Day: November 29, 2016

Antigua – Bettys Hope


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Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation

From Wikipedia:

Betty’s Hope was a sugarcane plantation in Antigua. It was established in 1650, shortly after the island had become an English colony, and flourished as a successful agricultural industrial enterprise during the centuries of slavery. It was the first large-scale sugar plantation to operate in Antigua and belonged to the Codrington family from 1674 until 1944. Christopher Codrington, later Captain General of the Leeward Islands, acquired the property in 1674 and named it Betty’s Hope, after his daughter.

Just a few of the photographs taken during our visit to this site.

Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation
Antigua – Betty’s Hope Plantation

 

Antigua – Devils Bridge


From Wikipedia:

Devil’s Bridge is a natural rock arch in eastern Antigua. It is located on the Atlantic coast at 17°6′1.7″N 61°40′42.2″W,[1] near Indian Town Point to the east of Willikies. The area around the arch features several natural blowholes which shoot up water and spray powered by waves from the Atlantic Ocean. This particular location is exposed to waves that are pushed by the Trade Winds with no land between here and Europe. .

Here are a few snaps I took around the Devils Bridge area…..

Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge
Antigua – Devils Bridge

 

What the pictures don’t convey is the constant wind blowing in off the Atlantic and the booming of the waves as they collide with rocks and rush under the “bridge”. And this was a relatively calm day.
Devils Bridge, according to local folklore, has a darker side. This is a quote from 104 year old Antiguan, Sammy Smith, from his memoirs “To Shoot Hard Labour”
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