Here's us daringly "MIT"-ing on Devil's Bridge. I'm in the M.


Leland and I took out one of the sailboats on the island and sailed along the beach. We were looking to claim new territory or overtake other ships. Yarrrr.

In the middle of the capital of St. John's, there is a huge head statue in memory of VC Bird, the first Prime Minister of Antigua.

We went to Rosie's birthday party while on the island. This is the woman behind the making of Susie's Hot Sauce, the unofficial hot sauce of Antigua. After diagnosing her small business and giving her recommendations and templates on how to better track her sales and expenditures, we nearly cleared out her inventory buying 130+ bottles of sauce from her!

We are sitting in a presentation much like that of the Salem Witch Museum learning about the history of Antigua. I look super tan!

Here's us going out to a posh bar one of the first nights in town. No, that isn't a huge glass of wine, but a very expensive glass of Diet Coke. I paid more for Diet Cokes than people paid for cocktails on the island!

And of course, I couldn't leave Antigua without taking advantage of the duty free shopping! Here is my diamond and tanzanite ring I got for bargain basement prices!

Here is a group shot after our first night's dinner at Coconut Grove. You can see we are all a little pale to begin with.

Of course I got a little time in at the local casino :)

Another great pic at sunset at Shirley's Heights. The sky looks like cotton candy.

You may not be able to tell, but this is a wave crashing up to me as someone tried to take my pic at a place called Devil's Bridge. Slaves on the island would try to escape via the bridge, though often drowned after falling off. You can see why I was so skittish.

Here's me and Leland having a laugh at the little private tables our resort set up on the beach. We were doing our best Vogue poses though I think it is fitting for the next issue of Conde Nast Traveller.

Antigua-nized

All these pics are out of order, but great shots nonetheless.


Manny, me and Marlon at sunset at Shirley Heights where there is a steel drum/reggae/bbq party every sunday on the island.

Me and Manny at a club on the water called The Coast. Talk about listening to mid 90's hip hop/reggae/R&B!

Marlon's parents hosted a party for us within the first nights in Antigua. They rented a steel drum band and got catered food, complete with Susie's Hot Sauce! Here is me harkening back to my steel drum days, though clearly I don't remember how to play them.

This is a view from our tour on Culture Day as we walk the grounds around Nelson's Dockyard.

This is the view from my hotel room where we stayed at the Jolly Beach Hotel Resort. It was an all inclusive resort with various beaches and restaurants and buffets. I think we all got sick of the breakfast at Hemisphere's, but we enjoyed our time on the beach!

Back from Antigua!

I'm back safe and sound from the land of sun and sea! Here is a group shot of the students and faculty after our last meal on the island at a place called Abracadabra. I'm pretty tired after travel and such, so I'll post more pics later after I recover!

For real...

To be continued... :)

Spring Break! woo! Well, sort of...

I know it's been forever since I've blogged, but the first half of the spring semester is over (woohoo!). With the hellish Finance midterm behind me, I now we go into a one week period called Sloan Innovation Period and then into Spring Break. However, I've co-organized a study tour combining both weeks into a working trip to Antigua. How convenient! So I'll be gone from 3/18 to 3/27 balancing working on a projects for local businesses with outings including windsurfing, shopping, cultural intake, and sun bathing! Should it start to hail or blizzard next week, take comfort in the fact I am most likely swinging in a hammock sipping a virgin stawberry daquiri shielding the blinding sun from my eyes with my laptop. Life at Sloan is truly rough.... :)