Barbados is one of the most popular Caribbean cruise stops, there was a real "traffic jam" of cruise ships waiting to be docked when we reached the cruise terminal at the Harbour:
There were plenty of cabs lined up in front of the cruise terminal; however, we weren't quite sure that we understood the 'rules of the game': taxi drivers apparently were not allowed to negotiate themselves, but there were some 'big guys' just asking (or rather shouting) around where everyone wanted to go and they tried to fill up the bigger cabs with passangers heading towards the same destination. It seemed to be a little chaotic, but it did work and was definately the most economical solution ... although we were wondering, why didn't they just place some signs with the name of destinations instead of running and shouting around? (but then, of course, what would the 'big guys' be doing??)
As usually, everyone was eager to head towards the beach, so it was not a big surprize for us that Big Guy couldn't find anyone else interested to go to the Flower Forest. After we managed to negotiate down the price to about 60 Bucks with Second Big Guy (First Big Guy having an offer for 80$), our taxi was finally allowed to leave...
The
Flower Forest was located inland, so on the way to St Joseph we could see the rolling countryside with sugar cane fields and plenty of plantation houses and sleepy villages around. In the Flower Forest, we walked down a pretty walking trail through lush tropical gardens,
...trying to spot some green monkeys (as advised by our guide book), but without any luck. Mr Monkeys seemed to be too lazy that day, so all we had left were the very few (but really beautiful) flowers still blowing despite the "winter" temperatures in Barbados:
We were booked to a submarine tour afterwards, but unfortunately this didn't work out due to the water conditions which were not "safe enough" to bring the people onboard, so all we got was a little introductory story and a ride back to the cruise terminal... thus we decided to settle for a lazy lunch at the Waterfront Cafe in
Bridegetown
... and have some relaxing moments at the Bronze Beach later:
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