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REALLY LIVING LIKE A LOCAL (IN ANTIGUA) PART 2

April 18, 2016 by Laurie Deppa Leave a Comment


I also met the gentleman next door – my pal Johnny. He is a lovely ‘older man’ and a former Rotarian. He is married to a beautiful lady from Cuba, but she is away visiting her kids.  Johnny has been very kind to run us around the island and my daughter loves to help him feed his birds. I often have a tea with him on his front porch and hear the fascinating stories of his life in Montserrat (he lost everything in the volcano eruption).

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Johnny, Ellie, Laurie & Eloise

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Ellie observing a boat rowed across Atlantic

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, Amazing how one guy from Antigua rowed across Atlantic

 

One day he took us to English Harbor where we met a relative Eloise. He treated me to a nice birthday lunch as we admired the massive yachts (including one of the largest sailboats in the world at 150 feet).  Eloise is a lovely lady who gave us a a great personal tour of English Harbor on her golf cart.

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. Ellie, Johnny and Eloise

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Eloise & Ellie

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Laurie with view of English Harbor

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Laurie & Ellie admiring the view of English Harbor

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Antigua Yacht Club

Even though I haven’t been able to meet his wife he tells me so much that I feel as if I have met her. His sister lives nearby and he took us over to meet her and her daughter. I also met his son when we went boating with the neighbors.

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Boating with Neighbors

Today Johnny took us to Jolly Harbor.  It’s so close on the map, but takes a while as you have to go through some small villages.  There’s a nice harbor with all kinds of pretty boats.  There are several shops and restaurants and we ate at Melini’s Italian Restaurant.  The service left a little to be desired, the pizza was good but could have been crispier – the company was the best part.

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Lunch at Melini’s

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Ellie at Melini’s

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Ellie me Laurie at Jolly Harbor

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Jolly Harbor

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Jolly Harbor

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Beautiful Boats at Jolly Harbor

Once again, we had the opportunity to experience Antigua with the locals… PRICELESS!


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