Antigua October 14-18, 2006
The sandy shallows where I swam with the
stingrays are about a mile off the eastern
coast of the island. It's a tourist attraction, so
they put fences up to keep the animals in.
And, probably, larger predators out. There are
60 stingrays in the enclosed area and,
thanks to the clarity of the water, they're
clearly visible from above as they hover
around.
Two large stingrays pass
close to the boat
The colour of the water on
the Caribbean side of
Antigua is pretty amazing
On Tuesday we went on a round the
island boat cruise on this catamaran
Wednesday, October 18th: the shallows of Stingray City, Antigua
Tropical rain
One of the striking features of looking out to sea from the island is watching storms or heavy bursts of rain coming ashore
The hacks
Rain catches up with a sailing boat off the north shore
Looking out from Shirley Heights in the direction of Nelson's
Harbour
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The other three journalists on the trip were English. Gordon's from Manchester, while Max and Rupert are from Oxford and
London, respectively.
Gordon Miller, who writes mostly for The Daily Mail
and The Mail On Sunday, surveys construction on
the new Viv Richards cricket stadium
Left to right: Max Davidson, who writes mostly for The Daily
Telegraph, and Rupert Wright, who writes mainly for The Times
I can see clearly now
The sea is crystal clear here...
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Toodle-pip!
Max, Vicky and Gordon snorkel off into the sunset
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Antigua is a small
enough island (14 miles
by 8 miles). It has about
90,000 people living
there, with a small
number of European
and US ex-pats.
