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Old 05-06-2006, 12:21 PM canarymoon is offline     #2 (permalink)
Location

Location:
Antigua (pronounced An-tee'ga) and Barbuda are located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, roughly 17 degrees north of the equator. To the south are the islands of Montserrat and Guadaloupe, and to the north and west are Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Barts, and St. Martin.




A hilltop view from Antigua, looking toward Montserrat.



Montserrat is home to an active volcano. From this vantage point, we could actually see the steam rising from Montserrat's volcano, though my camera didn't pick it up.

As we cruised past Montserrat on our return, the captain slowed the ship and we got some great views of it: