All this has now finally (30 years on) been pulled down to make way for Rosewood Hotels to build some Villas in place of the hotel (I would imagine they will be much more resilient to the adverse weather there) I wanted them to built a hotel but sadly not

My home village no less.

My wife and I were married there in late July 95; it was simple but so beautiful and the staff were so lovely; the lady for the shop was one of our bridesmaids and a waiter my best man! We spent a magical 3 weeks there and met so many grest new friends from all over the world; almost 30 years later, it is the best place we have ever visited,.and i can't believe it will ever be beaten in our eyes. We were lucky, just a few days later Hurricane Erin came in and took the hotel,. although I understand no one was hurt there. Whilst the footage is a little disturbing, I'm glad this most fabulous of locations has not been spoilt, like much else of Antigua. Thank you Half Moon Bay Hotel, your memories will be with us forever 💝

Nice one! Makes it look better tbh! Lived in hunters drive round corner from there so spent a lot of good times here.

We also spent our honeymoon there in 1985. Lots of fond memories, so peaceful and serene. Breakfast on our balcony every morning, and sightseeing with Clarence our driver. Need to get back to Antigua…

Loved this hotel and the beach. Attended 4 or 5 times so it is very special to me. Sad to see the damage. Beautiful site and beach as well.

Visited 4 or 5 times. Loved it. Have many fond memories. So incredibly sad to see what has happened to this special place....😢

Thanks for this, my wife n I were married here on 25.07.1995, and left the hotel just as hurricane Erin (?) was building, we were lucky to have been some of the last guests in this wonderful place.

Hi Stephen - My name is Susan L. George. I lived in Antigua from 1971 - 1976. In the early 70's my father was one of four partners in this beautiful hotel. He was instrumental, among others, at building the new wing. Passionate about Tennis, my father added multiple tennis courts. I played on Half Moon Beach with my brother, knowing the calm side was to the left (facing Green Island), middle was more active and right side somewhere in between. I know all of the hotel pathways you went down, and how they smelled as a child, full of clean laundry and salt breeze as the lovely Antiguans made their rounds. These are my most cherished memories. That and our lovely, amazing Caregiver Georgette Warner from Freetown. Thank you for sharing. Susan L. George

Apologies for the music and the filter.

The jester hat is on its nose

Weird 😳

My wife and I honeymooned there from 5/7/95 - 5/13/95. Beautiful resort.

What a shame they were allowed to leave it like that.

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1981: Rude, arrogant American owner; nasty, nasty, nasty staff; nasty, nasty, nasty, nasty, cab drivers; AWFUL GERMAN guests. Shit government. Thank you, Hurricane!

Mental English people

Good news,the hotel has been taken by Intercontinent group, will reopen soon on next year

Amazing ❤️

Do you know if there’s anything left of the WW2 rifle range?

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Epic

Aiyaaa

What didn't you like about the results?

Me n a couple of friends are thinking of going here with our RC CARS

I stayed there with my grandmother and mother about fifty years ago. No TV or AC, dinner outside next to the pool. Very simple. It makes me feel wistful, as they are gone and it feels like a reminder of impermanence.

Wow

Why not rent it out for needy who single or single parents and there of ppl are struggle to met their daily life. Instead of keeping for nothing . Better can see some progress and profit. The owner should conspired. A'm just layman.

I knew this area SO well 20 years ago. Used to spend hours walking my dog. One time I saw a flamingo on the mud just east of here. According to the lady in the pub (now long closed) the odd one used to escape from a private collection over the river. I used to roam about on my motorbike too. Great times. Thanks for the memories.

What a waste and a shame :( gorgeous beach

I visited this beautiful resort about 5 years before the hurricane hit… it beaks my heart to see how such a magical resort was, reduced to this state, because of political corruption…. I stayed in one of the ground floor rooms, with an ocean view, across manicured green lawns, with an uninterrupted view of the ocean… i recall that there were humming birds, who used to visit the plants on the patio…. Every morning, really lovely women, would bring breakfast on huge platter’s balanced on their heads, to our apartment…. I remember making friends with the maids to our apartment, as the majority, of these lovely women, came from the Dominican Republic, and were working in Antiqua, to provide for their children and family back home…. We had an all inclusive package including meals and drinks, over Christmas, so dining in the restaurant, overlooking the ocean was amazing. What I do remember, to this day Is the smell of the table candles, the sugar ants, walking up onto the table, and the salt containers with rice grains in them, which I had never seen before…we hired a jeep, to explore the island, and used to pick up the locals on the road… and they used to tell us their story of living on the island. Spending Christmas, in Antiqua, was so different, , as on Christmas Eve, instead of being a frantic buying of presents and food in supermarkets, as in in the UK, it was always just so chilled out…I remember visiting one of the local towns, all the supermarkets were empty, and I remember a guy walking down the high street, with a roll of carpet, on his shoulder….I look back to this wonderful, fascinating time spent in Antigua, as a privilege to have been able to spent the time there. I remember leading a Congo, around the pool…whilst the local band sung Bob Marley songs…and drinking wonderful Pina colada’s every evening, at the pool bar…looking at this video, the two giant coconut trees to the seaward part of the swimming pool, were destroyed in the hurricane:-(. Thank you for posting this video, although it breaks my heart to see this amazing hotel wrecked - it has sparked so many memories of the wonderful time which I spent there :-)

That creppy :(

The best!

Paradise. :-)

beautiful video , spent a great deal of my childhood wandering around there . havent been there for years ,so its nive to see it again especially from the air . thanks for posting stephen

Nice place

Dapat bibili ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa United kingdom!!!

I stayed there with a lovely young lady in the early '80s for a week. They were photographing models for Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition quite a clientele that week. One of my fondest of memories, sad to see it this way

Amazing footage awful music

What a plonker mate

Nice video

Nicely put together video and music, it captured the sad devastation perfectly, thanks Stephen. I have sat at the bar by the pool a few times on visits.

I wanna roll down that

2 rats turns in to 1,250 rats in 12 months

Beautiful 😍🇲🇾

And then there was a fire, accidently on purpose. Most good for roasting wieners. However Seeing several Dutch barges and a several narrow boats that could be reserected at about half the cost what today's N.B.'s are going for, if I was a bit younger, I would be prowling and selecting the best of the lot. The parts supply would be fantastic.

its border line between heaven and earth.. i love penang so much

i was there when you flew the drone my mum owns the cafe

Tsunami 2004 membuat hotel ini suram dan 2006 terus bankrup...

My wife and I stayed there the year before the storm it was like a dream.