Little Good Harbour Hotel Barbados

... 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 ...

Dear Blog,

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.

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 ...

... Hourrah! Mi and I decided to sit way at the back of the boat for more excitement. Well, we sure were not disappointed. The ride was extremely a high speed one. With excitement, I kept yelling and yelling as water kept splashing on my face and the boat jumping the high waves. By the time we arrived at Turtle Bay, well, Mi and I were soaked. Regardless, we had our bathing suits on. Ha Ha! It sure was a fun ride ...

... the island were we could snorkel over an old shipwreck. Another, incredible experience swimming amongst shoals of fish. We could have stayed there all day but alas, we had to set sail back to Aurora. As the Captain said "It is now party time". Rum punch was served together with coconut and Banana Bread. The Reggie music was loud and all the way back, the crew had got everyone dancing on deck, as we approached the quayside. There was a great atmosphere on board and one ...

... it. Our group was rather ****** off that he didn't tell us that before we went through all the trouble. We finally made it back down to the beach and it was so beautiful and relaxing there. The water is warm, clear, and peaceful and I'm becoming good and brown. Evening grub line turned into a face-off and then treasure hunt with Sherlock Hall. I think the best line of the night was from Adrian whose grub name is Big Bird: for you cannot tell if it is man or woman. When we were sounding ...

... with americans that arise from all the things i have been doing just to do that. the culture here is very academic, and if i really wanted to bond with the caribbean kids (i am generalizing, of course) i would have to stay home every night and study, something i am not willing to do. it's a delicate balance as i try not to become too closely associated with the american kids, who can be sort clique (is that the spelling?) while experiencing everything about the island ...

... whose tropical setting was appropriate, ate a lot of swordfish (as had no choice), got my hair plaited (all of it), went to catholic mass where the visitors have to stand up an idenify them selves - a bit embarrassing, went shopping in Bridgetown where I bought C his engagement pocket watch. It's the one place I ever dared leave my towel on the sun bed while I was away for more than an hour & what happens some American biatch sits on it i.e ...