The ship has a crew of 6000. Pretty cool to see it out in the water. (See Pic).


I took this from an old fort which used to protect the harbor.