Montserrat

Montserrat (pronounced “mohnd-sehr-aht”) - Volcano devestation at the capital city - Plymouth

Departing Antigua

Waters surrounding Antigua

First sight of Montserrat

Montserrat

Montserrat - north end

Montserrat - Rendezvous Bay and Little Bay

Montserrat - Little Bay and airport

Montserrat - Rendezvous Bay and Little Bay

Landing on Montserrat

Landed safely

North east end

North east end - Hell's Gate

New Airport

New Airport - yup - that's all there is!

View of Katy Hill from the city of Lookout

View from the city of Lookout

View of Silver Hill from the city of Lookout

Sugar mill

View of the city of Lookout (quickly built homes after the eruption in 1997)

New land (on the left) created in February 2010 eruption

View from Jack Boy hill

New land (on the left) created in February 2010 eruption

New land created in February 2010 eruption - Bramble airport is buried here

View of the volcano from Jack Boy hill

View of fom Jack Boy hill

View from Jack Boy hill looking north

Lunch at People's Place - great curry and Roti

View from People's Place - a number of switchbacks

Mouth of the Belham River - a beautiful golf course used to be here

Mouth of the Belham River - most properties above the river are abandoned

Belham River - most properties above the river are abandoned

Mouth of the Belham River - buried Plymouth is at the top of this picture

But our gudie took us beyond here...

Save to live here - unless the volcano acts up - then, this area is the first to be evacuated.

In 1977, Sir George Martin fell in love with Montserrat and decided to build the ultimate get-away-from-it-all recording studio there. Opened in 1979, AIR…

Air Studios

Air Studios pool

Belham River

Soufrière Hills Volcano and Belham River

This is a three story building

Buried in the Belham River

Belham River

Soufrière Hills Volcano and Belham River

Belham River

Belham River and the abandoned Vue Pointe hotel

Volcano Observatory

Soufrière Hills Volcano - all of these properties are abandoned

Soufrière Hills Volcano - a past pyroclastic flow