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March 3 - March 24, 2008: Antigua
The first few images shown are of San Juan, the old town, Puerto Rico. We had a long layover from Antigua to New York and decided to take a taxi into town, do a little sightseeing, have lunch... before getting on the next flight. We decided to keep all our Antigua images together, so while we had been in Antigua for a few days before our flight to New York, we will show those images only once we have completed (or are close to completing) our visit to Antigua.
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Il Convento |
At the Convent Hotel - waiting for lunch |
"Liberty Bell" at the Convent Hotel |
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Typicla Old San Juan Street |
Walking around |
Parts of the Fortress protecting Old San Juan |
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Harbor View |
Another Pretty Street |
Starting our "Castle Walk" |
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Part of the Castle surrounding Old San Juan |
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Moro Castle with its huge Cemetary |
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Moro Castle... with its huge Lawn |
Exhausted from the Walk |
Lots of pretty Sculptures around Old San Juan |
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...and at the Convent Hotel from where we took the Taxi back to the Airport |
Antigua - our first few days before our trip to New York
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Antigua - Map, Flag, View onto the Island as we approach it from Guadeloupe |
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At Nelson's Dockyard, including Sail Loft
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more Images of Nelson's Dockyard |
including the Custom's Office from where Juergen came after checking in |
all the fancy Boats / Yachts |
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Our own design contraption of a gangplank - it did not scrape our teak, and it was secure enough to step on even at low tide, with luggage in our hands - not pretty but certainly functional |
Just one beautiful Bow of a "small" Sailing Yacht... - amongst ships like this one, we felt like paupers. |
Fort Berkeley, from Impromptu, English Harbor
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Fort Berkeley Sign |
Tree "Sliver" near Fort Berkeley |
Near Sunset - English Harbor - from Impromptu |
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Impromptu at Anchor, English Harbor |
Shirley Heights, again |
Juergen at Fort Berkeley |
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Fort Berkeley |
Reading up on the Fort's History |
View towards Montserrat - can you see it in the Haze? |
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Goats, resting... and complaining to me |
Goat Jaw??? |
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On our Way to Shirley Heights, Algarve in Bloom, before its Instant Death, Old Cemetary, Old Cisterne |
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View from Shirley Heights towards Montserrat, another Southern Bay, and Famouth and English Harbors at Sunset |
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Cactus in Bloom |
Wadadli, the local Beer |
Wolfgang holding both, a Wadadli and a Rum Punch - Montserrat in the Background |
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Wolfgang and Juergen |
Another gorgeous View from Shirley Heights |
"Self Portrait"... |
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The images that follow were taken in St. John. We did not care for this town too much. Maybe, we did not see the right parts of town, but we had been told that this is where we should go.
We saw lots of shops but also a few market halls, one for produce, one for fish, one for meat. The latter two were not very conducive to buying - at least not for us... So we decided to stick to fruit and vegetables. We purchased some frozen Cornish Hens a day or so later in a small supermarket right near Nelson's Dockyard.
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Officers' Quarters, Shirley Heights |
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National Antiguan Hero |
Antiguans' Motto |
Harbor, St. John |
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Downtown St. John |
Lunch at "Garcon", right across from our Anchorage - Delicious! |
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Fish Carpaccio - delicious! |
View from towards the Harbor Entrance from "Garcon"
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