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SPECIAL FEATURE
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TOURISM AUTHORITY. OPPOSITE: DENVER ART MUSEUM/ERIC STEPHENSON | ROBIN SOSLOW | DENVER ART MUSEUM/JAKE COX | RINO ART DISTRICT/NICK MARISSA NAPOLETANO | NIKKIE RAE
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Next on the walking tour, we mix our own rum punches at Quin Farara’s, a rum merchant founded in 1924. We experiment with citrus slices, fresh mint leaves, nutmeg and bitters. Nurse interprets the history of distilling in Antigua as we work.
At Brownie’s Bakery, we sample “bun and cheese,” a warm white bread bun with butter and melted cheese. It’s a tradi- tional late night and early morning favourite. The tour ends at a vegan street food stand called One Stone Ital Shack, known for its Rastafari cuisine or “ital.” Their motto is “ital is vital for survival.” I drop some house-made hot sauce on a spinach ball, a kind of croquette.
MOUNTAINTOP SUNSET
Before departing Antigua, I squeeze in some shopping at Nelson’s Dockyard—a national park and UNESCO World Her- itage Site named for the famous British admiral, Horatio Nelson—in English Harbour. The best view of the dockyard is from Shirley Heights Lookout, a former military post. I head there for the Sunday sunset party to find a lively steel drum band, dancing, barbeque and beer.
Looking out over the Antiguan landscape below with sail- boats moored in the shelter of mountain-framed bays, I understand why celebrities such as Eric Clapton, Oprah Win- frey and Giorgio Armani built getaways here and why Antiguans are so rooted to this place. As the sun sinks behind the mountains, I toast the culture, cuisine and wild spaces of the Caribbean’s sister islands. DS
TRAVEL PLANNER
For more travel information on Antigua and Barbuda see visitantiguabarbuda.com