Update from Antigua with pictures
Island Kea II
Steve and Katrin Everett
Thu 14 Feb 2008 19:40
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We have now been in Antigua for about 10 days. It is
really nice here, we have access to a 30M swimming pool and there is a lovely
beach only 5-10 minute walk away. We went for a run today and yesterday,
it is time to get a bit fitter... We have found that living on the boat we
are getting quite unfit and stiff. We went running with
Antigua H3 last Saturday. As it was the day of the cricket match between
Antigua and US Virgin Islands the run started early and was very short. It
started by the airport and as part of the run we went up to the top of the watch
tower and then went round the airport. What is really cool is that the
hast have their own beer bus which comes after the run and we can buy lots of
ice cool beers. They run every 2 weeks and we will try to make it to
another of their runs. We hired a car a few days ago and went to English
Harbour, Nelsons dockyard and Shirley Heights. It was not too bad to
get there, roads are fairly good but we were a bit surprised of the total lack
of roadsigns. When we got the taxi to go to the hash run the taxidriver
told us that the local tour guides keep removing them as they do not want people
to be able to find their way round on their own!! We have been into St
Johns a couple of times by bus. It is just like St Lucia, buses run
on demand and they are really cheap.
Pictures below are taken from Shirley heights and show the
view over English and Falmouth harbours and Nelsons Dockyard.
    In Nelsons
Dockyard we saw some small rowing boats which had just arrived from sailing
accross the Atlantic. They took about 60 days. I must say it makes
what we did seem quite easy and I really would not fancy rowing
accross. - Picture below::
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