A little more Island touring was planned for yesterday, so we were up, showered, dressed and breakfasted for the crack of 10 o’clock…. Early starts on holiday were never really a strong point! Besides we are both sleeping like babies here. I can barely keep my eyes open past 10pm and we’re sleeping right through to 7:30. I guess that we need to catch up and, more importantly, r.e.l.a.x....something that Stephen is having difficulty with (as ever!).
We headed up to North Point (again) for some more photos of the rugged splendour. Its where the calm Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic and there are usually some thundering breakers pounding the cliffs. Even on pretty calm days its something special. We had gone a slightly different route than the previous day (in other words we didn't get lost going!) and were treated to the spectacle of Bajan car collision. Everyone was standing about laughing and chatting, waiting for the police to arrive. Its a law that you have to leave your vehicles in position until they do, which gave us time to wonder as we squeezed our baby jeep past, how a car managed to have a low speed (there was no damage), head on collision with a BUS!
On the way from North Point to our next destination Stephen schreeched to a halt yelling "quick get the camera". I hastened to obey, wondering what he was so excited about...there were 3 Green Monkeys darting across the road into the trees. I was fully expecting them to scamper off when I rolled down the window, but they quite happily sat on the branches and posed for me!
From there we did a tour of the East coast: St Nicholas Abbey, Cherry Tree Hill (where you get a fantastic view of miles of coast line), Bathsheba and St Johns Church (truly a place where you feel it might be possible to believe in the whole closer to God thing. It is the most beautiful setting - on a hill with a commanding view of the coastline, with palm trees and tropical gardens. Stunning!
From there we got slightly lost coming back. They don't have meaningful road signs in the more rural areas, and although the roads on the map might be graded A, B or C its difficult to tel the difference when you're actually driving on them! They go from decent tarmac to bouncing along broken up tarmac in the blink of an eye. It makes navigating quite challenging!! We were actually navigating by the sun at one point!!!!
We stopped by Cocomo's for sundowners, although the sunsets haven't been that spectacular (aside from one or two nights). Its so hot and humid at the moment that we tend t get showers popping up just about the time the sun goes down. Saying that, it rained about 30 minutes ago and I'm sitting here on the deck watching the clouds light up in the most fantastic colours - even if the beautiful lit up clouds are obscuring the sun setting...
Dinner was in a little place right across the road from the hotel, called Scarlett's. Very funky! Its entirely red (who'd have guessed that from the name!) and has Warhol prints of Marilyn Monroe down one wall and Jackie Kennedy down the other. Very Funky! And OMG! the food was divine! I had a noodle and chicken salad and the flavours....wow!!
Today we drove down to Crane Beach and the Gap, then up to Earthworks Pottery for a look around and some lunch, before heading to Holetown to buys hats (we forgot to pack any and it has been so hot that I've been known to stick ice cubes into my hair to cool my head down!). We spent the afternoon on the beach (not the pool - a first!) and quickly realised why I prefer a deck to lay upon.... SAND! It gets everywhere!!! Still, I suppose its a good exfoliator....
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