The Last Post!

Well - this is the last message from me for the holiday. The last 2 days have been very hot here in Barbados - 32 degrees - phew!
I went up to Welchman's Gully Park yesterday, which is a bit like a rain forest. It was cool at first but once you trekked inside it was really airless and humid. However - amazingly beautiful. Saw lots of the fig trees that gave Barbados its name. Managed to cool off with some Haagan Daas ice cream! Later I went to Just Grillin' for some lovely grilled dolphin (not Flipper - local name for Mahi Mahi fish).
Today was the Queen's Jubilee flotilla up the Thames - which I saw live on the BBC website. She looked happy. I hope the weather improves tomorrow in the UK for all the street parties. There was one here in Barbados - all the restaurants were doing English food. However, this being my last full day on the island, I went to a very sunny Browns Beach and chilled all day (in 32 degrees!). Sundays are when more locals use the beach so it gets quite lively. I was befriended by Butch the dog (who I forgave for cocking his leg up on my sun bed and gave some water. His owner left him with me while he went in the sea. I think it's my animal magnetism that attracts them!
A very posh yacht moored in the bay and the owners swam in with their belongings in a big plastic bag. Their little dog jumped happily into the sea and swam with them - which gave Butch a play mate. They ended up having a long lunch at Lobster Alive - while I ate my home-made tuna butties. Still - 2 rum punches took the edge off the afternoon and I may be guilty of nodding off a bit.
Now the car is filled up with petrol and the suitcase packed except for what I need tonight and tomorrow. Taking home loads of stuff that I haven't worn (even though my luggage was under weight - spooky!).
Tonight I'm going to Tapas again - lovely place, and easy to get to on foot (and near Haagan Daas shop, if I fancy a detour on the way back!).
Tomorrow I need to set off to the airport at 5pm - so I have more time on the beach in store - bliss.
It has been a lovely holiday - I didn't know how much I needed it until I took it. My head is empty, my muscles relaxed and my batteries charged. I just wish we could take weekends here when we wanted!

So - this is Bajan Katy B checking out.
Have an irie evening,
BKBx

New Tune of the Day!

Good thing about listening to the local radio is you get to hear something Bajan - loved this one from the Bajan singer Red Plastic Bag (yes, really!). It's called 'Miss Universe'

"Miss Fortune and Miss Adventure - in the pageant

Miss Take and Miss Represented - in the pageant

Miss Begotten and Miss Guided - who you gonna vote for?

Miss Universe"

Lol, :-)
BKBx

No idea what day!

But isn't that how a holiday should be in the end?
Well - spent all yesterday on the beach at Lobster Alive. I was their only sunbed customer all day - unheard of! One of their staff kept swimming out to sea and diving around, then coming back to shore for his rum and  coke. Turns out that it is now 'closed season' for the fresh lobster so the tanks are empty (which pleases me, 'cos it always feels cruel). The tanks feed water from the sea and this guy's job is to stop up the pipes to prevent creatures coming to live in them. See - there are all kinds of jobs in the world.

Having been at the beach all day, I myself turned to lobster (ouchie hurtiness!) and so today I am going to the bank without my bra on, to avoid the feel of the straps on the really red bits. How my standards have fallen! I'm currently in the dilemma of how much cash I need to the end of the holiday - I'm not sure I can work it out without my brain....which is on holiday elsewhere!

Today is very overcast so I won't be tempted to hit the beach. Maybe a good day to head for the wild East Coast. That would involve getting dressed I guess - and given that it is 9.45am, probably time I got moving!
BKBx

Chat up of the day (Thursday)

Philip 'Do you have a phone in your room? (yes) Can I get the number? (no) Can I give you my number? (no) Oh.'
Just because I minded his flip flops while he went down the beach and back, I'm staying aloof!

Tune of the Day

John Legend 'We're just ordinary people'