Barbados
has one of the most beautiful long white sandy beaches, which I took advantage
of for my runs. I got Joshua to join me for a run . . . needless to say he
hasn’t run since!
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| Orchard garden |
We
hired a car and took a day to explore the island. We drove to a café that was
supposed to be there (it said it was on the map), turns out nobody had ever
heard of it and we never found it. So we found another place to eat breakfast.
We then drove to the airport to go and see the Concord experience (turns out
its closed on Mondays). So after an unsuccessful morning, we went to the
Orchard Garden in the middle of the island and went through all of the orchard
houses. The flowers were absolutely amazing, it wasn’t in season so not all the
orchards were in bloom, but the few we did se were so worth it. We drove to the
other side of the island to see the wild surfing beaches that nobody was meant
to swim in. After sunset drinks, we drove back to where our boat was anchored
and had the most amazing dinner at a restaurant called Fusion.
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| Sitting in the garden |
We
decided to tackle the island again the next day. We drove to the airport to
fetch our passports with our newly issued 10-year American visas. After that we
went to the Concord experience. My dad was like a little kid in a candy shop.
The Concord was an amazing aeroplane, which could reach London in half the time
a regular commercial aeroplane would take. We were given the history and were
even allowed onto the plane. It was a great experience for all and highly
recommended! After that, we decided to go see a movie as my mom wanted to do
some shopping at the deli.
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| Concord experience |
We left
on Wednesday to sail to Union Island. We spent hours changing sails as the wind
changed with us. Finally, we sailed a while with the Spinnaker up. The
beautiful green and yellow sail was almost grateful to be released again. We
arrived, once again, at some ungodly hour of the morning, anchoring safely in
the bay.
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| Flying the spinnaker |
We
did inventory of the alcohol on the boat and figured out we are a booze cruise for
sure! Thursday afternoon, my brother and I went to Happy Island. We had
sundowners on the little bar in the middle of the water. It was a great end to
a beautiful day.
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| Booze cruise |
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| Happy Island |
We
left on Friday for Tobago Cays and had a fantastic weekend swimming with
turtles, rays, nurse sharks and lots of fish. Below is a video to share our
time in this beautiful place:
Hey Jessica, great video, even better background song, my favourite remix of all time. I am enjoying the experience with the whole family thanks for recording the memories. The bay that we moored in was Carlisle Bay in Barbados. Love Dad xxx
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