Date: Jan. 13, 2007
Location: Bridgetown, Barbados
Next Port: Belem, Brazil, Jan. 16
Quick Summary: Cloudy and warm. Self guided walking tour of Bridgetown – local dockside fish market, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, flying fish sandwiches on the wharf, and the search for studs and cufflinks!
Report: We both got our morning workouts in before the Voyager’s docking at Bridgetown at about 10:30. We were off the ship by 11:00 and decided to pass up on the taxi rides to downtown. We are so glad we did! Enroute we saw the local fish docks filled with stalls where the vendors were cutting up and selling all the fresh catch. Next we came across a funeral at St. Mary’s Anglican Church where we saw many islanders dressed in their finest clothes. We enjoyed walking down the non-tourist shopping streets. It was Saturday and all the families and children were out and about.
We enjoyed a flying fish sandwich at a café on the wharf where the charter boats were unloading (and cleaning!) their Wahoo and other catches of the day.
As you know, Larry forgot his formal studs and cufflinks. So we took the opportunity to walk through the shops of many international jewelers who inhabit Caribbean ports, plus the two local department stores, in our search. No such luck. Then, while Karen was writing postcards in the small shopping center at the cruise ship terminal, Larry found a set in the last shop before getting back on the ship! Success!
We were greatly impressed with the friendliness of all the local people we talked to and observed on this island.
We enjoyed a before-dinner diet Coke in the Observation Lounge with Frankie Holiday, the fine electrical guitarist. We enjoyed dinner in La Veranda, which converts to a candlelight buffet/a la carte bistro at night. We were joined by Doris and Bill, a retired pharmacist and business owner from Toronto.
Now it’s two sea days before arriving at Belem, 60 miles up the mouth of the mighty Amazon.
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