Barbados Part 2

We were very fortunate in that Hendy and Ingrid have a spare car and were extremely kind in loaning it to us for a while. This enabled us to get all around Barbados and see much of the many attractions it has. We love coastal walks and old buildings so our first trip was to Harrison's Point light house. There is also the ruins of an old windmill right near it.

The windmill

Harrison Point lighthouse

The view from the top

The next stop was Archers bay, a favorite picnic beach for locals. It's very tucked away so no surprise it was very secluded and empty when we visited.

Archers bay

The little beach tucked between coves

Our next stop was the Animal Flower Caves on the north coast.

The rugged north coast of Barbados

The big swells

After the Animal flower cave we went for a picnic at River Bay, a delightful little bay with a large picnic area beside it on the rivers estuary.

River Bay beach area

Devin in the trusty steed

Barbados black belly sheep are all over the island

Our next stop was another lovely bay on the North East shore

Cove Bay

It is also home to Segway Barbados - so we just caught them

Then we went on to Farley Hill where the Barbados national trust has a nice plantation house ruin and park.

The back of the ruin

The front facade. a once fabulous house

A nice park fr picnics as well

The next day we tarted out witha trip to the Concorde exhibit near the airport.

Concorde

Take your seats

A small cockpit

A purpose built hanger

After Concorde we went on to Foursquare Distillery. A lovely restore sugar plantation now open as a distillery and museum.

The small museum

The distillery entrance

The product

Then on to the beach walk at Hastings

Lovely beaches

A great boardwalk too

Our next trip started the day early to get to a Bahamas National Park property called Welshman's Gully. It is a gully or gorge like feature and this one is believed to have been created when a large lime stone cave collapsed and left the walls forming the feature. Gully's are fairly common on the island and are largely responsible for preserving a lot of native plants. This is why the BNT wanted to preserve it.

An gully inhabitant

The lovely pond near the top.

Good paths throughout

Some of the remaining cave features

A stalagmite and stalactite

Very fertile

Some nice flowers too

A close up of small flowers

A noni or dog dumpling - a cure all plant

Some local momkey

An abundance of monkeys as they are fed daily

Then on to Hackleton's cliff, 1,000 feet high over the east coast to explore the scenery.

The view over Bathsheba

A short walk down below the cliff

We stumbled on a Rasta commune

On to the eastern most lighthouse at Ragged Point for some more coastal views and a picnic lunch.

Ragged Point lighthouse

Culpepper Island

On to visit Sam Lords Castle, once the most famous and expensive resort on Barbados, it now lies in ruins.

One of the buildings still standing

The beach of course is still there

A lovely lady

A real shame to see

On to Crane bay to see the lovely new resort and its famous beach

The resort on the peninsula above the beach

The steps to the beach

The next trip was a couple of days later to do a little shopping around Holetown at the chattle house market and the designer stores first.

The Chattle house market

The lovely church at Holetown

Ready for window shopping

We managed to catch sight of a group o f wild monkey's on our way past Sandy Lane golf course.

We arrived at Warrens to do some more shopping for hardware as well as having roti for lunch. We also found the large supermarket for Massey and PriceSmart.

We spent the after noon with Handy and Ingrid to do some more catching up and tell them how much we appreciate the use of their car and the beauty of the island.