Diver's Haven Montserrat

... br>especially during the hurricane period. Can catch some good hollow
tubes due to the coral reef and is adapted more for advanced surfers.


Skill level: Advanced/Experienced
surfers
Swel ls: The east produces some gig
swells and the South creates some good groundswell.



La Chaise
Another really beautiful left hander,
which suits advanced surfers. It's not really deep and there's a lot
of coral.

Skill level ...

... a community feeling to it, especially because we visited in the low season, hurricane season. The steets were very quite, many shops were closed and not many tourists were visiting the island overnight.

We stayed for 2 nights and almost didn't made it back to St. Maarten because a hurricane was passing close by and the seas were too high for boats to run. So we ended up taking a plane.

... such as naming the 3 US capitals that are named after Presidents (D.C. doesn't count). It is strange how we often meet foreigners who seem to have memorised all the US capitals. St Lucia We did a quickish pass through St Lucia hopping up the coast but with no great adventures to write down. When we got to the main harbour, Rodney Bay, we did a good provisioning once we learned that there were strikes in Martinque (and Guadeloupe), our next island. The strikes meant ...

... a whole lot to say and I only took a few photos...we look forward to five days crossing the Atlantic. Jeanie and Monroe have the cabin right next to us so we are looking forward to drinks and cigars on our extra large balconies while we start our voyage to Europe....

... to the ship.

Being still early, we had lunch on board the ship and afterwards went back on shore for an enjoyable afternoon walk along the pier. The water was a beautiful majestic turquoise colour under the clear blue sky.

We made our way along several streets while enjoying the boutiques and shops. The place was crowded with tourists buying souvenirs just like us under the nice sunny weather. It was relaxing being able to adventure ...

Today we arrived in St. John's, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. We debarked the ship and walked a bit until we reached what seemed to be some sort of plaza, where a local was balancing a pineapple on her head while grooving to music, hoping to make a few dollars off of us tourists. Later in the day, we took a tour of the island and saw two gorgeous beaches: Dickinson and Runaway.

... to relieve it without a whole lot of success. All the skills were practiced in the ocean and we saw some incredible fish! We saw some crazy kind of underwater spider that the divemaster held in her hands and then handed to Caroline and also two barracudas. Thankfully I didn't know what the 'huge fish' we saw were until we were back safely on the boat - otherwise I might have paniced a bit. We saw them at 15 feet while we were doing a ...

... hungry while touring Montserrat, you should definitely try Tina's Restaurant. It is located right off of Brades Main Road. Tina's is housed in an attractive wooden building painted leafy green and white. Dining tables are arranged inside and outside on the verandah. Lunches include curried goat, fish, chicken, pork chops, lasagna, roast beef, and tuna casserole. I highly recommend the curried goat! No, it does not taste like ...

Tropical storm last night, for the entire night. Difficult to explain, not a Canadian typical rain storm by all means! The sounds of the wind, somehow ghostly, chills the mind, it's not something one wants to re-live, it was scary.

Today, I've purchase a tour from beach seller Lyndon, aboard a catamaran, circumnavigation of the Island... a 60 miles journey sailing around the entire island for 95$ US, an 8am to 4 pm trip. That should be fun!

Scheduled departure at 8 am ...

... that we are not leaving without a proper meal.






Well, an hour later, and we are indeed enjoying a proper lunch - at least we weren't fooled!!











We have to return back to the ship as soon as we finish lunch, and we are to be carried to the last but most beautiful Island of all.