Barbados holiday, Post 8: Island tour (part 3 of 3)

After we left the Andromeda Gardens, we saw the Soup Bowl at Bathsheba and stopped in at Barclays Beach...









Saw this interesting rock formation beside the road...



And drove up to the Morgan Lewis Mill for a quick look. It's one of only two intact and restored sugar mills in the Caribbean.





Next we visited Farley Hill, where there are some awesome ruins of an old mansion that was destroyed by fire in the 60s.







We walked to the top of the hill and were greeted with an amazing view and a strong breeze that made me feel cool for the first time that day (well, apart from when we were driving around in June and Eglon's air-conditioned car!).







I can't remember the name of the next stop. The reason I know all the others is that, at the end of the day, June helped me jot down a list of where we'd been (about 20 places!)... but we forgot to include this lovely spot! While we were watching the waves roll in, we saw two big turtles come up for air a few times.













Our next stop was North Point, the northernmost tip of Barbados. This is where the tourist attraction Animal Flower Cave is - the "animal flowers" being sea anemones. June had told us it isn't as interesting as it sounds, though, so instead we stood on the cliffs and watched the waves crash in. Magnificent!









We had a laugh when we realised that the "Australia" sign in the photo below was pointing north... yes, from the Caribbean. Pretty sure the map wasn't consulted in the placing of the other signs either!



In the late afternoon, we visited June and Eglon's friend Richard in the west coast town of Mullins. On the way, we'd picked up some bakery goodies, so we had a delicious afternoon tea. Then we changed into our togs, and the five of us walked to Mullins Beach. It's one of the most popular beaches in Barbados, but late enough in the day that most of the tourists and beach chairs were gone.

Then we consumed a bag full of mangoes (from Richard's tree, I think) while standing up to our necks in the sea! Apparently eating mangoes in the ocean is a fairly frequent activity for Richard, June and Eglon... and we can see why. A delicious saltiness added to the taste, facilities for chin-washing were instantly available, and we could drop the skins and seeds straight into the sea. This may be the Best Idea Ever!!!

Here's a picture of Richard at his house after the swim, as we set off back to June and Eglon's...



And this is dinner on June and Eglon's front verandah. We had fried tuna, done in the same type of batter as the fried flying fish at Oistins... and this is the only tuna I have ever eaten and LIKED!



And that was our tour of Barbados. By the time they took us home late that night, we had spent another 13 hours together. Thanks June and Eglon for a fantastic day!!