Harbour Heights

The Spectical to Shirley Heights

Its Sunday, February 21, 2010, we're in Antigua and tonight we'll Shirley Heights on one of his 40 minutes of Galley Bay and arrive around 16:45 and pay the entrance fee of 7.00 U.S. $ per person and the place is rammed to the rafters with tourists and deckhands of Super Yachts moored in English Harbour and Nelson Dockyard, if your boat a lover like me, have a walk through the ports Ships amazing.

You need to get up very early to Shirley for your place to watch the sun set over the Caribbean Sea looking to Montserrat and at the same time enjoy the sounds of a band of 20 strong steel playing of live music, while sipping a rum punch Heights and I mean they are enjoying very strong and gaiety can creep on you unexpected, do not be too near the edge of his long descent into English Harbour.

When the sun has set and night falls on his 19 hours of the tourists have left the band steel is replaced by what I can only describe as Antigua's own version of Black Eyed Peas singer male portrait spit what I dread locks and all, its a really great playing and singing songs we all recognized. Now, Shirley Heights is booming as more and more people come and dance all night, there is a barbecue delicious rum punch and more to help wash barbecue chicken down. Captain Sean Shelly mounted and displayed the dance movements of Antigua, a little close and personal at times, but the expression on the face of Shelly fact it was so funny.

As the night drew to a close a slight whiff of smoke herbal filled the air, if you herbal in essence, be careful observers of police in plain cloths variety of classes and mix with the locals and tourists. Before another taxi arrived to take us back to Galley Bay, the young pilot, we believe brought his girlfriend on a date she had a beautiful voice singing the way back to Bay theGalley looking adoration in the eyes pilots. Overall Shirley Heights is well worth a visit, a Sunday evening, but my advise to take a taxi in midweek a bottle of something and a picnic without U.S. $ 7.00 not to pay the music you and sunset.
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