Scenes Around Sandals

December 9 - 16, 2006

 

As we walked around the grounds, we took pictures...  The place is obviously beautiful, with lots of shrubbery and flowers, and the vistas are dramatic.  (The numbers are picture numbers for reference.)

 

1961  The entrance to our building

 

1962 Our swimming pool (There were 4 of them.)

1963  Skip on the stairs up to our building

 

1965  A two-room building

 

1967  The bridge to the swim-up pool bar

 

1968  The pool bar

 

1969  The grounds

 

1970  A construction crane over the roof

 

1971  The grounds

 

 

1973  The path from our building to the central area

 

1975  A wedding gazebo

 

1976  A path (duh) with arches

 

1977  The beachfront at last

 

 

1978  The beaches in Antigua are public, so there is limited access from Sandals

 

1979

 

1980

 

1982  Looking south

 

1983  Looking north

 

1984

 

1985  Sandals' sail boats

 

1986  The main dining room, where we ate breakfast

 

1987  Outside the main dining room

 

 

1988  The waterfall in the main dining room

 

1989  Another view of the waterfall

 

1990  The main dining room from the inside

 

 

1991  A gazebo, where part of Jodi and Frank's wedding was held.

 

1993  Bougenvilla as seen from the gazebo above

 

1994  The waterfall as seen from the gazebo above

 

1998

 

 

1999  The main bar from the courtyard.  The ocean is beyond it.

 

2000  The courtyard, where the entertainment is held

 

2001  Sculpture in the main reception area

2002

 

2003

 

2008  The gym, where we worked out each day

 

2009  Sequence of sunset pictures from the balcony of our room

 

2011

 

2012

 

2013

 

2014

 

2015

 

2016

 

2017  The pool below our room

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2029  The courtyard at night

 

2034

 

2035  The Tuesday night chocolate buffet fountain

 

2036  The fruit to be dipped

 

 

2037  The chocolate buffet was a disappointment compared to Sandals Whitehouse, where they had hundreds of chocolate confections, as well as a fountain

 

2039  Frank and Jodi, the evening before their wedding.

 

 

 

2040

 

2041  Jodi took these pictures

 

2042  The buffet was a disappointment, but we had fun anyhow

 

2043

 

 

2044

 

2045

 

2046

 

2047

 

2048

 

2049

 

2051  The pool and hot tub for our building

 

 

2053 The pool, the construction, and our building as seen from our balcony

 

2055  Our room, unmade up

 

2056  The food area is at the left

 

2149  Holidays in the heat

 

2150

 

2151

 

2152

 

2153  Yes, the tree, not the camera, is tilted

 

2154  The gift shop

 

 

2155  Another sunset, from the beach

 

2156

 

2157

 

2158

 

2159

 

2161  The courtyard, decorated for Xmas

 

2163  The main entrance

 

2164

 

2165  Our dinner in the Italian restaurant on our last night there

 

                                   

 

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