Montserrat

IMG_00001 Montserrat (pronounced “mohnd-sehr-aht”) - Volcano devestation at the capital city - Plymouth
Montserrat (pronounced “mohnd-sehr-aht”) - Volcano devestation at the capital city - Plymouth
IMG_5365 Departing Antigua
Departing Antigua
IMG_5366 Waters surrounding Antigua
Waters surrounding Antigua
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Waters surrounding Antigua
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Waters surrounding Antigua
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Waters surrounding Antigua
IMG_5377 First sight of Montserrat
First sight of Montserrat
IMG_5378 Montserrat
Montserrat
IMG_5379 Montserrat - north end
Montserrat - north end
IMG_5380 Montserrat - Rendezvous Bay and Little Bay
Montserrat - Rendezvous Bay and Little Bay
IMG_5381 Montserrat - Little Bay and airport
Montserrat - Little Bay and airport
IMG_5382 Montserrat - Rendezvous Bay and Little Bay
Montserrat - Rendezvous Bay and Little Bay
IMG_5384 Landing on Montserrat
Landing on Montserrat
IMG_5385 Landed safely
Landed safely
IMG_5451 North east end
North east end
IMG_5453 North east end - Hell's Gate
North east end - Hell's Gate
IMG_5454 New Airport
New Airport
IMG_5455 New Airport - yup - that's all there is!
New Airport - yup - that's all there is!
IMG_5456 View of Katy Hill from the city of Lookout
View of Katy Hill from the city of Lookout
IMG_5458 View from the city of Lookout
View from the city of Lookout
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View of Silver Hill from the city of Lookout
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Sugar mill
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View of the city of Lookout (quickly built homes after the eruption in 1997)
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New land (on the left) created in February 2010 eruption
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View from Jack Boy hill
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New land (on the left) created in February 2010 eruption
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New land created in February 2010 eruption - Bramble airport is buried here
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New land created in February 2010 eruption - Bramble airport is buried here
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New land created in February 2010 eruption - Bramble airport is buried here
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View of the volcano from Jack Boy hill
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View of the volcano from Jack Boy hill
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View of fom Jack Boy hill
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View from Jack Boy hill looking north
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Lunch at People's Place - great curry and Roti
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Lunch at People's Place - great curry and Roti
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View from People's Place - a number of switchbacks
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Mouth of the Belham River - a beautiful golf course used to be here
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Mouth of the Belham River - most properties above the river are abandoned
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Belham River - most properties above the river are abandoned
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Mouth of the Belham River - buried Plymouth is at the top of this picture
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But our gudie took us beyond here...
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Save to live here - unless the volcano acts up - then, this area is the first to be evacuated.
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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…
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Air Studios
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Air Studios
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Air Studios
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Air Studios
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Air Studios
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Air Studios
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Air Studios pool
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Belham River
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Soufrière Hills Volcano and Belham River
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This is a three story building
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Buried in the Belham River
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Belham River
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Belham River
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Soufrière Hills Volcano and Belham River
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Soufrière Hills Volcano and Belham River
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Soufrière Hills Volcano and Belham River
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Belham River
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Belham River and the abandoned Vue Pointe hotel
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Belham River and the abandoned Vue Pointe hotel
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Volcano Observatory
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Soufrière Hills Volcano - all of these properties are abandoned
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Soufrière Hills Volcano - all of these properties are abandoned
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Soufrière Hills Volcano - a past pyroclastic flow
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Soufrière Hills Volcano - a past pyroclastic flow
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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Soufrière Hills Volcano - view of Plymouth
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View of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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Soufrière Hills Volcano - all of these properties are abandoned
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Belham river from the sea
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth - volcano in the background
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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a five story building
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth
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The destroyed capital city of Plymouth - see videos at: http://www.users.ties2.net/~dkram/Videos/index.htm
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Heading away from the volcano
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View on top of Garibaldi Hill
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Garibaldi Hill traffic
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Garibaldi Hill traffic has the right of way
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Rainbow as seen from our villa
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Little Bay
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Little Bay
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Little Bay
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Little Bay
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Little Bay - bat cave
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Little Bay - bat cave
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Little Bay - bat cave
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Rendezvous bay/beach
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Rendezvous bay/beach
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Rendezvous bay/beach
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Local fisherman
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View of the volcano and Belham river
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View of the volcano and Belham river
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Our neighborhood burrow
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Wildlife in our back yard - Foghorn Leghorn and his wife!
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Wildlife in our back yard
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Wildlife in our back yard
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Wildlife in our back yard
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Wildlife in our back yard
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Wildlife in our back yard
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Our Villa - Inis Ealu
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Our Villa
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Our Villa
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Our Villa - view from parking area
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Our Villa - view from parking area
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Our Villa
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Our Villa -master bedroom
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Our Villa - master bedroom
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Our Villa - master bedroom - exits to the pool
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Our Villa - Superbowl XLV viewing area (Packers win 31-25)
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Our Villa - dining room and kitchen
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Our Villa - kitchen
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Our Villa - kitchen
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Our Villa - kitchen and dining area
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Our Villa - living area
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Our Villa - living area
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Our Villa - patio
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Our Villa - patio
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Our Villa - view from patio
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Our Villa - view from patio
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Our Villa - pool
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Our Villa - pool
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Our Villa - pool
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Our Villa - pool
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Our Villa - pool and patio
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Our Villa - view of Redonda
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Our Villa - back yard
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Our Villa - lower level guest room
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Our Villa - lower level guest room
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Our Villa - view from the sea
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Our Villa - views around the exterior
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Our Villa - views around the exterior
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Our Villa - views around the exterior
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Our Villa - views around the exterior
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Our Villa - views around the exterior
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Our Villa - views around the exterior