Barbados

See you later Complexity, thanks for the ride
Hello beach
And hello Barbados Yacht Club
Enjoyed some nice meals here
Yacht club boats in the bay
Tractor they use to pull boats out of the water
Someone coming out onto a trailer
Major snorkeling spot right off our beach in Carlisle Bay
We don't have to pay a tour boat, we just walk in off the beach
Christmas Eve in a cabana on the beach
Lots of local boats on buoys in Carlisle Bay
And LOTS of cruise ships in the harbor during Christmas week
Christmas morning we went for a swim and snorkle
Then to the Hilton for lunch
And finally to our AirBnB across the island on the windward side
Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
Geology is 85% limestone and 15% coral
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Looks a lot like Palau and Niue
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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And yes the Sargassum found the beach. But was not slimy and stinky, was dried up and crunchy.
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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Boxing Day drive to Bathsheba Beach
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14,000 Green Monkeys on the island, which the farm dogs keep out of the yard
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Nice sunrise over the Atlantic
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Went on a tour to this old plantation
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Barbados Botanical Gardens
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Barbados Botanical Gardens
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Barbados Botanical Gardens
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Friday night Fish Fry at Oistins
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Home of the islands fish processing
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Tents for crafts set up
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Local fishing boats on buoys
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Selfie on the pier at sunset
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Fish market closing up
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Mahi? Not sure.
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The vendors grilling DELICIOUIS mahi for dinner
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Everyone in town comes on Friday night
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The music is loud and the crows is having fun
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Next morning at AirBnB watching this gecko on the rail every morning
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Lunch at another resort on the north end of the island
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Another beautiful sunrise
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Going to be a beautiful day
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Our gecko is there again hunting for breakfast
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It is super fast, but missed this fly
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Back to Bridgetown and yacht club lunch with Jim & Barbara then more snorkeling and a beach day
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The roads are absolutely atrocious
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Back to Bathsheba beach for lunch, but winds blowing strong from the north now
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Nice lunch spot at Round House
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Food was delicious
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And the waves were huge this day
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Huge rollers from the north
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Was a long wait but a delicious meal
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Watched the rollers and surfers
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Definitely different than Boxing Day
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Sunset in the pasture next to our AirBnB, horses from the stables next door and fireflies after dark
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New Years Eve sunrise
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New Years Eve sunrise
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New Years Eve sunrise
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Very typical road repairs, only to one side
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On a tram for a tour of Harrison's Cave
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Hard hats required
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Down into the caves
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Caves are formed by water erosion through the limestone. Calcium rich water forms stalactites and stalagmites
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Stalagmites
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There are big caverns
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Pools of water everywhere
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River of water
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Waterfalls
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More pools
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Really interesting and pretty
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Tunnels
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Originally noted in historical records in the 1700s, rediscovered in 1970. Open to the public in 1981
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Big caves
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Parts look a little like ice or ice cream
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The water is clear but has deep silt underneath
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Big waterfall into cave
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The island aquafer supplies delicious and fresh drinking water to the entire island
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Stalactite
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Another route to somewhere
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Pretty stalagmites
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Huge wild banana plant
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Just a fancy pigeon
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But look at those feet
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Looks like bamboo on the stalks but google lens calls it a ginger
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One last pretty flower