Sunset Sands Apartments Speightstown

... to Rhonda and her advice, we also visited St Nicholas Abbey, which was lovely&#8230;..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)!<br><br>All in all, a most relaxing and enjoyable end to our Caribbean adventure&#8230;..the R&amp;R necessary to ensure a calm approach to our 44 hour journey back here to Surabaya!

... his hardest to get me on a plane, however my not acting fast enough led to a very good ticket for $500US slipping away. So I pulled some strings, and I'm now going to Toronto direct on Wednesday I'm bummed out like mad that I can't go to NYC and possibly not even Detroit, but I guess it just happens sometimes. Next time I guess.. But at least now I can go to Canada! Wednesday can't come fast enough.

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.. :(

... and Asta Reef -- a sunken ship and a coral reef. We tooled around the bottom, viewing spectacular corals, sponges, and sea fans, and spotting two turtles, two eels, and many fish. <br><br> After a surface interval and trip back to shore, we headed out on an even shorter boat ride to the other side of the bay to view the Carlisle Bay Marine Park, a collection of 5 sunken ships all covered with sea life and fairly open for exploring. This time ...

... I was a little bit disappointed that the tour did not stopped here. I would have like to.<br><br>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. <br><br>There were several tombs ...

... huge sea turtles swimming one next to the other one in their environment. What a beautiful scene! Too bad I couln't take any pictures, my camera not being waterproof. Small coloured fishes could also be seen next to some huge yellow angelfish. Here I was, in the Caribbean Sea snorkeling. I was this little (well not so little) fish swimming in this huge aquarium. It was a dream come true. It was magic ...

... and take to anything wet and wavey like it is land. However, Ingrid prefers not to put her head under water or go out in the rain or... (well not quite that bad, but you get the gist of where I am going with this). Thus, we had an issue which sorted itself out. Ingrid talked to a woman who was giving scuba lessons at the pool, (it was more comfortable initially talking woman to woman) and she found out that lessons could be taken all the way up to dropping ...

... get there before 9:45 we're alright. And we arrived just in time. The breakfast was so delicious, and the view so breathtaking, that we decided to remain at the restaurant for a spell and just take in the beauty of Barbados. Rolling waves lulled us into a peaceful, relaxed state. A few birds flew nearby to visit and landed on the railing to beg for breadcrumbs. Meanwhile, a light rain began to fall, and lasted just long enough to cool the ...

... was doing his thing, i also had to laugh, because seriously, who does that? anyways it was gross and i really do feel bad for the girls who are subjected to that sort of perversion, especially since someone who will do that might also try to do more harmful things. so if you ever come to barbados, watch out and don't sit too close to the bushes, and don't go to beaches alone if you are a woman. i'm not sure if i mentioned this before, but there is an intra-dorm competition ...

... of alcohol (rum) and drinking from 8am. Lots of noise. As the players came on it was deafening. Very hard to describe but so much fun. We met lots of people and had a ball. At lunch one of the local ladies gave us some of her food- Bajan chicken, macaroni, potatoes- Went very well with rum. By the end of the day we could hardly move as we had been squashed in for 10 hours but it was the best day of cricket we had been to. There were a lot of ...