Scenic Places

We are leaving Barbados tomorrow for a week in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  We want to share a few of the scenic spots we have visited in Barbados.  We are having some trouble with publishing from the iPad so the captions here refer to the pictures in the post below.

The first photo was taken on Needham Point, in front of the Hilton Hotel.  We went there for a drink and to watch the sunset after a swim on Pebbles Beach.  There are some old cannons there, as the point was part of St. Ann's Fort and Garrison that was established here in the early 1700's.  



This fountain is in the center of Bridgetown in a new park that was built along the careenage.  The careenage is a place where boats were brought in for repairs, as it was shallow enough to tip them on their sides to get at the bottom.  We toured a sailing boat that is trying to re-establish the shipping of goods using only wind power.  They were shipping chocolate from Grenada to New York, and other cargo from the USA to Europe.



In the small neighbourhood where our appartment is most houses have mature gardens.  This lovely bouganvillia is around the front entryway of a house near one of the local bus stops.  We have taken the local bus only once as our friend Jim has been happy to play tour guide and take us all around the island.  He is very knowledgeable about the island and his love for this place shows, even through his frustrations about things here that don't work well.



This is Accra Beach, which is one of the well known, popular beaches.  One evening after a swim here we went for dinner at a restaurant at the other end of a sea-side boardwalk that begins here.  The brief sunset that night was followed by a rain shower and strong winds so we were happy to be inside the restaurant enjoying a pepper pot and some flying fish, both common traditional dishes in Barbados.

 This is Miami Beach (sometimes known as Enterprise Beach), and it is the beach we swim at most days.  It is a short car ride from the apartment, and Jim likes to go there most days in the afternoon.  Of course we tag along and enjoy the pristine waters.  There are fewer tourists and more local people at this beach than at Accra, so it feels very safe and comfortable.  This section of the beach has some waves, and around the point, which is behind the photographer, there is another stretch of beach with very little wave action.

We have been watching the weather in Regina, and were very happy we were not there last week. We have had a bit of rain here, but it is mainly early in the morning and doesn't hamper our activities much.

We have a few more pictures of our activities in Barbados that we want to share, so we will likely send another post later today.