Turtles in Barbados

I saw my first turtle yesterday : ) : ) : )

St Lawrence Gap

St Lawrence Gap is a area with restaurants, bars and night clubs on the south-coast. I wasn’t really that impressed by the place. It felt very tacky and like a typical British tourist place. We had some drinks on a beach-club and wandered around. They had a few smaller shops, but mostly was tourist gift shops. In the evening we went to have dinner at the famous “The Restaurant at the South Sea”. Food was really good and we got a good table with view of the Caribbean sea : )

A trip to Harrison’s Cave

We went to Harrison’s Cave yesterday which is a very big and really cool cave. The cave was huge and we had to go with an electric train with a guide to be able to go see the cave. The cave is actually 3 miles long but we only went through 1 of them. 

Our guide:

Having dinner at Daphne’s

After the big party we felt a bit hungry so went to Daphne’s next door to grab a bite. We tried this place the first day we were here and really liked it. It’s very relaxed, the waiters are really talk-active and friendly and the food is great. 

Cocktail Party at Treasure Beach

We got an invitation for a cocktail party at the the hotel yesterday. So we dressed up and went down to the pool area : ) It was maximum 15 people there! We were deeply involved with a conversation about, believe it or not, Caribbean, with the GM of the hotel. We quickly finished our drinks and left the big party : ) 

Monkey Buissnes

We saw a monkey hiding in the trees yesterday. What a cute, shaggy little creature. 

Surfing baby

We had our first surfing lesson yesterday. I didn’t really go that well, to be honest. It was very wavy where we were and I had very big problems staying on the board. Most of the time the board was over me, under me, next to me or me trying to catch it : ) It looks so easy to surf, you wait for the wave, you jump up on the board and then surf. Noop, not that easy for me. But I’m not giving up this easy. I will have another lesson this week and hopefully it will be better.

Johan, on the other hand, did really great. I was really impressed by him. Specially since he had a very rough start (because of me). I lost my board and suddenly Johan had to swim after it the same time as he was taking care of his own. The teacher wasn’t very helpful either, he was bizzy surfing on his own. I guess it’s not fun to surf with someone who never done it : )

View from our balcony

We have such a nice view from our balcony, it’s a small jungle outside here:

Dining at the Tides

We had dinner at Tides which is a typical Bajan restaurant. They eat a lot of fish and shellfish in the Caribbean and so do we : ) The national dish here is flying fish (which I haven’t eaten yet) and Mahi Mahi, also called Dolphin fish. I eat the last one at Tides and it was so so good.

Supermarket in Holetown

We eat at least two meals at home everyday. It’s more healthier and cheaper that way. We don’t have any oven or good kitchen tools so we only buy what don’t have to be cooked. Surprisingly, they have so much to choose from here. Even more than we are used to choose from in Malta. The food are really fresh and they have a huge fruit&veg area (me like)! The supermarket is in Holetown, apr 5 min from us with the bus.