Surfer's Point Guest House Christ Church

... to Rhonda and her advice, we also visited St Nicholas Abbey, which was lovely…..and in the evening treated ourselves to dinner at The FishPot (excellent) after lunch at Nanika (no wonder we piled on the pounds this holiday)!

All in all, a most relaxing and enjoyable end to our Caribbean adventure…..the R&R necessary to ensure a calm approach to our 44 hour journey back here to Surabaya!

So, after 5 days worth of failed attempts trying to fly standby, I came to the realisation that this is probably going to be impossible for the next month at least. There were 40 other people waiting with me in standby, many of them AA staff, many of them with families and many of them completely stranded for one reason or the other - a few were stuck behind too many people in line and checkin ...

This is my third day trying to get out of the island on standby. I was 38/47 on the list earlier. So many families of staff members using their tickets for holiday.. It's insanity. It seems to be impossible to get out of the Caribbean right now! Hopefully I'll figure out something soon, otherwise I may have to cancel parts of my itinerary.. :(

... for the quality of its food. Indeed, the range and choice of exquisite restaurants is one of the primary reasons Barbados attracts visitors back to its shores time and time again, with repeat visitors accounting for 40% of arrivals. Barbados is also the only country of its size in the world to have a dedicated Zagat guide, which is an indispensable guide to the many types of fine food available including Italian, French, Chinese, Indian and, of course ...

... the church that dated almost five hundred years ago. It was kind of creepy walking all around them, but this is what made the whole place intriguing and captivating.

We stopped for while along the ocean to admire big huge boulders right on the shore. It was absolutey beautiful seeing them.

Our next stop was at the Highland Adventure Center where we sipped a complimentary soft drink. It was relaxing and we enjoyed the view once ...

... is so beautiful. I just couldn't believe my surroundings. At the bottom of the ocean, the corals were spectacular. Words cannot describe beauty. You have to see it to believe it. What a fantastic experience that I am not about to forget soon.

After the snorkel off we went to another beach where we relaxed and swammed for a while before returning to the ship.

Thankful for snorkeling,

Mo

... ging es los Richtung Osten. Die ersten Meter mit Linksverkehr waren noch gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber wer 3 Wochen Australien hinter sich hat, der wird auch mit Barbados zurechtkommen. Bei jedem Strand hielt ich an und schaute mir die Gegend an. Barbados ist zwar bereits sehr verwestlicht, aber die Hurricans scheinen hier immer wieder aufzuräumen. Zumindest sind, abgesehen von den Luxushotels, die Häuser sehr spärlich ausgestattet und nur notdürftig geflickt. Am Abend ging es ...

... the water the next day and the participant ALWAYS had the option of opting out up to the splash down! She did (take the lessons). She didn't opt out (although, dropping backwards into the water off of the side of the boat was not the way she envisioned getting into the brine and descending to depths before never considered let alone done! AND, all one needs to do is take a look at the instructor and it will be well understood why Ingrid did not chicken out. Would ...

wow, it's been almost two weeks since my last entry! a lot has been going on (i have had to keep a list so i can remember everything i want to write about for each post) so i'll see how much of it i can get done now before i have class in a couple hours. to start, i mentioned in my last post that i would be going back to batsheba to learn how to surf. the day after i wrote that post i went with two other eap students, one of whom brought her surfboard here to barbados, and did ...

... kind. A mummy roo was stooped over eating grass and protruding out of her pouch was a baby Joey chomping away as well. I can almost hear you all 'aaaah-ing'. We dragged ourselves away from the scene complete with soppy looks on our faces and drove into the nearby campsite for a nose around where once again we were greeted by a kangaroo. This one was tattooed, seven foot tall, built like a brick out-house and was obviously a part-time boxer and it wasn't how we had remembered ...