Barbados

We were entering the port at Barbados as we woke up; there were already 3 ships docked and the Grand Princess was following us in. The others were from P&O, Fred Olson and the Freewind so it was a crowded day at the terminal.

We waited until about 9:30 and then headed off the ship and took the special shuttle around to the terminal since we were the farthest ship, Prinsendam had arranged for the shuttle. I thought we had been here before (Jim said no) but as soon as we entered the terminal I knew I was wrong and that this would be a new port for us. We decided to just get a taxi for a couple hours and do a short tour of the area rather than go into the downtown for shopping - how much stuff can people actually buy?!! I saw lots of shopping bags coming back onboard later in the day so I guess people are still buying something.

We had heard that there were monkeys on the island so we asked our driver about it and he said yes there were some quite close… he then stopped to buy some bananas for us to feed them. We did a short tour of the city and then headed to the monkeys that are located near the Country Club. He found them right away and we spent about 30 minutes feeding them and taking pictures. These monkeys were much tamer than those on Devils island - these had no fear of people or my camera.

Then we drove through the countryside and saw several smaller towns and then headed back to the port. Our driver was excellent and explained everything…. Of course, the fact that this is a former British Colony means it is English speaking which was very nice!

After we got back to the ship we played trivia (and did miserably!) and then went to the deck BBQ around the Lido pool. By that time, my bones really needed to stop sitting and get flat so we headed back to the cabin and spent a short evening reading.