Antigua

Which is pronounced with a hard "g" and silent "u" (anteega). It is home of 365 beaches. A beach for every day of the year. There were mangoes everywhere that grow wild. It was too early in the season, which Joe was bummed. He loves mangoes. It is a Brazilian thing from his mission.

It was cloudy through most of the cruise due to it being the week before the official hurricane season started. I was disappointed to not have a clearer day on Antigua. We hiked to the top of Signa Hill. They do not have tall mountains like us so they are very proud of their 1200 foot mountains. We got to the top and the view was unreal. On a clear day you can see several islands and a volcano that I forgot the name of, but have written down somewhere :O) It was about an hour and a half up the mountain. There are no mosquitoes on the mountains even though the humidity is unreal (you can almost feel the humidity throught the pictures) because there are no large mamals. There are only 2 kinds of snakes and one only comes out at night and the other is harmless. This was the hilight of our trip. We really like the hike. The guides were darling and so informative of their island. The guides treated us to a black pineapple that isn't really black. It is only on Antigua. It was better than any pineapple I had ever had. The rocks on the hike were mostly from volcanoes so you could pick the rocks up and break them with your hands. There was also lemon grass, also known as citronella grass, at the top of the mountains. What a waste of citronella if there are no moquitoes, but it smelled lemon fresh. I want to grow some at my house.