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The picturesque capital, St John's, is worth a visit just to see the obscenely expensive world-class yachts that dot a harbour backed by gloriously beautiful hills. The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is among celebrities who have been known to chill out in English Harbour, Antigua. One of the most famous ships to anchor at English Harbour is the 74-ft square-rigged topsail schooner named St Peter and built in St Petersburg, Russia, from a 1780 design. After a 26-day Atlantic crossing, the St Peter was done over as The Black Pearl in the Johnny Depp movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. English Harbour is also the site of Nelson's Dockyard, former headquarters for Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Royal Navy. Restaurants in or near English Harbour have fun names, such as the Mad Mongoose and Grace Before Meals.

Antigua (pronounced An-tee-ga) is an island in the Caribbean, part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. It is also known by another name, Wadadli, which means approximately "our own" (Wadadli is also the name of the local beer brewed on the island). It has a population of about 68,000, of which over 24,000 live in the capital of St. John's, at 17° 6' N. and 61° 45' W., and is 54 miles in circumference, with an area of 108 square miles. The surface is comparatively flat, and there is no central range of mountains as in most other West Indian islands, but among the hills in the southwest an elevation of 1,319 feet (402 m) feet is attained on Boggy Peak.

Owing to the absence of rivers, the paucity of springs, and the almost complete deforestation, Antigua is subject to frequent droughts, and although the average rainfall is 45.6 inches, the variations from year to year are great.

The country's official currency is the East Caribbean Dollar. However, many prices in tourist oriented businesses are shown in US dollars.


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