New Edgewater Bathsheba

Barbados was great (we stayed in Holetown) – fabulous weather, a fully equipped apartment near the shops, bars and restaurants, in a great location with beach frontage.

We ate well, slept a lot, lay on the white sand beach, swam and snorkelled and went to the Cropover festival. We watched the amazing procession of floats, equipped with massive speakers, churning out reggae, as young (and not so ...

... 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.. :(

... side of downtown, despite being unknown to Google Maps, our GPS, and all hard copy maps of Bridgetown. See? we *can* still function without information from the internet! Busses to the North and Northeast corners of the island can be caught from here, and there were many tantalizing destinations listed at each gate. We boarded our bus for St. Andrew's Church, and the driver asked where we were going.

"Hillaby," I stated with ...

... and outside Josh and Jason's house waiting on them to remove their rear ends from their beds. Adam was already there and was entertaining himself on my iTouch. Finally at 8.30 the other 2 guys get out, with piles of snacks and towels, and we get going. After a quick pit stop at the gas station to pick up some smokes and rum [for them], we head east. Blasting all sorts of strange music along the way, we just cruise down the mostly empty roads enjoying the sunshine :) We reach ...

... brand new supreme court building) we headed to the bus terminal just in time to catch a cross-island bus to Bathsheba.

Bathsheba is a little town situated in the middle of the east coast of the Island. This coast borders the Atlantic ocean, and as such, the water is much rougher and the terrain is much more rugged. Because of the water conditions, Bathsheba sports some of the best surfing ...

... was full so no extra's unfortunately. It was all very exciting.. Ok ok.. this, for sure, was not our first airplane trip, but our first long haul (8hours). We had little TV screens in front of us and no clue how to use them.. Dinner, which was actually pretty good as airline food goes, was served about 2 hours into the flight and then we settled in to watch our own movies ...

... I was a little bit disappointed that the tour did not stopped here. I would have like to.

We then proceeded to St. John's Church which is perched 800 feet above the Atlantic ocean. Here, we got off the bus and enjoyed our tour inside as well as outside the church. It was amazing. From the back of the church, a magnificent view of the blue azure ocean could be seen. It was absolutely breathtaking.

There were several tombs ...

Dear Blog,

"Welcome to Barbados!" as the sign said, "Island where rich tropical fields meet a glistering azure sea". Quite true! As the ship made its way through the channel, the view of the island was spectacular!!.

Barbados is 270 miles from the coast of Venezuela. The island is really small in size being 14 by 21 miles. The population however, is 279,000 and the capital is Bridgeport.

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