Siver sands entertainment

When we were not at the cricket or the races we were eating out .....

or generally having a good time with the entertainment arranged at the hotel or meeting other guests

We slowly learned that too much rum after dinner didn't bode well for the next day's head!!

Jim & Jan, the restaurant Gems

Another lovely couple that we met in the Silver Sands Hotel were Jim & Jan. He was big-time in to music, and they were both very knowledgeable about local restaurants.


We told them about our horror story at the Atlantis in Bethsheba....the black pork...and Tony's chicken turned out to be Dolphin!!!


But they sent us back to the Roundhouse in Bethsheba. Also Surfers point bar & the SilverPoint hotel (more of which later)....which were only two minutes form our hotel!







We had spare tickets for the "Party Stand" in the last friendly match in the ICC world Cricket.
And we had a very enjoyable day watching New Zealand triumphing over Sri Lanka by 19 runs!






After the cricket, we in turn introduced them to "Mojo's" in Worthing...where the music was 60's and Jim was ecstatic.... Led Zeplin etc..... & the photos are great.











We had a final meal together at another "GEM" of theirs - the Little Arches near the nicknamed "Miami beach" where we often swum.


Here we also met Stephen & Rachael, more fans of Jim & Jan.....

....and I also tried to clear Tony's windpipe with a tracheotomy!!!

New Friends all around

When you have out an outgoing personality, you tend to attract all kinds of interesting people.


This is Alexander who I brought back to our rooms at 2am, to awake Tony from his 7pm rum-slumber.



This handsome pair with the "Caribbean Hair" is that of Anita (Jet Pilot) and Phil (Engineer, ex-Navy)...all the NICE girls luv a sailor!!


And we kept on bumping in to them....



At the beach..





At Oistins fish-fry-on-a Friday





....where Bruno gets in on the act... as bears (think they) know all about fish.







So we all went out to the Gold Cup Day at Garrison Savannah... and what a great day we had : I had three winners but Anita picked the Gold Cup winner :

And you can tell that she was quite pleased, as she was drinking with her prehensile feet afterwards :


















But we had a few celebratory glasses of wine at the "Caribb" bar....and Tony sports his newly acquired black eye (accidentally received whilst slipping on the way to bed the previous night!)

March

Forgot to say that the month has changed....it passed in a haze of rum....
We are here in Barbados until the 20th....arriving in UK on the 21st.
I'll be back in Kome on 24th.....

Silver Sands

The "Silver Sands Hotel" where we are staying is only three star, but it is in a lovely location in the very south of the island.

The waves are very rough........I was slammed down by "The Arm of Thor", even though I was out in the deeper green water......the surf itself will knock you over. But the para-sailors & surfer love it!

The food can be a bit quetionable......we have had all grades here.

From crusty flying fish to wonderful dorado....

But the local rums are good, as is the Banks beer.......and they have a good wine list which is a lot cheaper than Gozo.

And Margaret cleans our big suite every day......we have a kitchen, balcony, two bedroom/sitting rooms, etc. So we can make a cuppa, or bacon sandwich when we need

First class to Barbados

Off we set in BA "FIRST", looked after a wonderfully attentive crew.

Tony discovered the delights of "Blue Label" whiskey

And we had a very alchoholic time....and didn't misbehave too much.