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St.Johns, Antigua

Sunday 14th April

The South view of St.Johns Harbour, photoed pm, otherwise there would be no Sun on it

Like the last two ports, we came in from the West, rather screwing photography. Berthed next to us was the Delfin, full of Krauts from Hamburg. I was up at 0620 for photos I did not get. I walked round the very quiet town (it was Sunday), occasionally meeting Gerries & practising my Kraut. I went up to the cathedral, which is being restored but there is a pile of rubble in front of it. Then, I walked down to Sir Vivian Richards Road to photo his Mum's house, in which she still lives, apparently. I photoed a lot of buildings on the way there & back.

Tourist trap at the harbour

Old buildings

Local inhabitant

...tests for HIV, Blood, Glucose etc

Semi-derelict Cathedral....

...under restoration

How do they cure the broken heart?

Music school

...a bit rough here

Local hero Sir Vivian Richards' shrine

His Mum's house (She's still there)

Close up

The tour was essentially, to Nelson's Harbour, as we went through rather dull countryside first. On all the islands so far, they seem to import food that they could well grow on the land that used to grow sugar cane. We went up to the defences of the harbour entrances above the lagoons, three different locations with excellent views over the Dockyard & Falmouth Harbour beyond. I got the photos I need for my Berlioz talk.

The most Westerly defence above Nelson's Dockyard

Shirley's Battery right above Nelson's Dockyard

Views of Falmouth Harbour from Shirley's Battery. The dockyard is in the middle.

Nelson's Dockyard from Shirley's Battery

Dockyard behind the posh 'yacht'

Sideways view of the Dockyard

We did not really have enough time to look round the actual dockyard, (especially after the extra strong rum punch). This is the only remaining Georgian Dockyard & in current use.

Entrance to Nelson's Dockyard

Governor's House (now museum)

Sail & rope store, now hotel
(check on web site)

The show in the evening was a new entertainer, a magician who used Hollywood as a background, on which he must have put in a lot of work but the overall effect gave the impression of needing even more work on it.

Port 1 - Funchal, Madeira

Port 2 - Bridgetown, Barbados

Port 3 - St.Georges, Grenada

Port 4 - Castries, St.Lucia

Port 6 - Philipsburg, St.Maarten

Port 7 - Road Town, Tortula

Port 8 - Ponta Delgada, Azores


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