Honeymoonin'

Happy hump day! :) I finally got a much needed good night sleep last night, I had been up tossing and turning the past two nights and it just made the days much harder to get through! Today I’m going to talk about the beautiful Antigua; and I’m going to talk about it because this is where we are going on our honeymoon!! Mr. Tan Lines and I are beyond excited to honeymoon on an island consistently listed on the best places to honeymoon list or most romantic locations to visit list. Antigua is a beautiful little island located in the West Indies that’s just 108 sq miles of beautiful! It’s a popular stop on western Caribbean cruises and easily accessible from any major airport.

I was originally set on honeymoonin’ in Aruba, but after some talks with our travel agent she really believed we wouldn't receive the honeymoon experience we were looking for. So she gave us a list of about seven different islands in the Caribbean that she thought would do the trick. After about an hour of research I fell in love with Antigua. It still had that “One Happy Island” feel and the pictures were breathtaking. I loved that you could rent a car and explore the entire island in just half a day; and that it was safe and common to do this.

There are several locations throughout the island that are must see attractions. One such location is Shirley Height’s, which is an array of military buildings but also offers the best views of English Harbor and the Naval Station, Nelson’s Dockyard. It’s also the place to be on Sunday nights as the best sunset views are seen from here and the best party is thrown!

It really wasn’t a difficult decision to make; we both just love laying out on the beach all day and relaxing by the pool. We're "the sun & the sand, a drink in my hand with no bottom" kind of people  :) We didn’t need a lot of extra activities to do, however most resorts like the one we are staying at offer all types of water sports and excursions. And when you see the pictures it’s not hard to see why we were sold on it! We spent a week in the Dominican Republic last May, which I’ll talk about next week and we wanted something that was very similar to that experience because we had the perfect week. We were looking for a resort with both beach and pool options, we wanted something all-inclusive and we wanted something that had both nightly activities and the option to get lost in corner booth somewhere :) the resort we found has all of those things and we are so excited! Only 173 till we’re soaking up the Antiguan sun!