Cruising the Caribbean
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 23 May 2011 11:57
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MONDAY 23rd MAY
Ohh, what a beautifull morning for a change,
The weather yesterday was also beautifull, so after
mass, we went to jolly harbour , which is north of here and on the west
coast,
its a relativly new development with a huge marina
, boat yard, and alll the facilities needed by sailors,
and of course its surrounded with a commercial
development and approx. 300 residential units,
We had a good lunch there and then went for a swim
at their wonderfull sandy beach, this is very definatly the best
beach
we have seen in a long time.
To recap on last week, Last Tuesday 17th we brought
" A Lady " around to Falmouth harbour again and tied along side the
marina,
at " Antigua Y.C. Marina " surrounded by megga
yachts, ohhh, we looked so small. poor A lady.
We flew out to Barbados at 19.00hrs and on arrival
discovered no waiting taxi or hotel that we paid " Wings Couriers " to
provide for us on arrival , well blow them
all, so after much fussing around, we eventually got to stay in the
" Bougainville Hotel" on
the waterfront a few miles from the airport and it was very good and reasonable for Barbados, so
we remained there for the few days.
Wednesday 18th , we arrived at the US embassy
around 07.15 hrs to find a huge que at the Visa dept. an hour later we were
inside
and around 11.00 hrs we had a short
interview and approved for our special visas
to enter U.S.A. on " A Lady"
But, But, bleedin but, but , Skippers passport was
full and no room to attach the visa, Aileen got hers , but skipper was told
" Get extra pages or a new passport, " Gawd
what now, getting a new passport ,oohhhh the hastle, Wheres the dog.
We spent Thursday , Friday & Saturday touring
around Barbados, we had lunch in " Sandy lane" on the thursday and it
was
nothing great, plus we felt almost unwelcome, where
as on Friday we went to the " Crane Resort" one of the islands oldest
resorts
on the east coast and it was welcomming , friendly
and so much more busy than Sandy lane. we had a light lunch
as Aileen was suffering from stomach troubles.
but we really enjoyed the place, and if we ever return to Barbados,
this is where we will stay.
Barbados is so different to the other Caribbean
Islands, its very commercial, and also cosmopolitan , The island seems
crowded
in comparrison the the other islands, but they all
have one thing in common, little or no direction signs,
Finding our way around in the tiny little rent a
car was a nightmare, but we always seemed to get to our destination
eventually,
We enjoyed the old plantation houses and tea rooms,
some of which were in remarkable condition,
back to the Visa's, The Irish embassy in Washington
were great, and agreed to prepare a new passport for Skipper , send
it
to The American embassy in Barbados and they in
turn will forward it to us in Bermuda, We will have to spend a few extra days in
Bermuda, but we could be in worse places, so
hopefully, it will all work out fine in the end,
Well, that all for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
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