Bridgetown
Travel Blogs from Bridgetown, Barbados
another marathon post?
... i arrived, so it was great to finally get some substantial food to put in my dorm fridge. after the supercenter i caught a bus to bridgetown with my friend Eli from St. Vincent. we met up with two of my off-campus friends and caught another bus all the ...
Cambodia: catering, eating !
Cambodia: catering, eating ! Catering According to the French travel guide « Le guide du routard 2011 », these are the following prices for one meal per person, drinks excluded. -Cheap : 3 to 7$ -Average prices : 7 to 15$ -Chic : 15 ...
Cambodia: accomodations
Cambodia: accomodations Prices are slightly higher in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, tourism requires it. According to the French travel guide « Le guide du routard 2011 », these are the following prices for 2 people, breakfast ...
Abschied von der Karibik
... regnet fast durchgehend. Das ist ein Zeichen! ...doch besser nach Hause. Zuerst um 08.15 Uhr der "Face Check" durch die Zollbehörde von Barbados. Dann weiter zum Check in für den Flug in das AIDA-Zelt im Hafen. Beim 3. Frühstück entspannen wir uns und ...
Landed safely
Owen and I have arrived safely in Bridgetown, Barbados, we landed yesterday evening after a 9 hour flight. We were delayed in the UK and had to cue for ages through customs at the airport, but other than that it was fairly painless. Booked into a rather ...
Day 8 - Heimreise
Heute ist also der letzte Tag in der Karibik. Zum Abschluss bin ich nochmal an den Strand nach Bridgetown gefahren um noch ein paar Sonnenstrahlen zu erhaschen. Nach 1h Strandspaziergang bin ich wieder zurück zum Hotel um auszuchecken. Den Schlüssel ...
Day 3 - Central Barbados und jede Menge Pflanzen
Heute ist Sonntag und da haben alle frei. Zum Glück schlafen noch die meisten von der Partynacht, sodass ich freie Straßen habe. Heute geht es mal ins Landesinnere um die "Geheimnisse" der Insel zu erkunden. Als erstes peile ich die "Gun Hill ...
Cambodia: events and festivals and must's !
Cambodia: events and festivals and Must's April : Bon Chaul Chhnam : Cambodian Khmer New Year celebration. This religious festival is the equialent of Songkran in Thailand and follows the end of the harvest season. Usually lasts about 3 days ...
Barbados
Arrived in Bridgetown,Barbados, Share a taxi with other cruisers. Visited an Anglican Church. Windmill was used in i a sugar plantation.Saw Nelson Square in the center of town. Back to the cruise ship. There was midnight caribbean buffett and ...
Rum
So yesterday our group visited the Mount Gay Rum factory for a tour. There wasn't a lot of actual touring of the place -- we saw some displays and watched a movie about how it was made. We got to smell single and double distilled rum and a 5 ...
Sea Turtles and a new Stepfather
... island, but hey, we were on a cruise, only so much time. We did spend sometime walking the the streets in downtown Bridgetown, because my Wife and I believe you can't say you've been anywhere until you get lost walking through side streets and seeing the ...
Day 7 - Rum und Jetski
... ohne Piraten und was wären diese ohne Rum? Richtig, gar nicht denkbar. Rum gehört einfach dazu, so gibt auf Barbados ca. 1.000 Rum Shops. Kleine Einrichtungen in denen man ganz ungezwungen mit modernen Piraten einen heben kann. Um zu verstehen wie ein ...
The very first entry...it's rather long
... allowed to go back to sleep and by this time the sun has already risen. The next morning we decide it's time to go into Bridgetown to shop for some essentials. Mostly I wanted a fan because the humidity here is killer and I hope it will help keep the ...
Pictures!
I spent quite a bit of time working on my note so didn't get to go to all the beaches, but that is now turned in! We went to Oistins on Saturday night for dinner. On Sunday we went to the beach in the afternoon and then out to St. Lawrence ...
So Much Better
This weekend, due to the water shut-off, Ashley and I stayed at the Amaryllis Beach Resort. It was fantastic -- very friendly staff, good food, great pool, cold rooms, giant chess, pool tables, and slot machines. The beach at the Amaryllis was ...
Barbados
... than doing the boat trip - ha, ha! Not going to lie though, the swim back to land was a tad exhausting.. Bus to Bridgetown where we looked at historical buildings each side of the river, then walked back to the ship via markets. Very good, very ...
Back in Barbados
... stop to allow the drive to refuel (are you kidding me?), that killed about an hour. Then we ran into massive traffic as we entered Bridgetown. Who knew this little island could be so busy? I couldn’t believe it. It was 5:10 and we were to be onboard ...
Day 2 - West Coast und Affen
... werfen. Sehr klein, etwas mitgenommen, aber es zählt ja was rauskommt - Bier :-) Jetzt endlich komme ich nach Bridgetown. Die Hauptstadt beheimatet ca. 100.000 Einwohner. Ich parke mitten im Herzen der Stadt, der sogenannten "Careenage", der ...
Beaches & Green Monkeys!
After arriving in Barbados, we met with a local taxi driver and negotiated a very reasonable price to take us to a nearby beach. I was a little sunburnt so I resorted to a lawn chair in the shade. We had a couple of hours to kill before catching our 4 X 4 ...
Bye Bye Barbados
... enjoyed a Xmas Eve dinner at the Barbados Yacht Club...........very Caribbean, but very yummy. Christmas Day was spent on anchor at Bridgetown and became quite a social occasion when our friends Alan and Jean on "Tuatara" arrived. So it was quite a ...
Barbados, Home of Cricket and Rum
The anchorage here in Carlisle Bay is just off the main town of Bridgetown, off a sandy beach and in clear water. A dinghy ride takes us right into the centre of town where it is noisy and colourful. After 13 days at sea it is definite assault ...

