Hi friends and welcome to Day 66 of this monumental, inconceivable and definly memorable blind sightseers tour….!

  My ‘Blind Sightseers’ shirt collection…🤣 

 I wanted to take a photo of all of my shirts that i’d collected whilst on my travels, to show everyone (especially Sarah’s dad) that i don’t only wear black, lol! 🤣 

The Gap…

We had a final walk along the gap to say a sad farewell…When Sarah found another way for us to cool down, lol! 🤣  

 My birthday Bajan towel…🇧🇧 

On my birthday, Sarah also bought me this great colourful towel from the gift shop…I wouldn’t stop talking about it! I said “Hey Sarah can you take a photo of me on the beach holding my towel in the wind? I can hold it out like a flag”. I was failing miserably to hold it against the wind…But just as i was about to give up, George and Cynthia walked past and asked if we’d like them to take some photos?! 💪🏼 😀  

Then as we were finishing…A kind person asked if we’d like a photo all together? Wow another photo we’ll cherish. 😀 

 We’d had an amazing time here in our fave place on earth…But it was time for a few more farewell photos before we head back home. 

 The final sunset…

Just as we were watching the sun fall away for the last time here in paradise…A kind lady asked if we’d like a photo together? Awww what a lovely surprise on our final evening, more precious memories.😀  

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• Tuscany Tour
• Transatlantic Sunset Cruise
• Matlock Bath
• Mayan Treasures Cruise
• Classical Greece Cruise
• Treasures of the Mediterranean Cruise
• Seven Isles Cruise
• Barbados – Southern Palms #1
• Tough Mudder 5K
• Tropical Delights Cruise
• Barbados – Southern Palms #2
• Aegean Shores Cruise
• Ancient Kingdoms Cruise
• Ultra Step Challenge

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   Hi friends and welcome to Day 65 of this monumental, inconceivable and definly memorable blind sightseers tour….!

 Good morning friends!  

NOPE..I just can’t get bored of the view…Ever! 😀  

Breakfast and bathing…💪🏼  

NOPE…I can’t get bored of this breakfast either, lol! 🤣  

Then it’s time for Sarah to have a swim in the pool whilst i try and not get fried. ☀️   

 Sarah showed me where to get the lovely ice cold water (with cucumber or lemon) so i could refill while she was in the pool. Once i’ve been shown i’m pretty good at remembering where to go and what to do. The water was on a table underneath a tent like thing…And i could just make out a shape of a palm tree above it but i didn’t know it was glowing! ☀️ 🌴 

The beach and Bajan blast…🌊

Wow…I don’t think we’ve ever been anywhere that is so accessible for us. It’s so much easier for us to be independent and do everything that we want to without too much hassle or struggle…And everything is so near by and we find it hard to even leave Southern Palms.

Speaking of which…”Steve let’s go on the beach” Sarah said as she blew pas me! I love this time of day and i’ll never get bored of seeing Sarah run, splash and play on this empty Caribbean beach. My only struggle is trying to point the camera towards the happy sounds! 🤣   

 After another fantastic time on the beach, it’s time to dry off and cool off…And what better way to cool off than a iced coffee at Sharkey’s! 😀  

Sharkey’s Tropical Cafe…

 Surf and turf…🍔 

 And guess what?? It’s time for  the ‘Southern Burger’ and the ‘Shrimp Cocktail’ again, Sarah says the shrimp are as big as your face and she’s never seen anything like it before! 🤣  

Sarah’s beautiful new green dress…

Sarah was excited to wear her beautiful new green dress, and as our room was right on the front facing the beach i said i’ll stay on the balcony and get some photos…No pressure, lol! 🤣 I didn’t have my ‘Big Burtha’ (Nikkor 80-400mm lens) or any of my DSLR’s but i did have my iPhone and tested the digital pinch zoom range! 😀  

 Hey look who’s back…? 😲  

Just as Sarah was walking back from the beach we heard “Sarah…Hello we’re back” it was George and Cynthia! They’d had a lovely time visiting family in Saint Vincent and you’ll never guess…?

If you remember when we stayed here last year and i had ‘The Coconut Slice’ in Speightstown on Sarah’s birthday island tour…Well obviously i was telling George about it and he said “We have a local one like that can Saint Vincent called ‘Red Belly’ and it sounds the same”. 

Then…🤔  

George said “Put out your hand” and continued to place a ‘Red Belly’ coconut slice into my hand! I couldn’t believe it…His kindness was ineffable. He continued I went to the bakery on the island and they only had 2 left and were not making any more, i got one for you and one for me”. 😀 I don’t have the hyperbole to describe the coconut slice, and sorry i don’t have a photo as it disappeared so quickly…Not sure where it went, lol! 😋 🤣 

The Bajan sunset…

 Wow what a relaxing day on this incredible holiday. Thankfully we have 1 more full day at this beautifully colourful place before we head back to Gatwick and the cold, wet and grey London hue!

We’ll meet tomorrow…Same time…Same place for another adventure! 😀

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• Tuscany Tour
• Transatlantic Sunset Cruise
• Matlock Bath
• Mayan Treasures Cruise
• Classical Greece Cruise
• Treasures of the Mediterranean Cruise
• Seven Isles Cruise
• Barbados – Southern Palms #1
• Tough Mudder 5K
• Tropical Delights Cruise
• Barbados – Southern Palms #2
• Aegean Shores Cruise
• Ancient Kingdoms Cruise
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   Hi friends and welcome to Day 63 of this monumental, inconceivable and definly memorable blind sightseers tour….!

 Good morning friends!

Welcome to 🌴 Southern Palms 🌴…!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms6f0NgnzMI

Yay, it’s also my birthday today! We’d managed to book this cruise and stay which covered both of our birthdays, and after Sarah’s ‘Unimog Birthday Blitz” i knew this would be a little more relaxed! After our amazing time here last year…We’d said if ever we had the chance to come back here we’d try and book room 112. Last year we had a side room which had no window at all but 112 faced directly south and looked out over the stupendous beach, palm trees and sea. I’d messaged Southern Palms to ask if they could hold the room for us…And they did! 😀 ☀️ 🌴

Walking into the room was simply breathtaking and we couldn’t believe the view from our room…And also from our balcony…😲  

 Wow we have a week of this view, i think i’m going to have a hard time leaving the room, lol! 😀  

It didn’t take long for us to unpack and make this our new home, then we quickly walked up to the reception to see if we could book ourselves to get birthday braides. The staff were incredibly friendly and knew we’d be back! The on site salon didn’t open until the next day so we didn’t have long to cope with fluffy hair, lol. As we are the ‘Blind Sightseers’ we also booked an excursion to ‘Harrison’s Cave’ tomorrow as we missed doing it last year. 😀  

Before we had a walk along the gap to see if our favourite cafe was still there, it was time tfor Sarah to put her feet on the sand and have a paddle in the sea. As you could tell from the photos of our room (above) it wouldn’t take long! 🤣   

Sarah and the Bajan blast…🌊

My birthday treat…❤️

I know it looks like Sarah is having all of the fun, but for me to watch (well listen) to Sarah laughing, playing and totally enjoying herself without having her insulin pump attached is one of my best feelings, and it’s certainly a birthday treat for me…Well one of them as i’m hoping they still do the ‘Southern Burger’ tonight. 😀  

The Gap…

Right…All of that standing still and taking photos of my lovely wife Sarah whilst being burnt to a crisp is really thirsty work, so let’s go and see if the ‘Sharkey’s Tropical Cafe’ is still there.  

 Southern Palms…

After a couple of hours on the gap it wasn’t long before the sunset would be blessing us with it’s slow descent, then it’d be time for the evening meal until we could sit on our balcony to watch the sun completely disappear! We did this every night and it was stunning every time! 😀  

 Evening meal…

DING…DING…DING…BOOM…💥

Although it was my birthday Sarah’s ‘Blind Sightseers Gastronomic Leaderboard’ bell exploded…It was for the best ‘Shrimp Cocktail’ she’d ever tasted, anywhere! 😀  

 And guess what?? They still did the ‘Southern Burger’ and it was consistently stupendous for the whole week. As you know this burger hit the top of my leaderboard last year so no bell this year for me…Just the amazing taste! 🍔  😀 Oh and it’s my birthday too…What a time to have the ‘Magnum Opus’ of the southern palms.! 😀  

 Sunset and the rocks…

Now it was time for us to walk off some of that delicious food, and take a lovely slow walk along the Barbados beach until we reach the rocks for the sunset. We needed to get back to our room before the sun set totally as it would be too dark and our eyes really don’t work in the dark! We had just enough time for Sarah to say hello to you guys!  

 The balcony of 112…

☢️ HEALTH WARNING…😲  

I asked Sarah if she could take a monumental birthday panorama for me from the balcony… 

 After i thanked her and we were sitting down enjoying the sunset, saying hello to the other guests as they walked by Sarah said “Wait a minute…I’ve never seen that before?!” She stood up looking to the right and then to the left. “Steve, the moon is shining over there on the left, and the sun is shining over there on the right, let me try and get them both in a panorama”. 

 Wow…I have never seen anything like this before! Have you? 🤔

Thanks for joining us today, and What a way to end my birthday and begin our Bajan blessing.

We’ll meet tomorrow…Same time…Same place for another adventure! 😀 

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• Tuscany Tour
• Transatlantic Sunset Cruise
• Matlock Bath
• Mayan Treasures Cruise
• Classical Greece Cruise
• Treasures of the Mediterranean Cruise
• Seven Isles Cruise
• Barbados – Southern Palms #1
• Tough Mudder 5K
• Tropical Delights Cruise
• Barbados – Southern Palms #2
• Aegean Shores Cruise
• Ancient Kingdoms Cruise
• Ultra Step Challenge

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