I’m happy to announce my safe arrival in the Caribbean Island of Montserrat. We scheduled an early seafood lunch then checked into our villa accommodation with beautiful views of surrounding Olveston. The welcome initiated by our island hosts has been nothing short of overwhelming. Travel certainly brightens the spirit and renews ones faith in the basic decency of humanity. From the verandah, one surveys such an abundance of tropical life. Written descriptions of its emerald vegetation fail to capture an impression of growth proceeding slightly beneath the rate of visible movement. Coconut palms compete with native fig species and yellow blossomed frangipani. A riot of wild peppers intersperse an ocean of blade grass and sweeping pillars...