Antigua and Barbuda
English Harbour
Monday, March 10th, 2008English Harbour, Antigua’s graceful and evocative historic district, is focused on the fifteen square miles of Nelson’s Dockyard National Park. Developed as a base for the British Navy in the great age of sail, the harbour served as the headquarters of the fleet of the Leeward Islands during the turbulent years of the late 18th […]
The Island of Barbuda
Monday, March 10th, 2008Barbuda is one of those very few islands in the Caribbean that remains–and probably will remain for some time–so undeveloped as to seem positively deserted at times. With the exception of the guests of the island’s small number of accommodations, the population seems largely to consist of the graceful Fregata magnificens, or frigate bird. As […]
Antigua plans airport expansion
Friday, February 22nd, 2008The Caribbean island of Antigua is planning substantial expansions to its air travel infrastructure, a government minister said.
In an interview with TravelMole, Antigua and Barbuda’s minister of tourism and civil aviation, Harold Lovell, said that the island’s existing airport is simply too small to cater for demand.
He said that a new carousel and four more […]
Antigua and Barbuda Travel Guide
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Antigua and Barbuda are two interesting islands in the Caribbean. Colonized by the English in 1632 - they left a few forts scattered around Antigua. Barbuda mainly served as a stud farm for slaves and actually slavery continued longer there than anywhere else in the British Empire.
Antigua went from crushing poverty after the abolition of […]