Background: The Siboney were the first to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak and Carib Indians populated the islands when Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
May 5th 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua mein lieber jan, ist von dahnen.. nein die goldfingerjungs haben ihn nicht geschnappt.. sonder der ist arbeiten gegangen, nach mexico.. hmm mein geliebtes mexico...da kommt also schon grad sehnsucht h ... [full story]
April 2nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua I’m getting into the final stretch of my contract now. Still a good chunk of time left, but the end is in sight and soon I’ll be visiting ports for the last times. So this week, I’ ... 11 photos[full story]
March 15th 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Barbuda Grandma was eaten by a shark
Dad, by a killer whale
And my baby brother got slurped up
By a rather hungry sea snail
Andrea Shavick
So you think you know your sharks: scary, horrible, teeth prod ... 3 photos[full story]
March 11th 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua Oh how I wish I was a fish to swim in the deep blue sea.
I would swim up and down and all around in laps of two or three.
There would be no rules to follow,all fun down here.
On land rules are trou ... 4 photos[full story]
March 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua Today is Pete's birthday. I made him a Key Lime Pie a Lo Belliard. We played dominoes with Perseverance and Non Linear last night on Perseverance. Non Linear leaving this afternoon for Deep Bay, a few ... [full story]
March 5th 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua We arrived in Antigua 8 days ago. Weather is not good. Pin down again.
In Antigua you can get anything you want, 1st rate grocery stores!! Like in the USA. All for a price of course.
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February 27th 2008Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua No, we did not go AWOL, we just haven't had time to write...We are in Fallsmouth, Antigua. Long story, but we got up at 0400 Monday morning to traverse the Riviere Salee, the salt water marshes that d ... [full story]
December 21st 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua Every month a different department on the ship is in charge of crew activities and entertainment. Things like crew parties, movie nights, themed crew bar evenings, bingos, etc. And today a crew-only ... 9 photos[full story]
December 7th 2007Central America Caribbean » Antigua & Barbuda » Antigua I've been fighting a bit of funk the last few days. Feeling a bit homesick. Familiar fraustrations with work are back. I've doubted if I'll ever feel comfortable in the social world of this ship. ... 10 photos[full story]
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