OK, I have to admit that going to Montserrat has been a checklist item for this trip. Maybe it has to do with the idea of an island that is a smoking active volcano, or maybe the interaction we had with the Green Monkey Dive shop owners…but Montserrat has been on my list for a couple years. Today we made it! It is called the Emerald Isle because it was a haven for persecuted Irish in the 17th century and many family names are still Ryan’s, Patrick’s, etc. Half the island is uninhabited after the 1996 and 2010 eruptions of a giant volcano on the island. It may also have something to do with the fact that all the biggest British bands and musicans of the 1980s recorded here at Air Studios with Beatles producer George Martin, before Hurricane Hugo and the volcano closed the studio. Anyways, it was awesome to see the island take shape on the horizon and drop anchor in Little Bay.
Tomorrow a tour of the island, including the Pompeii like city of Plymouth. Should be cool.
