Barbados

Arrived Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados around 7am. The eastern most island in the Caribbean on the Atlantic ocean. It was under British rule until gaining independence on Nov 30th 1966. This is a predominately limestone island with lush rolling hills. 282,000 inhabitants makes it one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Another mostly sunny day with temperatures around 32C. 24 of us met outside the terminal to board our small bus for the photo adventure tour. Our guide was Ronnie a well known local photographer and Edward our bus driver. Headed out of Bridgetown and across the center of the Island, heading northeast. Most of the island was originally covered by sugar cane plantations but this industry has now declined leaving just a few still running. All the cross the island there is still evidence of the plantations, many of which have been sold off. Various photo shoot stops and instruction as we traversed the interior. Eventually came to a ridge overlooking a rural area called the highlands leading down to the ocean. More photo stops led us to the Atlantis Hotel on the ocean. This is the Atlantic ocean on this side as opposed to Bridgetown on the Caribbean sea. Stayed at this beautiful small hotel from 10:15am to 10:45am taking photos and enjoying the rum punch or fruit juice. Departing the hotel we proceeded along the coast for more photo shoots and slowly worked our way back up towards the hills. In one area there were many bread fruit trees. Stopped at the Chalky Mount Bar on the side of the road to sample 2 different types of rum. From here we headed back across to the southwest coast and through an area of high end, expensive houses. At the coast we passed all the beach hotels and resorts before returning to the terminal by 1pm.