Barbados - A Caribbean Adventure
Seabourn Quest arrived in Bridgetown Barbados at 8am this
morning. We had booked on a 4x4 safari adventure to the heart of the island and
then on to Bathsheba on the Atlantic east coast.
Ten of us boarded the 4x4 open sided jeep . We travelled up
to the centre of the island and into the tropical rainforest - we were warned at time of booking that it
would be dusty and bumpy... and weren't they right!! The forest trails were
muddy and deep rutted and without the heavy duty seatbelts I'm sure that some
of us would have been tossed out of the jeep.
On route to Bathsheba we stopped at a monkey sanctuary where
we were allowed to hold the latest arrivals...two four month old baby monkeys -
cute!!
At Bathsheba we stopped for a welcome break and indulged in
a rum punch cocktail and nibbles. The shore line here was fantastic and the
rocks have been worn away by the relentless pummelling of the Atlantic breakers
making for some spectacular toadstool shaped rock formations.
Leaving the east coast we crossed over to the west coast and
drove through Holetown passing The Sandy Lane hotel and other five star hotels
on that St. James's coast.
We didn't quite make it far enough north to Mullins Beach where
Vance and I got married four years ago but we did make it back to the ship for
our noon cold beer ritual. A great trip but hard on the old bones and bum!!
We spent the afternoon recovering and sunbathing by the pool
as by then the temperature had reached 28c (83f). We were noisily roused from
our sunbed slumbers by the Royal Barbados Police Force Band who had set up on
the pool desk for a medley of Caribbean tunes...whoopee .
Sail away should have been at 4:45pm but was delayed until
6pm as the ship was waiting for a truck of fresh veg to arrive. Guess we'll be
pushing on again tonight to make up the time.
Went to a drinks party in the Observation Bar in the evening
before a quiet romantic dinner for two and then as we were feeling the effects
of the bumpy excursion it was another early night for us. We still haven't made
it to any of the shows in the Grand Salon.....perhaps next week.
Clocks forward another hour tonight so we're now only 3
hours behind UK time.
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