Allamanda Beach Hotel Barbados Hastings

... people gyrated (I suppose it was dancing?) in colourful costumes &#8211; or rather accessories! All to celebrate the end of the sugar cane harvest and the success of the rum production!<br><br>On one day we hired a car and explored the island &#8211; marvelling at the ferocious seas of the Atlantic at Animal Flower caves and Bathsheba compared to our gently lapping, clear, warm, blue waters on the west coast ...

... going to Cuba and making a raft - anything to just get onto American soil. People were fighting to get whatever ticket they could. I was trying to avoid doing that but left it a little too late. So if I was going to be buying a ticket to get anywhere next week I may as well go to Canada, as that part of my itinerary is set whereas nothing was booked for the US. The nice guy at the AC desk ...

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.. :(

We took our sorry selves to Grantley Adams Airport to send the kids home at 4:30 A.M. after partying until midnight. I wanted to take a picture of a couple of the girls ~ shower caps, basketball shorts and their "beaters" as they said 'cuz that's how they roll in Columbus (Ohio, where they're from). Made me smile. <br><br>Last breakfast coming up here ~ off to grab eggs before the ...

I think you'll be able to access all of my travel pod information from this website. It's not very user friendly, or I'm being blonde.<br><br>I hope you're both doing fine and know your mom loves you and misses you! Home tomorrow night at midnight. Not really ready to leave the beauty here. It's been an awesome time...hope you can catch the flavor of it. <br><br>Looking forward to catching up,<br>Love,<br>mom

grrrr...dealing with internet connections is a challenge here! I just lost my entire Sunday blog that I had written :(<br>But, what about those Lakers? What a great OT game! <br><br>Today was church and dancing ~ is it okay to use the fact that I'm still on CA time as an excuse that I fell back to sleep after my wake up call. This is not good when someone's picking you up at 6:45 AM (2:45 AM in Cali) and you drag ...

This is a challenging day to share...so many impressions, experiences. <br><br>The bird who stole my breakfast while I was getting my coffee<br><br>The gentle trade winds have decided to kick it up a notch or ten. Sitting on the beach chair, staring at the sea and it starts to rain the wind blows and the sun shines ~ all at the same time. I've been in Florida when it rains and shines, but add the wind blowing around like a hurricane ...

Dear Blog,<br><br>As much as I enjoyed this morning's excursion, this afternoon, I am off to a coast to coast scenic drive of Barbados. I opted for this excursion because I wanted to take in as much as possible of the island's highlights.<br><br>After we boarded our air-conditioned mini bus, off we went through the center of Bridgetown. We saw sights such as Heroes Square and the Houses of Parliament. We then drove by the Lion at Gun Hill Signal ...

... br><br>After being given a safety briefing and snorkel lesson by the guide, everyone on the boat entered the water to swim among the turtles. Mi did not take any time. Off he went in the water, as for myself, well, I was a little bit hesitant. I went in the last one. The water was pure crystalline and warm as I slowly made my way in. <br><br>Adrenaline started to take effect as I spotted underneath me four ...