Our four days in Barbados were full of surprises. I expected that there'd be beautiful beaches and, in the Caribbean style, quaint buildings painted in ice cream pastels. And, I wasn't disappointed - Barbados has the most beautiful beaches and cutest buildings we've seen in the Caribbean to date. However, there were many surprises, e.g. renaissance buildings in Bridgetown, monkeys, turtles mating and Samuel drinking at a pool bar.
The bridge that makes Bridgetown a bridge sort of town.
The Barbadian Parliament building.
I wonder if any of the Bajan politician sail to work? Not a bad gig if you can get it.
Samuel weighing up whether he should prioritise making friends or keeping up with his ice cream which was rapidly melting in the Caribbean sun.
The ice cream won, so...
...Jesse made friends instead.
Downtown Bridgetown.
The boys play at Rockley Beach. Jesse seemed to enjoy eating the sand. It must not feel quite as gritty when you don't have a mouthful of teeth.
Rum Punch anyone?
As much as Samuel loved the hotel pool and pool bar, the highlight of the trip was definitely Barbados' Green Monkeys. Samuel loves re-enacting the moment when one of the monkeys snuck up on me and gave me a fright.
Rare red footed tortoises getting friendly.
Sugar cane fields cover much of Barbados. Sugar cane in the Caribbean = rum = yum.
This restored plantation property was adjacent to the field in the picture above.
Some west coast houses here and below...
...I love the colours. I just want to decorate a cake with them.
A typical west coast beach, tucked between the fishing village and houses above.
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So great to see pictures of your new life! Welcome to this part of the world! We are eagerly awaiting our travel call to Ethiopia to pick up the twins. Hoping to go in July. We'll keep you posted! Can't wait to see more pics of your life in Port of Spain. Have fun!
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