May 31, 2020 
ย Good morning friends! Yay weโre in Barbados! ๐ ย โ๏ธ ย
After our relaxing breakfast (as no excursion today) we had a couple of hours on the ship. We were excited not to be flying home as usual but to be staying a week on Barbados. Weโve never done a cruise and stay before so had no idea what to expect. But while we are waitingโฆHow about a game of blind crazy golf? ๐ ย ย
ย We made sure there wasnโt many people playing as i take too long on a shot. I canโt see my feet never mind a golf ball, lol! To take a shot i bend down and place the ball on the floor while holding the club against it. Then slowly rise up whilst at the same time trying not to move the club or the ball at all. Hopefully the wind hasnโt blown my ball away from the club (happened a few times as i swung and just hit air) then i swing. If i make contact with the ball itโs a bonus, but sometimes i just fluke a hole in one! ๐ ๐ช๐ผ ย
ย After a very hot round of crazy golf (i think Sarah won) and a farewell iced coffee it was time for us to leave this lovely ship.ย
ย ๐ดย Southern Palms ๐ด…
ย After a short ride in a minibus with the driver telling us some great places to visit if we get the chance, we pulled up a the hotel. We were welcomed by a steel drum band and Sarah just had to get a video of this place! ๐ ย
Once weโd been shown around our room with lovely air conditioning, we unpacked our case and went for a little walk round which included the beach. โ๏ธ ๐ย
Welcome to ourย perfect Caribbean postcard beach…
ย We couldnโt believe how empty the beach was and had a walk up and down up to the limits of our hotel (the hotel was wider than we’d thought) and there were not many people on the beach at all. We walked around the whole bay (which wasnโt very big) and there were more people on the beach in front of the next hotel down, but hardly any in front of our hotel..Excellent. ๐ ย
The sunset photo…
As the Southern Palms faced directly south we headed right along the beach so i could find a lovely sunset photo, i knew the sunsets must be amazing here so wondered where we could stand to get one?! Wow i think this looks like the place! We couldnโt believe it as this place was about 50 meters from our hotel, and it was the end of the bay so we couldnโt walk any further anyway. Sarah quickly found her new โHappy Place’ on the top of the rocks.ย ๐ฒ
ย It was beautiful and we stayed as long as we could before it got too dark for us. It had rocks, coastline and trees for composition and we were happy to come here for the next 7 days! ย
ย We knew instantly that this place was something special and weโd love itโฆAnd i havnโt even mentioned the evening meals yet!! Oh the โBlind Sightseers Gastronomic Leaderboardโ is going to get busy! More about that on a later date. ๐ย
The following day…
We had breakfast and evening meal included at the hotel, and wow what a breakfast (tell you later!) So when weโd filled our tanks we headed out of the hotel for a short walk. As the hotel was located on St Lawrence Gap we thought even if we get lost, someone would always know about the gap and take us home, good plan.ย
St Lawrence Gap…
It was scorching hot (and then some) but there was a sprinkling of stalls, shops and cafe/bars along the gap, so i could stand underneath in the boiling hot shade, lol! Then walking further along the gap we found (which is now) our favourite and most colourful cafe…โSharkeyโs Tropical Cafeโ.ย
ย We didnโt have time to stop at the moment as we were on exploration mode. The gap then turned 90ห to the right until we hit the main road. We knew we could just turn back and get back the way we came, but weโd read about the legendary public buses and wanted to try one!ย
The bus…
Wow, let me tell you a little about the bus! Remember how i was telling you about my favourite cars of all time back in Corsica, yes the insanely fast โGroup Bโ rally carsโฆWell when weโd walked along the main road a little, on some tiny paths that took some navigatingโฆOne of these blasted past (i enjoyed the breeze,lol). โWow that was closeโ i said whilst trying to sort my shirt out as it had been blown violently around. Climbing on board one of these missiles (it was heading the way of another coffee shop iโd found on Facebook) the first thing that we noticed was the noise! It had a hugely loud raspy exhaust (like Group B cars) and it only accelerated hard and fast. There were no cruising and just hard braking for anyone else brave enough to get on. It took us about 7 seconds (maybe 10 minutes) before we could breathe again and the g-force came down to normal and we could step off.
It stopped right outside the โVictoria Coffee Shopโ and we were greeted with this fantastic sign as we walked in…ย
ย The coffee shop was beautiful and we had a lovely strong coffee with some local banana bread, Mmmmm. ย ๐ ย
ย After another dizzying blast on the rocket fuelled bus we managed to get back to the hotel after a good time exploring. Sarah said (i think sheโd seen my hair after the bus ride) โShall we book you in to get your hair braided as the hotel has itโs own hair salon?โ My hair did look like a cross between โAslanโ and โWorzel Gummidgeโ so i was happy to get it out of the way for a whole week! ๐ ย ย
ย The lady did a fantastic job and we had a great time chatting to her and learning more about Barbados.
Sarahโs Birthday in Barbados…
Tomorrow will be Sarahโs birthday and weโve booked an excursion that will take us all around the island, showing us the different coastlines of this beautiful place. Weโre really looking forward to it and canโt wait to share Sarahโs birthday with you in Barbados. ๐ง๐ง ๐ ย ย
To be continued…
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