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Greetings from the tropics!
Jan. 6th, 2004 09:27 amHello! Here I sit in sunny, hot, humid Antigua. We've got about half an hour left in our first day on-air, and it's been a trying one. The pot system we have doesn't work - nothing wrong at our end, nothing wrong back at the station, but there's something in the line in between that's just not connecting. So we've been doing updates over the phone, which actually makes things easier for me. With the pots, we've got a 2-3 second delay, which makes doing news and such impossible without sounding stupid. Over the phone there's no delay - I just go on as usual, and the sound quality's not all that bad.
The difference between the resorts and the local neighbourhoods is astounding. The resorts and grounds are phenomenal. Driving along from the airport was downright depressing - people live in rundown shacks, some with just tin strips for a roof. Chickens and goats running around like mad, kids playing soccer in old abandoned yards...then on the hillsides you see these massive mansions and it just makes the regular houses seem that much worse.
As for the resort itself, it's GORGEOUS. Palm trees everywhere, nice white sand beaches as far as the eye can see, mountains in the background, bird chirping all over the place...it's like heaven but with higher humidity. It was funny, when we arrived yesterday one of the staff apologized for how cold it was because it was only about 26 C. Yeah, cold! Reading the forecast for Chatham-Kent this morning was fun - cloudy, flurries, blowing snow, high -10. Jolly Beach - sunny, a few clouds, high 28. Nice :D Although I must say, my dad's 'this is a Jolly place' jokes got old within minutes of getting off the plane ;)
The difference between the resorts and the local neighbourhoods is astounding. The resorts and grounds are phenomenal. Driving along from the airport was downright depressing - people live in rundown shacks, some with just tin strips for a roof. Chickens and goats running around like mad, kids playing soccer in old abandoned yards...then on the hillsides you see these massive mansions and it just makes the regular houses seem that much worse.
As for the resort itself, it's GORGEOUS. Palm trees everywhere, nice white sand beaches as far as the eye can see, mountains in the background, bird chirping all over the place...it's like heaven but with higher humidity. It was funny, when we arrived yesterday one of the staff apologized for how cold it was because it was only about 26 C. Yeah, cold! Reading the forecast for Chatham-Kent this morning was fun - cloudy, flurries, blowing snow, high -10. Jolly Beach - sunny, a few clouds, high 28. Nice :D Although I must say, my dad's 'this is a Jolly place' jokes got old within minutes of getting off the plane ;)
