'Who us? No, no way...'

Never work with animals or children, or so they say.  Well, what do ‘they’ know?  I’ve just come back from a dream press trip for Travel City Direct, taking four  influential journalists and their well – behaved (or was that the other way around?) children to the beautiful island of Antigua to see just what the best of the Caribbean has to offer to the discerning 10 year old.

The girls are gonna win it...

 

 

Quite a lot, so it turns out.  There was kayaking, sailing, and lots of snorkelling and swimming.  There was beach cricket, football matches in the sun and even a sandcastle building competition at the superb Rexplorers Kids’ Club at the Halcyon Cove by rex resorts. 

Watch out for the killer bees....

  There was whooping and splashing as they dive bombed off the back of a catamaran in a private beach cove during a circumnavigation of the island.  And there were the loudest screams ever to grace the Antiguan rainforest canopy as they soared through the trees on zip wires at the Antigua Rainforest Canopy Tour. 

And that was just the adults.

Add to this, an unlimited supply of interesting fruity drinks, a memorable souvenir hunting experience in the vibrant markets of St Johns, and some of the biggest breakfasts (complete with pancakes and syrup, mmm…) they’d ever consumed, and we had four happy kids and four equally happy parents.

Check out the images and the videos below, and see what we got up to…For more images, see our Flickr page

 

Could get used to this working during daylight hours!

Over here....

The kids relax on the cat

Last day in the sun