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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Caroline Gammell

BIZARRE: How jamaica is fighting back six months on from hurricane melissa - What They Never Told You

An aerial view of Skylark hotel in Negril, on the west coast of Jamaica - (Michael Condran)

The stingray nestled on the bottom of the sandy seabed was enormous. More than a metre wide, it flapped gently along the seafloor as my paddleboard glided above it.

Battleship grey – a Southern Stingray I found out later – and partially buried in the sand, it should have been almost impossible to see.

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