Blogs from Barbados, Central America Caribbean - page 13

Our final port of call and southern-most stop was in Bridgetown, Barbados. An independent Caribbean island nation, Barbados gained it's independence from Britain but still retains much of it's British charm. This island is best known for it's white sandy beaches, rums, and for being a playground for the wealthy especially along it's western coast. Our excursion that we chose for the day was a coastal cruise in a five-star catamaran with the opportunity to swim and snorkel with sea turtles. Since our excursion didn't begin until 9:30, we took full advantage of the chance to sleep in this morning. Once we exited the ship and met with our group, we all packed into a bus for the short 5 minute ride to our catamaran. When we arrived at our catamaran, everybody took off their ... read more

We are booked to fly at 18:55 on BA2152 - so today we got up packed a little more and then went to Folestone where the Marine Reserve is as we wanted to use the other underwater camera. Folkestone is quite nice and used by quite a few locals - it is also roped off so the nutters on the jetskis cant get to you, though they still circle the edges trying to entice tourists on board. We swam out with some bread and were soon surrounded by fish of many colours! The kids took the pictures and we will process them when we get home. As it's a Wednesday the Harbour Master was going by and we remembered the good time we had last week. We then said goodbye to the beach as this willbe ... read more

We got up today and it was overcast - still hot but raining. We needed some other things from the shops so we went back to Cave Shepherd in Holetown and bought some bits and pieces. We then headed upto Oyster Bay and it was absolutely lashing it down. Some people wouldn't even get out of the car! We went back to the Villa and decided to go and see the Sunbury plantation house (http://www.barbadosgreathouse.com/) this was very interesting particularly as you could go around by yourself and we were the only people there! Interestingly they left stuff out - if it was the UK it would all get nicked before you could turn round! They hold all sorts of functions at the house including marriages. In the Garden we saw our first really wild Green ... read more

It was grey and overcast when we got up today - but it was still warm and Matthew was in the pool even though it was lashing it down with rain. As it was raining we went shopping to Cave Shepherd in Holetown which was surprisingly good and then went up the West Coast to see if we could find the bay where the harbour master had stopped. On the way up we missed it, so we went to North Point and got some good pictures of the waves crashing on the coast and then onto River Bay. We then came back via the west coast and found the location at Oyster Bay. On the way back we stopped for a picnic at the Chefette - bought a couple of items from them and then ... read more

We had booked on the Harbour Master lunch cruise today from 11.00 to 15:00. This takes you up the West Coast of Barbados and then stops at a beach where you can snorkel and go down the 70 feet slide! Well certain members of the family can - I'll take the pictures! Matthew will et in the drinks (in his Man Utd shirt) and Eleanor is in the mood for dancing! We had lunch on the way up the coast and it was surprisingly good. After lunch the ship docked on a beach just north of Holetown and you could get out and go snorkelling or walk along the beach. We went snorkelling and when out far enough found loads of Nemo type fish. Before the boat left they lowered the 70ft slide and the kids ... read more