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Barbados
 
Relaxing day on a white sandy beach on the Caribbean Sea
 
It’s a wonderful moment of relaxation.
Barbados
 
Very quiet night.... How great !
 
Second day of visit dedicated to the south of the island.
 
* Harrison’s Cave: a cave filled with stalactites, stalagmites, cascading waterfalls and natural passages. Mandatory visit in a small train.... one hour visit for a cave that does not deserve the 30 euros per person! nothing extraordinary and very badly highlighted.
 
We descend along the east coast where we admire beautiful landscapes identical to those of the previous day.
 
Thanks to our GPS we can discover the beauties of this island.
 
* Oistins: This fishing village lives at the pace of its daily market. On Friday and Saturday, it comes to life, barbecues ignite and we eat fish, shrimps and lobsters.
 
We dine in a booth recommended by John. Good but deafening atmosphere, impossible to get along.
 
Before diner, we see turtles near the pier.
Barbados
 
Waking up at 4:00 in the morning by the crowing of the neighbor’s roosters.
In fact, it’s a combat rooster farm right under our windows. We can’t sleep again. It lasts two hours.
 
We decide not to stay the other three nights
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When John, the owner, walks by the house at 7:00 he is surprised to see us awake. We explain the situation( that he knows perfectly well…) and he offers us another more pleasant accommodation in a residence with swimming pool and two minutes walking from downtown.... And even cheaper!!!
 
Let’s now discover the island.
 
Barbados is  different from the other islands in the Caribbean. Its landscape is not volcanic but limestone. Flat, or almost, it seemed quite suitable for the cultivation of sugar cane. Slavery and the trade of this white gold made its fortune and its identity
 
It has been independent since November 30 th 1966 and is a member of the Commonwealth.
 
The roads are winding and narrow and the lack of postsigns does not make driving easy. Fortunately we have "Maps.me".
 
* St. Nicholas Abbey: Built in 1660, the mansion is an authentic English Renaissance building. Inside, it houses antiques and porcelain. The sugar cane plantation surrounding the mansion includes a processing plant and the rum distillery. Nice well restored set.
 
* Cherry Tree Hill: A beautiful avenue of mahogan-tree (or mahogany) rises to the top of a small hill where the view is sublime.
 
* Morgan Lewis Mill: It is one of the last two remaining sugar mills in operation in the world. From February to July, its wings are installed and the mill operates one Sunday a month, grinding the sugar cane and producing juice.
We follow the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the north where there are fabulous coves (white sand, coconut trees and turquoise sea).
 
We end up on the Caribbean coast where we cross small villages with colonial wooden houses of all colors.
Barbados
 
Transfer day, our flight being at 3 pm we ask our owner to leave the apartment at 1 pm, which he accepts without difficulty.
 
So we stay on the terrace to update the website.
 
After 30 minutes flying we arrive in Barbados where we are welcomed with a welcome cocktail.... It’s the first time !!!
 
We collect our luggage and we join our car rental.... the formalities take place on a bench at the exit of the arrival hall. All documents are filled in by hand, except for payment by card.. Still an originality of the island.
 
Here we drive  on the left  side of the road but Christophe manages the situation perfectly, except the indicators...which he confuses with the wipers!! The windscreen is immaculate!!
 
When we get to our appartment, that’s a disapointment...large sinister house, hardly furnished, where lighting is non-existent, except for two white bulbs. We don’t feel comfortable.
 
We quickly go to the supermarket to buy some food...the prices are identical to those of Saint Lucia, but with more choices.
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