Our final evening for this trip came far too fast. As always. I was so thrilled that Craig had a surprise two days in Barbados and he was able to join us for dinner and drinks. We met at Carib, along with Nats, the girls, Vicki and Hottie and my forever friends Amy and John. It was such a lovely evening. The girls went home early with Sebastian giving us an extra hour or two out. It was a perfect way to wrap up a perfect holiday.
Kadooment ended, our friends left, but the fun continued as we had our last few days of holiday with our family and friends. We had a lovely day with Aunty Andy at the Yacht Club, Natalie treated me to a girlie dinner at Champers and we finally got to Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. I was so surprised by Graeme Hall, I do not what I thought it was but it was not what I expected. A lake, filled with fish and birds, mangroves and Sebastian commented that he thought it was the most beautiful place in Barbados.
Saturday we said goodbye to Jessica and Jimmy after an action packed week and then had dinner with Vicki. Sunday we had a relaxing day at the beach in anticipation for Kadooment Day on Monday. It was Luis and Sebastian's first time seeing it and I could not have asked for a better day. It was very hot and I thought that Sebastian would never last the day. But he was a trooper and had the best day. He loved the costumes, was surprised about some of the ladies costumes and did not understand why their bums were all showing and danced the afternoon away. I saw so many people I had not seen in years and had the best time.
My favourite event of Crop Over! I did not expect to go but we got home from Deia, Natalie found a ticket that needed buying on sale and Jimmy and Jessica had gone to bed. I quickly got ready, had two cups of strong coffee and headed to the start. It was great. We parked at the end of the event and they bused us all to the start. The police helped make all this happen, only in Barbados would eh police help you park to then drink 6 hours and get in your cars at the end.Jumping and dancing down the road from 2am to like 8am (I left at 6am to be home with friends). Paint and mud are thrown around and it was so much fun.
Friday was a fairly long day, night for me. It started meeting Amy and John at Deia Beach for lunch and drinks. It was great we. had a lovely day. Sebastian made a great friend and played in the pool for about 5 hours and the six of us had a great time. The music, the vibe and the service were all excellent. The price too shocked me, I was quite concerned the bill would be triple. It was a good day.
On Thursday we had a full day of surfing, beach and then a tour of my cousin Vicki's rum distillery. The surf was rough, harder waves than we have ever been on, with rocks everywhere. We did well, Sebastian was the best, I was so impressed with how brave he was out there. Christian, an old friend of mine, runs the surf school and he was perfect (and his 1000 perfect reviews on trip advisor confirms this!). We then had a few hours at pebbles before heading to Vicki and Hottie's to have a tour of their distillery. It was impressive, it had come a long way since I had been there last and they are now offering tours to the public. We then got the extra treat of Vicki's cooking and an amazing vegan chili.
