Monday, March 27
Today was a lot brighter so we decided to include a beach stop on the tour we did. From the ship we could see a modern looking building, and it turned out to be part of Kensington Oval, the famous cricket ground here. There was a statue of Sir Garfield Sobers in the grounds, and nearby was a museum on the cricketing greats of Barbados but unfortunately we didn't have time to visit it.
Our driver Chico took us past these places and pointed them out, but we were the only ones interested as the rest of our group today were Americans! Barbados was colonised by the British nearly 400 years ago, but has been independent for 50 years. Bridgetown and the nearby Garrison area is UNESCO World Heritage listed, and we passed lots of colourful old houses as well as lots of big, expensive ones. Chico showed us the house where Rhiannon lived, and apparently Oprah interviewed her sitting on the little front porch.
We drove along the east coast of the island and passed lots of magnificent beaches. Chico drove us through the Sandy Lane Golf estate, which is where lots of movie stars have very expensive houses, and it's also where Tiger Woods got married. On one of the little lanes Chico spotted a Green monkey and managed to coax it to move so we could see it - a great experience as these monkeys are unique to Barbados.
From there we visited St James Parish church, which was first established back in the early 1600s after the British came, and lots of politicians and royalty attend church here when visiting. Then it was into the interior of the island and the Highlands area (about 1100 feet above sea level) where we enjoyed rum punch, some wifi and magnificent views over the east coast and the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
On our way back to Bridgetown we passed a flower plantation where there were acres of red ginger lilies in bloom, then some sugar cane plantations as well as spotting some black bellied sheep - again unique to the island. We wanted to swim so Chico dropped us off at a beach on Carlisle Bay where the tropical multi coloured water was so inviting. Again it was a case of "walk right in" and it was so clear with a nice sandy bottom. Both of us swam and enjoyed the sun on this island in paradise.
Today was a lot brighter so we decided to include a beach stop on the tour we did. From the ship we could see a modern looking building, and it turned out to be part of Kensington Oval, the famous cricket ground here. There was a statue of Sir Garfield Sobers in the grounds, and nearby was a museum on the cricketing greats of Barbados but unfortunately we didn't have time to visit it.
Our driver Chico took us past these places and pointed them out, but we were the only ones interested as the rest of our group today were Americans! Barbados was colonised by the British nearly 400 years ago, but has been independent for 50 years. Bridgetown and the nearby Garrison area is UNESCO World Heritage listed, and we passed lots of colourful old houses as well as lots of big, expensive ones. Chico showed us the house where Rhiannon lived, and apparently Oprah interviewed her sitting on the little front porch.
We drove along the east coast of the island and passed lots of magnificent beaches. Chico drove us through the Sandy Lane Golf estate, which is where lots of movie stars have very expensive houses, and it's also where Tiger Woods got married. On one of the little lanes Chico spotted a Green monkey and managed to coax it to move so we could see it - a great experience as these monkeys are unique to Barbados.
From there we visited St James Parish church, which was first established back in the early 1600s after the British came, and lots of politicians and royalty attend church here when visiting. Then it was into the interior of the island and the Highlands area (about 1100 feet above sea level) where we enjoyed rum punch, some wifi and magnificent views over the east coast and the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
On our way back to Bridgetown we passed a flower plantation where there were acres of red ginger lilies in bloom, then some sugar cane plantations as well as spotting some black bellied sheep - again unique to the island. We wanted to swim so Chico dropped us off at a beach on Carlisle Bay where the tropical multi coloured water was so inviting. Again it was a case of "walk right in" and it was so clear with a nice sandy bottom. Both of us swam and enjoyed the sun on this island in paradise.
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