Liming in Antigua.....

After our sprint north, the crews of  'Liahona', 'SH 3' and 'Persephone' have spent this week just "liming" (hanging out, relaxing).  On Tuesday, we all spent the day cleaning up the boats after the passage, and doing some basic shopping.  Tuesday evening, I hosted a "dinner party" for 5 aboard 'Persephone'; featuring chicken, a side of spaghetti and home (boat ??) baked brownies.  No one got sick, so I guess it came out alright....during dinner we decided to take the bus into THE CITY (St. John) on Wednesday morning.....

While walking down the street, a local lady convinced Mark that he just had to have his hair braided....

 Several colorful beads, and pieces of aluminum foil were added to the ends of Mark's braids.  Ken took one look and said: "you look like a giant fishing lure....all we have to do is drag you behind the boat and we would catch a huge wahoo...!!"  We all howled !!

We were hungry, so we asked a cabby where to get some lunch...he started suggesting the local pizza joint, and high price eateries along the boardwalk in front of the cruise ships....(all filled with pink skinned, obese, American tourists, in their resort ware)  No thanks, "we want to know where you  would eat", Lynn asked.  Oh....!!  He made a suggestion, but while walking there we found just what we wanted "Daddy's Boy" !!


Upon entering down a long hallway, the smell of delicious local cooking made our mouths water.  The food was a fusion of West Indian, Trinidadian, and Guyanaina  (much of it I didn't recognize or could pronounce). So, we each ordered (I just pointed)  a separate dish to share.  We ate 'family style' each trying the others culinary delight....chic peas in a spicy sauce,  liver in a different sauce and a stewed chicken dish over rice, dried fish.... With beers the price came to $16 EC per person or  $6 US.  We were stuffed !!  I can't wait to go back again !!  You just gotta eat where the locals eat........(In historic Nelson's Boat Yard, a touristy pub had a signboard in front offering rotis for $14 US....the local snackette down the street had the same for $14 EC or $5 US)

   It was time to return to Falmouth Harbor, but we had to do our obligatory fruit and vegetable shopping at the local farmers' market....Here Lynn is buying a fruit called "stinky toes".  It looks exactly like a large, brown toe and smells like dead socks....it is supposed to be good and sweet inside the shell.....I took a pass on the "stinky toes"....maybe next time.....