They came, they saw and they ran!

Something very out of the ordinary happened last week.

You know usually when a cruise ship visits Antigua and Barbuda, St. John's becomes pretty busy, with passengers coming on shore to stroll through the duty free shopping centre (Heritage Quay) or check out Redcliffe Quay. Some will even make it on to Market Street, while others will take a trip to the beach (did i mention we have 365 beautiful beaches - one for every single day of the year) or participate in a on-shore excursion.

Not last Thursday (Feb 5)! These cruise ship passengers used their vacation to run - they must really love that sport huh, because every island this particular ship docked in, they ran. They ran in St. Lucia, they ran in Barbados, Tortola, St. Thomas and yep you guessed it, they came and they ran in Antigua too.

343 of them at that. They started off at the pier and ran all the way to the top of Fort Barrington one of Antigua's historic sites (recently declared a National Park) - where the view from the top is absolutely amazing.

I tip my hat to them (me being the ony run if necessary type of person)...they came, they saw, they ran and they absolutely enjoyed themselves...oh and did i mention they donated books to our National Library while here as well.

Got to love those "Cruise to Run" folks