If you like Anitgua, you should visit Nevis. There the roads are just as
rough, but you also have to deal with goats, donkeys and people in the road,
and road ditchs (deep ruts parallel across the road to funnel rain water
from the mountain out to the ocean.
Steve Peca
Wheaton, Illinois
1958 TR3A - TS23867L
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:07:27 EST, Gbouff1@aol.com wrote:
>
> Arrived back from a much needed vacation and landed in Boston this
morning,
> only to be greeted by sub zero weather. It's great to be back!!
> Antigua was my first experience in a country that drives on the opposite
side
> from what we are used to in the USA. My brake foot nearly stamped the
floor
> boards out of the taxi during the nighttime drive form the airport,
> especially on right hand turns. By the end of the week, I was able to
> control my cringing. The weird thing is that both left and right hand
> vehicles share the road with the mix almost 50/50. The best roads in
Antigua
> are terrible at best. In St. John. the city road widths are narrower
than
> most drive ways, with curbs that are 1 to almost 3 ft high. This made
for
> some interesting parking solutions. Most vehicles are four wheel drive,
> which accounts for a small population of Land Rovers (are you smiling
Terri
> Ann?). Suzuki seemed to have the largest following with a lot of other
Asian
> marques represented along with a few Ford Rangers. Some of the Asian
> vehicles were weird, such as a four door Dohatzu Mini/mini van that
would
> make an Austin Mini seem huge. The road conditions would have long ago
> pulverized any non Land Rover LBC that happened on these shores.
> Antigua has some of the most beautiful beaches that I have ever seen and
the
> people are extremely friendly and helpful. Definitely a great place to
> vacation.
>
> Gary Bouffard
> 59 TR3A
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