Parting Shots

Our holiday home is just about where the little blue fishie is.

FOOD AND DRINK and ...

 Best marmalade ever!

 for you M and D... trying to buy Irish  :)

 Hairoun beer from St.Vincent... is sometimes (mis?) pronounced "Heroin"

 Tea of course...and seafood seasoning and garlic pepper jelly. 

The Bajan Hot Pepper Sauce has a warning: "Do not let the pleasant taste fool you, it carries the kick of a mule!"

 Dish soap and very handy little soaps for washing hands at the sink.  Thanks T!

Banks beer and pineapple juice

...and of course, Mount Gay Rum.  $45 Bajan 1.75L 

(22.50CAD)

...we be sneaking some o' dis home!

Photos from our journeys around the Island

Sugar cane, St Thomas Parish

Brighton Market, St George Parish

 Long Beach

Long Beach is located on the South coast Atlantic side of the island.  It is very windy, making it popular with wind surfers and kite surfers.  The water here is rough with strong undertows.

Silver Sands Beach, Christchurch Parish

At the "Round Rock Apartments by the Sea" restaurant, 

We've been here a few times for lunch.

The water here is choppy and the beach is windy, making it ideal for kite surfers.

 Silver Sands Beach has also been the official venue for the deAction Barbados Waterman Festival, and the start of many Professional Windsurfing World Cup Tours. 

St. John Parish Church

St. John Parish Church, a classic Gothic church, was built in 1846, to replace the church that was destroyed by the Great Hurricane of 1831.  The original church was built from stone in 1660.

In the courtyard grows a Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba).

The flossy fibre contained in the pods is used to stuff pillows. 

The cliff edge site commands a sweeping view of the east coast

In the churchyard rests Ferdinando Paleologus, a descendant of Emperor Constantine the Great, whose family was driven from the throne in Constantinople by the Turks.  Ferdinando died here in 1678, after being a resident for over 20 years. 

Bathsheba, on the East coast of Barbados

  

St Andrews Parish, on the East coast

During the colonial years under British rule, the landscape was thought to resemble the rolling hills of Scotland, and was nicknamed "the Scotland district".

The parish is one of the more unspoiled areas of the island, and is home to several natural reserves.

Dover Beach

 Dover Beach is located in the middle of St Lawrence Gap, on the South coast. It is a very popular beach with watersports available such as jet-skiing, Hobie cat sailing, boogie boarding and wind surfing. Nearby are many small stalls selling food and drink and souvenirs.

Barbados Blue

Thanks all for visiting my first attempt at a blog.

 We're flying home tomorrow, sadly leaving the sun and warmth.  

But...as a wise certain someone said, if we don't go home, we can't look forward to returning!