Getting to St. Vincent, part 2
December 2nd, 2007
Filed under Travel
In Barbados we had to wait a couple of hours for our connecting flight. This gave us the opportunity to check out the very nice looking waiting area of the airport. I made sure we got a nice souvenir: a bobbing head turtle.
Our connecting flight was delayed with half an hour. When we were to the gate, the plane was just arriving, so we had to wait. Other than that this leg of the trip was smooth sailing (or flying).
Right after take-off we could see the shores of Barbados from a couple of thousand feet up: a breath taking sight. It is hard to explain the feeling you get when you see the turquoise and blue waters moving in small foamy lines to the yellowish sandy beaches with your own eyes. Unfortunately the skies were a little cloudy on the other side of the island, so I couldn’t see what it looked like there.
Here and there it looked like the ocean had stretch marks. The closer we came to St Vincent and the lower we were flying, the more these stretch marks started to look like rivers within the ocean, with a number of branches. I assume it may have something to do with fresh and salt water, but I’m not sure. Also, the closer we got to land, the more greenish spots became visible in the water.
Approach
As we came closer to our destination, “the Grenadines” became visible. These islands are governed together with St. Vincent. It is said that these islands also have a lot of great places to visit.
As we land, I could see some nice spots right before the runway. I could even see people scuba diving. This is one of the spots I really would like to visit.
We are there!
The landing itself was nice and smooth. We checked out without problems and were transported to our hotel. More about the hotel in future posts.
For this leg of the journey, Liat get a 7.5, losing half a point because of the short delay.
