Here at last!!!

Lowena
Michael & Amanda Dyer
Wed 12 Dec 2007 18:30
Anyway, just as tropical storm Olga makes her presence known in the East Caribbean, we scurry into the relative safety of the leeward side of Antigua. We spotted it as a hazy glow in the early hours, and by 7 am we could see the palm trees scattered across the hillsides. Nevertheless we were being bullied along by 25-30 knots of wind as we made our approach. Never has the prospect of landfall seemed so inviting.
The colour of the water is truly astonishing – a bright blue-green, usually reserved for the colour of isotonic sports drinks and those tubes of flavoured ice I used to buy for 10 pence as a child. Along the approach to Jolly harbour, we were greeted by a frigate bird, its enormous wings looking like the welcoming arms of a long-lost relative, with its crimson red throat worn like a flamboyant scarf around its neck. This is a truly remarkable looking place.