Antigua

We are now for some days in English Harbor, when we arrived we found a spot at the end of the bay and it looked like a wonderful place to anchor. Very private and peaceful. But it was too good to be true, at 7 in the evening 2 restaurants started to compete which each other who would have the loudest music, they were about next to the boat and lasted till 4 in the morning!! Way too much, so the next morning we choose another spot, not so private but a lot more quiet.

It is a beautiful place, they have renovated a whole fort area, most of the buildings are still the same as in the time of Nelson, one has become a restaurant, another showers and laundry and one the immigration office. It is the busiest place where we have anchored this trip, but it is worth it.

Jacques opinion of the English has been turned around, because everybody is very nice and helpful, the ultimate test will be this afternoon when we will be checking out, but I see no problems.

Yesterday we took the bus to St. John, the capital of the island. The town was deserted on this Sunday and only a few shops near the cruise liner dock were open. So we headed back to the bus station after a short while. The trip back was a scary thing. The driver drove twice the speed limit and Jacques asked, when getting out, if he was Michael Schumacher. I think that there is some competition going on, who can set a new time record. 

Tomorrow morning we leave for Guadeloupe, we intent to go through the river that split the island in two parts, the bridges are just a little wider than the boat and open at 4:30 and 5:00 am so it will be a bit hairy but probably worth the change.

Talk to you all soon, Ria