One thing that excites us is seeing animals in their natural habitat. We've travelled a lot, done it all, nothing touristy at this point is going to impress us. To be fair, I don't care for shopping, seeing temples, castles, walls, beaches, or cities. They tend to blend in and the better places are crowded. Animals are interesting because they are unpredictable and everyday is a new and unique story.
This is the third post I've made about Antigua, we loved our time there. It is known for its Beaches and there are a few Sites to See but nothing in particular makes Antigua worth visiting except if you want a low key place to relax because there isn't much going on.
Take this horse for example- It's all black and has two white egrets on it. It's not uncommon to see a "Cattle Egret" perched on livestock, but the background was natural, there are two and the contrast was stunning. This was near Runaway Bay.
The Hummingbird was drinking from the flowers around the condo we rented. If you want to see animals you have to spend a lot of time outside and the balcony was great for that. It's not easy taking a photo of these with a phone camera but we had time. This was a relaxing vacation.
These fish were in Falmouth Harbour, right by the Yacht Club. They were fairly large, some a meter long. We saw them while going to a great pub overlooking the yachts.
When driving I noticed a sizable mammal dart across the road. It was too large to be a squirrel and wasn't like anything I'd seen on other Islands. Apparently the British brought mongooses over to antigua to deal with snakes or rats and they stuck around. So we kept our eyes peeled and saw a number of mongooses, which I thought were in India, right in the Caribbean.
The balcony was where it's at. You can see our view overlooking Dickenson Bay, it's where the Sandals is. This is where the lazy lizards lounge.
They aren't that lazy and dart around, someone spilt some popsicle, which attracted ants. I saw there watching lizards pick off hundreds of ants.
There were a few different types of lizards or anoles to be specific. You don't have to go into the forests and jungles to find them either.
There were a couple of cats in our neighbourhood too. We bought a bag of treats and this girl would come by a couple times a day to get her fill.
Here's a family of cats which were living at our favourite restaurant on the island, OJs Beach Bar and Grill. It was low key and quiet, not too expensive and right between two beaches. What more could one want?
The only excursion we did involved underwater scooters and seeing Turtles. There's a picture in the main image but it's not mine, it was taken by the person who led the excursion. We didn't bring an underwater camera. The sealife was decent - lots of fish, an octopus, limited corals. I wouldn't say Antigua is a diving hotspot, but it is the most relaxing place we've been.
Thanks for reading.
All photos taken on an S20 and iphone 14pro
