Barbados Part 3

Our next trip in the car was to the Pelican Craft Center were we visited a the cigar factory where local ladies hand roll and finish cigars from Cuban tobacco. Most of the ladies here have been making cigars for many years the oldest two employees being here 23 years each.

Hand finishing a cigar

The finished product

After the Cigar factory we visited some other local craft and souvenir shops and Liz found a bargain on a blouse.

Our next stop was to Tyrol Cot the home of Sir Grantly Adams the first elected leader of pre-independance Barbados in 1929 and his son Tom Adams later a prime minister of Barbados in 1976.

Tyrol Cot

Fine furnishing for its day

Nice and spacious too

One of the bedrooms

Grantley Adam's desk

The grounds of the house are the home of the heritage village where they have restored some small chattle houses and older slave houses.

Chattle House

Heritage Village of Chattle Houses

Restoration of an old slave house

The village

Back on Moosetracks we had another morning of horses swimming in the anchorage. Liz was able to get a few more shots the next day as well when we came across the horses in their trailer waiting to go for a swim.

Swimming with the trainer

Swimming in pairs

On the beach before the swim

Giving a little encouragement

All done, time to get out.

We took another walk around Bridgetown and managed to find the Synagogue which is a very nicely maintained building with a museum as well.

The Synagogue

We took our next walk to the Garrison at Savannah again to watch the changing of the guard which happens on Thursdays at noon. .It is a volunteer group of ex-servicemen who perform the ceremony once a week. It was absolutely fantastic to watch and well worth the walk up from Bridgetown.

Staging the guards

Inspecting the guard

The bugler

Changing the guard

The band

The carriage for tours of the Garrison.

We also visited the Washington House, where George Washington had stayed as a young man visited Barbados with his brother. We also toured the tunnels here under the Savannah to drain the fields and rid them of mosquitoes when the rmy was garrisoned here.

Washington House

First we watched a short video of the house and its history and then we were taken on the tour of the newly discovered tunnels in the grounds.

Descending to the tunnels

In the tunnels

Quite a long tunnel at that

Our tunnel guide

Some root encroaching in the tunnel

Back to Main house, we started logically in the out-house?

The toilet which empties to the gully beside the house

The large dining room 

Lawrence Washington's bedroom

The rear of the dining room the exit to the kitchens

The hall card table

George Washington's bedroom

The Kitchen

The rear ground of the house

Well that was a lot of sightseeing in Barbados so we had a feeling we were nearing our end in the lovely country. But there was just one last hurrah with Hendy and Ingrid as the Superbowl was due this Sunday. As Hendy arrived to pick us up we brought him out to see Moosetracks. The anchorage was pretty bouncy but he anted to see our home and get a feel for how we live. It was a short flying visit and gave Hendy a good idea of the size of our home.

We had a great Superbowl party with Hendy and Ingrid and their friends, it was a little defense as Superbowl's usually are but a great night.

We took the next day to move Moosetrakcs to Port St Charles to check out ready for departure the next day. It was with  heavy heart we left our good friends behind and headed out on our overnight passage to Martinique.