Barbados and Guadeloupe

17th - 18th January 2016

Barbados

We arrived early to a rather grey, wet morning although temperatures were at 25 degrees.  We had an early start on our excursion entitled Photographic tour of Barbados, where we were driven across the island stopping at various locations to take our photographs, unfortunately the rain didn't help with the quality of the photographs.  However the tour guide was extremely interesting and kept us amused.

After a visit to the Scotland district and the scenic east coast we stopped at Bathsheba for a well earned rum punch.

Guadeloupe

The next day we arrived in Guadeloupe, where the weather was much improved with temperatures approaching 30 degrees.   Our trip today was entitled Grand Terre Panorama, where we drove along the coast to St. Annes, where Doreen browsed a local handicraft market, whilst Geoffrey walked along the beach watching pelicans diving in the sea to catch fish.  Doreen found many items to buy but unfortunately only had a purse full of American Dollars and we were on a French island that only took Euros!!!!! 

We continued our journey to La Pointe des Chateaux a peninsular where the Atlantic meets the Caribbean Sea, passing en route the golf course where some episodes of Death in Paradise were filmed.  

Our return journey to the port took us through the centre of the island to Morne-a-l'Eau, where we made a brief stop to view the beautiful cemetery with its architectural black and white design.

We returned to the port and made enquiries of the possibility of getting a taxi to Dehaie, (which was on the other side of the island) where the majority of filming of Death in Paradise takes place, but as it was getting late in the afternoon and the taxi driver wanted to charge 200 Euros, we decided not to go and returned to the ship to watch the sun set and after dinner we went to the show and saw Ben Makisi, a tenor, who sang one of Doreen's favourite songs Pokarekare Ana, which was a perfect end to a perfect day in Guadeloupe.