We took a morning excursion to see Harrison's Cave which proved to be quite interesting. Our tour consisted of a 1 mile underground ride in a tram with a driver and narrator. We rode on a paved pathway, which was much more pleasant that the explorers who opened it up to tourism that had to crawl over 1800' through mud to reach the main chamber. I found it intriguing that the current tunnels have hundreds of small stalactites growing from the ceiling - and dripping water on the tram riders.
On our way back, the driver took us through a very exclusive part of the island. Think 5 star hotels and five 9 hole golf courses. We would emerge from a rather poor area, and right across the street were million dollar homes. Many of the poor people live in houses that are quite small and, since most do not own their land, the houses were able to be disassembled and moved to a new location. These islanders are trendsetters for the current "tiny house" trend in the USA!
After doing some shopping in the cruise terminal we returned to the ship for a quiet afternoon. We're planning to try out the on-board pizzeria for dinner tonight before going to a stargazing event (where they turn out the lights on the top deck of the ship) then to the Beatlemania show.
Off to St Kitts tomorrow for our 4th island in 4 days.
2 comments:
Sounds amazing! Daddy would always make us kids go into the caverns when we traveled in the US, like Meramec in MO and Carlsbad in NM. At first I hated it because I'm so claustrophobic but once I saw how beautiful it was I loved it. We even had some ice caves (not as deep) between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. So interesting! While you were in Barbados you were only about 500 miles or so north of my sister-in-laws Grandparents' home in Paramaribo, Suriname. They has a sugar plantation there. I've seen photos...it is gorgeous down there!
Have a good trip to the next port ~Sylvia
Lovely Bill , If you liked these caves you would have liked the Jenolan Caves not too far from the Blue Mountains here in Australia , they are so beautiful
Pat
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