Capital: St. John's.
Population: 80,000 people.
Language: The official language is English.
Location: The keystone of the arc of
islands known as the Lesser Antilles. Barbuda is 32 miles due north
and 68 square miles and Redonda, a mere half-mile squre of rock, is about
20 miles southwest.
Size: 108 square miles.
A view
of St. John's, Antigua from Deep Water Harbor.
Finally,
a deserted Caribbean beach! The resort down the road was devastated during
Hurricane X, so no one was interested in this beach (near Carlisle Bay
we think, but we're not too sure). We found a taxi to take us here and
arranged for him to pick us up in 3 hours (a good thing to arrange since
we were nowhere near any main roads and it would have been a long hike
back!). Although we came to try to snorkel, the waters once again proved
too rough, so we body surfed instead, then relaxed on the beach and read
our books.. while the tide came in.
The sun
sets as we sail away from Antigua.
