We've made the plane reservations & are firming up our places to stay. We'll be returning in Feb. & since some of our other travelers never got back to us on their views of Montserrat...Consider me your official Fodors Montserratian Ambassador. So, if anyone has any questions, requests, etc. I will be happy to do whatever I can to unearth the answer. Happy Travels.

Another Trip Report would be good.

I'd like hotel recommendations if possible.

I'd also like to see loads of pictures of the island...so walk with your camera!

JAGIRL - There are really only two hotels on the island & since we will be traveling w/the two tots, we typically opt for apartments/villas/cottages anyway. The hotels are the Vue Pointe ( adjacent to the exclusion zone) & the Tropical Mansion Suites which I know nothing about. We tried to have dinner at the View Pointe last time just to check it out, but they were having a wedding reception, so no luck. I'll have to see what pics I have (not on film) since we took two cameras. Shoot me your e-mail & I'll try & round some up for you. Mine is [email protected]. For a first timer I would suggest the Leas anyway. We tried to stay w/them again but the dates didn't work. They have from a back-packers room to a 2- Bdrm Villa from about $35-$125/night. www.visitmontserrat.com, they have a link on there..."Gingerbread Hill". There is also a new airline about ready to open up which I am hopeful will give Win-Air a little competition & help w/the prices.

hey SAnparis,

Mine is [email protected].

What's the name of the new airline?

Air Montserrat (pretty original, huh?!?!) Let me see what I have on disk tonight & I'll try & send you some pics tomorrow.

What are your favorite restaurants, and why do you like them? Also, do you know if there is any nightlife to speak of? It's a very quiet island.

Thanks.

If you go to www.bunkumbeachguesthouse.com they have some great pics on there JAGIRL. Restaurants - check out my old trip report. That will have the best info. There is not a lot of nightlife but a lot of activities congregate around the new community center area. St. Patricks Day & Christmas are two of the better festival times. Just click Montserrat on the search, there's not a lot of threads on here. You'll see SA in the header/title.

Nothing to contribute, I'm afraid. Just wanted to wish you a great trip and I'm looking forward to your trip report again. Do I remember correctly that at one time you wanted to combine a visit to Saba on this trip?

You are correct but due to timing & availability of flights, we're just doing Montserrat w/a stop-over in St. Maarten. I just couldn't coordinate Saba in there w/the timing & flights. JAGIRL - I found a few pics last night, but as I feared, most of our pics were taken w/the 'real' camera although I do have a couple of the volcano. I'll try & shoot those over this evening.

SA.
You have a wonderful trip. It is fantastic that you enjoy Montserrat so much. The people of Montserrat should pay you for being a one person cheering squad. LOL
it's terrific!

We do what we can. Of course, I don't want the place over-run w/Fodorites LOL). We kind of consider it our little piece of paradise at present. Thx, Barbara.

well...keep up with the rave reviews of the place and we might move our Fodorite Convention 2007 from Statia to Montserrat!

Oh, I don't think so, I want to see Statia's digs in person...

JAGIRL - Sorry I haven't been able to get any pics out. We've had nothing but problems w/roadrunner since we moved. We just got (another) new modem, we'll see if that works. You may have to wait until our next trip. I even tried sending them to my work address & no luck. I'll keep trying. Later.

hey man,
I'm cool. I can wait till February

I'm throwing this to the top mainly because I'm heading to the beach for the next week & probably will have little if any phone service or internet access (not a bad thing mind you) lol....Cheers !

hey SAnParis,
MACO Destinations magazine has an interesting artcile in the latest edition on volcano diving in Montserrat.

If you see it at a news stand check it out.

I'm not familiar w/that magazine, I'll see if I can track it down.

& Thanks.

Here's the website. The article isn't on here as yet though.

http://www.macomag.com/home.htm