Bajan Adventures--Day One

Spring break was coming up quick, and Kirsten, Tanya, and I were looking at options to get off island. After debating a few different islands, we settled on BARBADOS!

We arrived at the airport, and had a three minute gut-wrenching heart attack that we missed our flight. THANKFULLY we were looking at the arrivals instead of the departures. Our plane was delayed an hour or so, as we were sitting in the waiting room, air-conditioning on full blast, literally FREEZING. I never thought I would be that cold in St. Lucia. Soon enough we were up in the air, flying from one paradise to another. We landed in Barbados at 10 p.m., took a taxi to our hotel which was located on the Atlantic Ocean. Even though it was dark, we stood at the coast, smelling the salty sea air, listening to the waves crashing on the rocks.

The Bridgetown bridge

Day one was an ADVENTURE. We took bus to "The Boatyard," a popular beach that everyone and their mother told us to visit. When we arrived, we realized it was just like the touristy beach in St. Lucia--although amazingly soft sand, and clear, bright blue waters. We walked into Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, and found the bus station. We paid $1 US each to get on a bus that would take us across the island to Crane Beach. I was amazed by how many Bajan locals offered to help us along the way. I'm going to guess not many tourists take the bajan buses...

We arrived at Crane Beach and spent a few hours lying on the beach, and climbing rocks to get a gorgeous view of the coastline and exorbitant hotels.

Getting back home made me a little nervous. We knew the buses came through every hour, but we did not know when exactly in that hour the bus would pass. We made our way to the main road, and waited across the street from our bus stop in the shade of a house that was in the progress of being built. Just imagine, three white girls randomly sitting on the porch of a house. The bus pulled up within 10 minutes, we got on, and got off at Oistins, a town famous for their fishing market. We bought drinks and sat on the beach for a while, taking in the Caribbean blue waters and the waves crashing.

We stopped at Chefette, a fast food joint in Barbados, and it was DELICIOUS!!! So good, Kirsten had it four times during our trip! When we got back to our hotel, we sat and watched the stars and the waves for a bit before crashing pretty quickly.

**Bajan Fun Fact** Barbados is the only Caribbean island not in the Caribbean. It is surrounded completely by the Atlantic Ocean.