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Cuba, the Caribbean Islands,
and Central America in 2001
Antigua & Barbuda
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English Harbour
English Harbour, about 15 kms away on the south shore of the island, also relieves some of the tourist pressure on St John's as cruise ship passengers are bussed here directly in convoys of mini vans to visit Nelson's Dockyard.
English Harbour is very popular with the sailing set. It's worth a visit just to see the luxury boats.
This first class marina has everything that could be needed to cruise the Caribbean from nuts and bolts to champagne and foie gras.
Nelson's Dockyard
The dockyard was used by the British Navy during most of the 18th century for the maintenance and supply of its warships.
Captain Horatio Nelson served here for three years as Temporary Commander of the Leeward Islands (1784 - 1787), long before the battle of Trafalgar that made him famous (1805).
This small building near the dockyard entrance now houses a restaurant and bar given the lofty name of "Admiral's Bar".
Nelson ran the dockyards from this building that is now a museum called the Admiral's House.
Nelson's Dockyard is now an exclusive marina used mostly by European boats.
The seaman's galley has appropriately become a restaurant.
The whole dockyard area had been transformed into a stage where ghosts of the past and the crews of a few privileged sailboats entertained audiences replaced every half hour when the fleet of mini vans would bring in a new group of tourists.
A couple of days later I took the ferry for a day-trip to Montserrat and then flew on to Guadeloupe.
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