Take one Holiday with the Archers

We decided to catch the bus and go to meet them from the airport - although Sym could not find where their flight number was so we were not too sure which flight they were on - as it happens they were delayed five hours so we got there in enough time. We arrived in the hotel later in the evening so we had a few drinks on the beach and parted till the next morning cos everyone was a bit jet lagged. It was so lush to see them, and the kids had grown up so much just in the last year it was unreal. We made it over to the hotel around late morning to find them all in the pool on about their 8th cocktail (all inclusive rocks) walking up to the bar so freely, we would have gone crazy!!! We chilled out by the bar drinking and catching up for the rest of the day. Can you believe by the end of the day (apart from baby Jenson – who was wearing factor 40 odd) I was the whitest there…. The bums had only all gone and cheated, they had been on the bloody sun bed for weeks before they came and were bronzed up already. Cheating Rats!!

Sym and his nephew Brandon messing in the pool!!



Baby Jenson looking cute as ever!!!



We went to the restaurant with them that evening and had a meal out! It was quite expensive really, but the only option was ‘All you can eat buffet style’ so Sym took advantage and had, a whole rack of ribs, three steaks, two breasts of chicken and that’s not including all the rice, salad pasta and desserts (so I guess it was worth the dosh really) it felt really good to eat steak again, it was amazing!!!



The next day we decided to take them out sailing on the boat. We did not go far just around a few bays down to Grafton Bay were there was a gorgeous beach. The boys all went snorkelling round the rocks while Lisa, Jenson and I chilled out on the beach.



It was such a wicked day, the weather was gorgeous and Brandon loved the water and snorkelling, he picked it up really quickly considering it was his first time and he loved it on the boat…proper sea dog. Baby Jenson was a little bit poorly for the next few days. So we decided to chill out around the pool and on the boat until he was better before hiring a car to do a tour of the Island.

Those few days involved me and Lisa having a massage by Jackie on the beach ( highly recommended to anyone who goes there) which was the best ever….chilling out sunbathing and drinking lots of Pina Coladas….oh yeah not to forget to mention that me and Lisa being threatened on the beach. This local guy scared the shit out of us…calling us lying dogs and saying he was going to kill us. He was a complete nut job – One evening there was a turtle on the beach so he came to tell us and then demanded money…. We said no and he went all nutty. Oh well Sym and Bev went over and had strong words with him, but there was no reasoning with the guy so they went and called the hotel manager who said he is crazy and he would sort it out with the police. In all fairness we were a bit worried at first but that man never bothered us for the rest of the holiday…we only actually saw him once, cos I think he peed off all the other local guys cos they said its really bad for business…one guy even threatened to chop his arm off…NICE!!