As we left the ship, we passed by some neat statuary depicting the local history.
Then, surprise, we had to walk through the souvenir area both leaving and returning to the ship. Nothing that we needed.
Off in the distance were the mountains that we would be going through. Beautiful!
Entering Antigua, we wondered where people parked their vehicles.
The, a block later, I saw it. A lot more bikes than cars.
We arrived at the Saint Joseph Parochial Church, built in 1545, where we were told to be prepared to be surprised. From looking at the exterior, we expected total opulence.
Instead, the roof was gone and the interior was destroyed from years of earthquakes.
You could only imagine what this church would have looked like.
Here is a history of the church.
We exited the church and headed to the town square.
What a nice facade but nothing appeared to be there.
We were told that the street vendors will try to hand you something and, if you take it or even touch it, you will have bought it!
Our last stop was at the Jade Museum.
They displayed jade art pieces that dated back many thousands of years.
...all the way back to 2000 B.C.
The museum was nicely decorated and interesting to see.
We then watched the more modern way of creating art from jade. Susan bought a jade piece that represents her birth date.
Goodbye Antigua.
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