Our group of 25 of us with Elsie (searaider) as tour leader today are participating together in the Natural Wonders Tour with Glory Tours. Their representative is: Sarah Taylor, Tel: 246 231-2932, Email: tours@glorytours.org, Website: www. glorytours.org . P.O. Box 21 T, Welchman Hall, St. Thomas BB22051, Barbados And I refer them to you!
We started our tour at the Barbados Port outside the gates
at = 9am. We all met under a well shaded
area with benches until all of us arrived and we got onto 4 vans. The van I was in had 6, so the other 3 vans held
= 7, 7, & 5. Each van followed the next as we caravanned to Harrison's Cave,
Barbados. 
Harrison’s Cave is a tourist attraction in the country of
Barbados, first mentioned in 1795.
Tourist can access the subterranean environment. The caves were opened as a tourist attraction
in 1981. The caves allow visitors to see some of the most
beautiful geological features of Barbados.
It is now Barbados’ # 1 attraction.
The caves are naturally formed by water erosion through the
limestone rock. The calcium rich water
that runs through the caves has formed the unusual stalactites and stalagmites
formations. We traveled through the
caves by tram, at certain points during the tour we were allowed to get off the
tram and get close to the formations for the best pictures.
One main area of the caves is a
huge cavern, termed,” The Great Hall,” measuring over 100 feet in height. After the Hall, the tram stops at “the Village”. At the Village some of the formations have
joined together to form columns after thousands of years.
Harrison’s
Cave is in the central uplands of Barbados.
It is situated at 700 ft above sea level. The three (3) characteristics of the central
uplands are gullies, sinkholes and caverns.
We then again caravanned to the Flower Forest located on the
Richman Plantation about 850 feet or 270 meters above sea level. We spent over
an hour here walking in the Flower Forest seeing many different kinds of trees
and tropical flowers plus gorgeous views.
See pictures.
Our caravan headed to East beach where we got out and took
many pictures of the ocean crashing on sandy and sometimes rocky shores. From what our guide told us ~ this is a
favorite beach for surfers.
Next included on our tour was lunch in a little indoor /
outdoor café called, East Coast Sand Dunes.
We had the option of Baked Chicken, Fried Fish or Stew. Also on the plate was Baked Macaroni and
Cheese, brown rice with a bean sauce for French fries a small portion of Potato
Salad and regular salad. Drinks included
were ginger beer, coke, sprite or guava pineapple juice. Everyone said they had a delicious meal.
And the 4 van caravan headed to ~ The Barbados Wildlife Reserve:
An Animal’s world.
Most prevalent, to our eyes were lots of Green Monkey's,
Tortoise's, Brocket Deer, Iguana's and many birds.
Once we were done walking the preserve – they offered us Rum Punch on
ice to cool down on a shaded patio with tables ad chairs.
Now it is time to take this caravan back to the ship. We arrived a little after 2pm with time left
over to shop, shop, shop to ones hearts content.
This is me headed back to the ship.
We were told to be on board by 330pm because
the ship is sailing at 4pm.
All aboard ~ Tomorrow is our last port ~ Antigua!
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