Repositioning from New York to New Orleans - our new homeport for the winter - we are revisiting some of our favorite places in the Caribbean.
On regular cruises we visit each port several times so we have enough time to explore downtown and the beaches, take tours and explore on our own, taste local cuisine, find internet hotspots and so on. Repositioning is different as we stop at each port only once and it somehow crystallizes our impressions from each port of call: we only have time to do something we enjoyed the most. Yesterday's port Saint Thomas is associated with iguanas on Morningstar beach.
Antigua for us is associated with unbelievably blue waters of Jolly Harbor. No matter how many times we go there this view always mesmerizes us.
The beach is fringed with palm trees and luxurious villas so for a moment we can pretend that we belong there.
The downtown for us is not that much of an attraction. It is rather typical with run down houses on the back streets and colorful newly built shops.
But there is something we always like to go back to. Well, better say someone. This lady dancing with pineapple on her head has been for us the symbol of Antigua for the past seven years. We were happy to see she was still there, still dancing...
It is nice to have things in this life that do not change (well, the pineapple was different this time).
Next stop - Barbados...
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