Urgh. Broken sleep from midnight on account of too soft a bed, and too hot a room, even with the aircon on max cold, and not even a sheet. I think I'm dying.
Watched the arrival in Barbados which was pretty cool.
Sunrise over the North Atlantic and Barbados
Barbados flag on the Queen Mary 2
Barbados from Queen Mary 2
Download photos and GPS and blogged, then got ready to go.
We had a fairly late start - didn't need to meet til 9:30 at Queens Court. We walked the two ship lengths down the wharf to the terminal and met up with the tour group outside the terminal.
Queen Mary 2 at Barbados
The tour took us through the main part of Bridgetown, and then out into the countryside. The tour guide pointed out all sorts of things along the way. Interestingly, Barbados is not volcanic, but primarily made of coral limestone.
Gun Hill Signal Station
The Lion at Gun Hill
Our first stop was St Johns parish church, an old gothic church which was quite nice. Had about twenty five minutes at the first stop. I think.
St John Parish Church
Ferdinando Paleologus Tomb at St John Parish Church
Photo by Stu
Sundial at St John Parish Church
View of the countryside to the North Atlantic ocean
View of the countryside to the North Atlantic ocean
Cemetery at St John Parish Church
St John Parish Church
Interior of St John Parish Church
Red and white flowers for Christmas
Our second stop was at Bathsheba on the north east coast, which was quite pretty. I think we only had about fifteen or twenty minutes there, but we did share a beer that went down very nicely in the heat.
View to the North Atlantic over Bathsheba
Rock on Bathsheba Beach
Bathsheba Beach
Bathsheba Beach
Stu at Bathsheba Beach
Bathsheba Beach
Small part of Barbados geology that is rock not coral
Our last stop was at Highlands Adventure which had a lovely view, and free wifi, and an included drink, and free wifi!! So much faster than the ship's wifi which is practically unusable.
View north over Barbados from Highlands
Birds at Highlands
A rum punch and the view north over Barbados from Highlands Bar
Monkey at Highlands Bar
Highlands weather station
View north over Barbados from Highlands
Then just back to Bridgetown.
St Thomas Parish Church
Kensington Oval cricket ground (Wello told me I should see cricket there if there was anything being played)
This was at 13:30, and I didn't just want to get straight back on the ship, so we took a taxi to Independence Square. Across the river was a nice looking pub, so we thought we'd have a drink. And it turned out they did food as well, so decided to have lunch there. Except the service was abysmal. Even the manager was hounding his staff to actually give us some service. It was a good hour and a half before we got any food. He did give us each a free beer for the wait though, so that was nice.
The east wing of the Parliament of Barbados, completed in 1873
The west wing of the Parliament of Barbados, completed in 1872
Christmas trees in National Heroes Square
Bridge House building where we had lunch
Interior of Marina Bar and Restaurant, Bridge House
View from Marina Bar and Restaurant, Bridge House
We were both a bit over things by now, so just had a quick look at the arch, and the nearby cathedral, then walked down main street, then along the waterfront back to the ship.
Independence Arch, Chamberlain Bridge
Cenotaph in National Heroes Square
St Michael Anglican Cathedral
Interior of St Michael Anglican Cathedral
St Michael Anglican Cathedral
Lord Nelson Statue
Barbados foreshore on the walk back to the ship
Barbados foreshore on the walk back to the ship
Queen Mary 2 at Barbados
Touch up painting the Queen Mary 2 at Barbados
We both had showers, then I put on some washing.
Watched some tv while waiting for washing, then went to dinner.
Queen Mary 2 departure party
Arcardia departing Barbardos and Queen Mary 2 departure party
The poor sweetie is still feeling utterly miserable, so we just went to Kings Court. I was just going to have dessert, on account of not having lunch til around 3pm. But there was rack of lamb. Whoops.
Dessert in Kings Court
Then back to crash around 20:30.
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