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Barbados 2007

16th of July - 13th of August 2007

 

 

 

 

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Barbados 2007

16th of July - 13th of August 2007

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16th of July page 1 Flight from Manchester to Barbados
    Arriving in Barbados where Wynsome picks us up
    We arrive in Jackson
    In the kitchen of Mama Brathwaite
17th-20th of July page 2 We go to Bridgetown to the police station to get the permission to drive
    On the way to the beach we get some coconuts and find some almond trees
    We go back to Colin's parents
    We visit Rockley Beach
    On the fish market of Bridgetown we buy flying fish
    On St. Leonard's church, where Colin's father is working
    On the way back home
20th-21th of July page 3 An evening full with Soca music in the Calypso tent at Queen's College 
    In Jackson we do have a leak
    We visit Colin's parents
    Lots of work with painting the benches
    Pan in the city
    We have lunch in Mustor's Harbour Restaurant
21th of July-22th of July page 4 A nice trip through the whole island with Sonia and Andrew Bannister 
    View to the East Coast from Josey Hill
    On the North point of Barbados
    We are invited for dinner in the famous Restaurant Cocomos in Holetown
    Pan on de Sand on Brandons Beach
    We are invited from Colin's parents for dinner
23rd of July page 5 Visit from John in Jackson
    In Mama Brathwaite's kitchen
    With Colin's Dad we go to the post office in the city
    Colin the "Rasta man"
    Sweet Tamarind
    We visit Brandons Beach
    In the evening we go to Bridgetown
    The Bridgetown Careenage
24th -25th  of July page 6 In Jackson around the house
    In the backyard of Jackson
    We visit Mullins Beach
    Wynsome's private lessons class
    How to make a soursop dessert.... it was delicious
23rd -29th  of July page 7 Trip to the East Coast
    In the pottery studio of John Springer
    ....and a visit in the Highland Pottery
    We make a visit to Vilma, a friend of Colin
    The mouse and the mongoose
    The sugar cane fields
    Basheba on the East Coast
    Back with Colin's family
26th of July page 8 Visit to the Andromedia botanical garden with Mama Brathwaite
    In a Restaurant in Bathsheba
    Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill
    At Cherry Tree Hill with view to the Morgan Lewis Beach
    The evening at St. Lauwrence Cap
27th - 28th of July page 9 Breakfast with Mangos, Pears and Coconut bread
    We go on a boat trip to see turtles (from Folkstone Beach)
    We have lunch on a Restaurant nearby
    ...and we spend the evening at Oistins
    If water is running....
    An old ruin of a sugar factory in Vaucluse
    Mount Hillaby, the highest point of Barbados
29th of July page 10 Party Monarch at Barclays Park on the East Coast Road
    We arrive on the East Coast Road
    On the way back home
    Mullins Beach
30th-31st of July page 11 Mark is repairing the leak in Jackson
    On the wild Crane Beach
    On the 31st of July.....
    Visit of the Sir Frank Hutson Sugar Museum
    Syrup-Molasses-Low Grade Sugar-Bulk Sugar-Muscavadogold
    The Potvale Sugar Factory
31st of July page 12 We visit the Barbados Wildlife Reserve
    Grenade Hall Signal Station
    Farley Hill National Park
    On Cherry Tree Hill
    The Mahogany canopy of Cherry Tree Hill
    Mama Brathwaite shows me, how to make dumplings
1st of August page 13 Rain on Accra Beach (Rockley Beach) 
    Barbados celebrates its National Day on the 1th of August (like in Switzerland)
    At the evening we are invited from Daisy and Terry for a delicious Coucou (Barbados National dish)
2nd of August page 14 We like soursop
    Funny kids 
    The car of Gaynel needs new brakes......we have to go to Bridgetown 
    Something is going on in the backyard of Colin's parents!
    We visit Oswald and Boy Blue with Wynsome
    ..and we join the Mullins Beach
3rd of August page 15 The black bird and the Gaudy Sphinxs moth
    We go shopping with Mathew Walcott to Bridgetown
    Pic-O-De-Crop Finals in Kensington Stadium
4th of August page 16 The Mauby Bark and it`s Drink
    Mama Brathwaite is cooking
    Bridgetown Market on the Spring Garden Highway during Crop over
    And after the market we go to the Accra Beach
5th of August page 17 We are invited from Sonia and Andrew, but first we spend an hour on Miami Beach
    This is Miami Beach
    Sonia cooks a very delicious meal for us
    Sonia and Andrew's home
    Colin needs a haircut
    Sonja's kitchen
6th of August page 18 Grand Kodooment in Kensington Oval Stadium at 9.00 pm
    We visit Wynsome and Williams
    ...and later we visit Harriet and Cortez
7th - 8th of August page 19 It's raining...we pick up the car from the garage...and make a shopping tour in Bridgetown
    We visit the Indoor-market
    We have lunch in Mustor's Harbour Restaurant
    ...and even with rainy weather the sea is nice and warm here in Brandons Beach
    In the neighbourhood of Jackson
    The Akki tree nearby
    The Blackbelly Sheep
    The Rasta house
    Boys are collecting Akkis in the trees to sell them later on the streets
    The cherries of Barbados
8th of August   We visit uncle Johnny
    Mama Bathwaite with a new hairdress
9th of August page 20 The nice vegetable stand
    We are visiting uncle Johnny again
    View to Bridgetown
    The breadfruit tree nearby
    ... and we visit Milly and Bertram
    Brandons Beach just before rain
9th of August   It's my birthday and I am invited at Cocomos
10th of August   It's still covered with rain clouds and from time to time raining...so we spend the day in Bridgetown
    The ocra plant
    Shopping on the grocery store in Long Gap
    On the way to Bridgetown
    In the Barbados agricultural unit we buy ocra seeds
    We have lunch at Big John's Express Bar
    ...and then we go to the Accra Beach
    The accommodation in Jackson
    ...once more the Baobab tree
11th-12th of August page 21 We spend the day at Rockley Beach
    We meet Muriel in Bridgetown
    The Bussa statue from sculptor Karl Broodhagen
    And the evening we celebrate four birthday`s Mama Brathwaite Wynsome Harriet Margreth
    We have the special Barbadian meal "pudding and souse"
12th of August   Would you like a Coconut drink?
    Our last day in Barbados...at Rockley Beach
13th of August page 22 Today we are leaving Barbados :-(
    We meet Freddy in Bridgetown
    Our last coffee in Bridgetown
    We visit Daddy Brathwaite in the church to say goodbye
    We arrive on the Airport of Barbados "Grantley Adams"