Our flight left Barbados for Trinidad at 5.15 in the morning. So Gerry, our host, said "I'll give you breakfast at 2.30, then arrange a taxi for 3am to get you to the airport in time." And it was not just any breakfast: served by Gerry with a smile, home made bread and jam, great coffee, natural yogurt, fruit. Absolutely perfect, and very kind.
Checked in, we boarded the plane at a very calm airport, and flew first to Trinidad which is geographically part of south America, being off the coast of Venezuela. A change of plane and we flew all the way up the Lesser Antilles islands, stopping off at Antigua then the Virgin Islands. It was an amazing trip, being able to see all the islands easily from the low flying island hopper plane. Having known people in London who were from so many of the islands, St Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, St Vincent, Anguilla, it was amazing to see them all arced together in the Caribbean Sea. By the time we arrived in San Juan in Puerto Rico we were beginning to appreciate the present, look forward to our holiday, and forget about the difficulties of getting there.
Eric and Julie met us a the airport, and drove us over to Rincon on the west coast, where we would meet up with the rest of the group in a self catering house. Great to have arrived.
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