What/ when is your " Ahhh" moment???

[Crusher]

For me its when you walk out of the airport and the air hits you. Its like ahhhhhh now that's more like it!

[Johio]

For me its when you walk out of the airport and the air hits you. Its like ahhhhhh now that's more like it!

Like yours and others, that's mine too. It's especially refreshing when you leave the cold weather at home. We usually go AI and I'll step outside of the arrivals hall while my wife heads to the resort lounge to check us in. I just can't wait get that feeling. Nothing like it. I usually get to the resort lounge with my wife giggling, shaking her head and asking ,"Feel better now?" My only reply is the what Lisa (bnewb) described...the "permagrin".

[TAH]

There are many small "ahhh" moments upon arrival - the smell and feel of the air when you step out of the airport, that first "real" Red Stripe (not the junk that's brewed in the US), the arrival into Negril and walking to our room while passing so many familiar smiling faces, etc. But for me, the BEST "ahhh" moment is that first morning. When I've just set up my beach spot for the day and look out onto the gorgeous, calm blue water. Hardly anyone on the beach in those early hours when the sun just begins to brighten the sky. I can finally take a deep breath, look around me, and relax. I've taken hundreds of photos of that moment over the years, but not one can capture the feeling.

Yeah, actually I think I want to change my answer to this. That first wake up on the cliffs from our favorite room (view that can't be beat) with a fresh up of coffee and Shamrock oj. Yessir.

[CosmicMoose]

Since I have not yet been to Jamaica, but my 'ahhh' moment for the other islands I've visited is when I first look out of the plane window and see that beautiful blue Caribbean Sea.

~Moose

[IRIEchic]

Since I have not yet been to Jamaica, but my 'ahhh' moment for the other islands I've visited is when I first look out of the plane window and see that beautiful blue Caribbean Sea.
~Moose

Cosmic I cant wait to hear your thoughts about Jamaica...do you plan on doing a report after your visit?

[JamaGinger]

That first walk out onto the beach.

[Miss Honey]

Mine would be when you first leave Departure Hall and you feel
The heat. I love seeing the Hustle and Bustle and jumping in the car with our driver and taking off. Just knowing vacation has just started. Then of course those first red stripes and rum punches.

[Momthor3]

I think all of the above, and finding familiar faces on the beach. Wearing the grin now, lol

[Jenn]

So many different "AHHH" moments...the first happens (like many of you said) when you see the color of the water turning from dark to aqua....then the first step out of the airport - the heat, the busyness, the smells. Again, hitting Lucea with all of its activity. But my real ahh moment happens as soon as we check in to our hotel, the first thing I *MUST* do is walk to the water and put my feet in it. My husband used to want to take a few moments and unpack, get situated, but now he knows....drop the luggage, grab a drink and head straight to the water in my travel clothes...ahhhh now, I'm home.

[NegrilAddict]

For me when the plane lands safely in Mobay!!!