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others on the tour

In Barbados, instead of being right next to the cruise terminal shops, we were all the way on the other side of the port. I was upset, but in the end it turned out OK because they had shuttle buses which were free - although the first one was so crowded that if I'd wanted to scratch my nose, I'd have had to have someone else do it.

We were on a tour called "The Best of Barbados", and the first stop was the Orchid Farm. This was very interesting and the guide showed us on a ginger flower how to take the leaves sprouting from the flower and grow a new plant from it. We also saw a lot of orchids of course

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St. John's church

After that we went to St. John's church - where we had stopped for a minute on the previous visit. But this time I went in and took photos inside and of some of the graveyard. Although I didn't find the gravestone of the oldest burial which was Ferdinando Paleologus who was a descendent of the brother of the great Emperor Constantine XI, the last of the Byzantine Imperial family. He fled to Barbados after the Battle of Naseby in England. He was a church warden of St. John’s Parish and later died there in the 1670’s.

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Child's room

We finished up in Sunbury Plantation House. Sunbury allowed photographs everywhere which was really nice. There were separate guides for this site.

The house was bought by someone who wasn't living there - they had a house down the road. They had restored it for tourists.

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Chain rain gutters

After we toured the main house (upstairs and down) we went into a courtyard where they offered us free punch (with or without). There was also a display of antique tools.

Bob was intrigued by the use of chains for downspouts.

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Architecture of a Barbados house

When we got back, I went looking for a taxi driver to take us out to the Barbados Museum and wait for us and bring us back. One of them agreed to do that for $20BD. I thought he meant $20 for the whole trip, but he meant $20 each way and for waiting.

When I was there before, there were no restrictions on photos. I was disappointed to find that now there were. They said I could only take photos in the courtyard. I had a somewhat elastic interpretation of this - I figured if I was IN the courtyard, I could take pictures of whatever I could see.

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Steeple visible from Museum (across Racetrack)

I remembered the Children's section of the museum which I thought was good. There was also a native art section, an explanation of Chattel Houses, a prison cell, and some sections devoted to contemporary art. The museum is right next to the race track, but they weren't having any races when we were there.

While we were in the museum, the taxi driver went to get gas. I was considering going to the local crafts shops but I was too tired. We had a very late lunch in the Lido after we got back.

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Masts of ship moored behind us

At dinner, we could observe the ship leaving Barbados.

The next day, we went back to Dominica and rode on the rainforest tram