...la bombonera - a 1902 cafeteria on Calle San Francisco in Old San Juan! You sense a real pride in Puerto Rico's history at La Bombonera - a tradition for more than a hundred years, a repository of memories and dreams about simple and inexpensive Puerto Rican dishes. Dignified waiters serve orange juice squeezed by a man behind the counter who squeezes the oranges in an equally ancient machine. Coffee is brewed from local beans in an ancient Rube Goldberg contraption, and pan de Mallorca, an eggy breakfast bun to die for, dusted with sugar and toasted with butter on the [View Full Entry]

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Puerto Rico - the birth of the Pina Colada...when actress Joan Crawford tasted the pina colada at what was then the Beachcombers Bar at the Caribe Hilton, she claimed it was "better than slapping Bette Davis in the face". This famous drink is the creation of bartender Ramon "Monchito" Marrero, now long gone, who was hired by the Hilton in 1954. He spent 3 months mixing, tasting, and discarding hundreds of combinations until he felt he had the right blend. Thus, the frothy pina colada was born. It's been estimated that some 100 million of them have been sipped around the [View Full Entry]

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We had a good time in Barbados and although the beaches were amazing (bright blue sea and white sandy beaches) I prefered St Lucia - I think its because St Lucia was a lot less touristy - Barbados was just full of english tourists! We stayed in St Lawrance where all the nightlife goes on but didn't even go out that much as were so exhausted from the last 6 months of travelling - its really catching up with us now! We did some more scuba diving but it wasn't that great as the current was really strong and we were [View Full Entry]

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Barbados, what can I say! We stayed in St Lawrence Gap at ' Time Out' for 7 days. The hotel was across the road from Dover beach, a beautiful beach, the clubs and bars were in walking distance and Oistins was down the road. Oistins is the place to be on a Friday night, fresh fish, music and some dancing. It was a really nice atmosphere, but what struck us us immediately was that there was soo many tourists- throughout our stay there we discovered that the majority of them were British! Very unlike St Lucia, where we only bumped into [View Full Entry]

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Alex's camera was stolen on the last day of the holiday so these few pictures (from Gabi's camera) are all we have of the trip. No photos of the surf. No photos of the Landrover I drove off a bridge. [View Full Entry]

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We had a great time in Barbados!! And we are looking forward to returning. We left on Saturday the 10th due to a snow delay... So we lost a day... But better safe right? So while we were there we went to most of the tourist spots... We rented a car and drove to St. Johns Chuch, Bathsheba, the animal flower cave, animal reserve, 2 flower gardens and orchid world. Barbados has the most beautiful lush plants we have seen in the carribean. The food can be a bit pricey so we had to look around for the best deals... And [View Full Entry]

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Good Lord... every time I go home it seems to have improved. This time around my brother and I took 10 clowns from London with us and we stayed down at Cattlewash. It was more a holiday than a hardcore travel experience so I'll just dump some photos here. [View Full Entry]

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Barbados Capitol City is Bridgetown Weather bright and warm. Another early breakfast so we can be ready for our tour. We board another enclosed bus for our trip. First stop is the Harrison’s Caves. Riding an electric tram, we descend into the darkness of the mountain. Rounding the corner, we see the first of many dramatic sights. Stalagmites and stalactites of all sizes are everywhere highlighted with light. The air is very damp with water dripping from the roof of the cave. We pass underground running streams and waterfalls. After following the cave for about a mile, we cli [View Full Entry]

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