There is a hotel in Barbados and it's situated in a district called Worthing. Normally, I wouldn't use a hotel such as this one, it's expensive. It's self-catering for a start, and although it's got a restaurant, as we found out the last time we stayed here, in fact the first time, the food is expensive and I think Gordon Ramsey would be sending it back. However, we decided, even before we set off on the trip, that our last two days we would spend here. So there must be a reason right? Well there is. It's lux. It's right on the beach with a fab view over a multicoloured Caribbean and as it's low season it's dead easy to get a room. The rooms are everything you could want. There's a big balcony, fridge, air con, kitchen, cable TV, fast internet and a supermarket just up the road. It's also 15 minutes from the airport which means at night you can watch planes coming into land over the sea. As they turn towards the island from a couple of miles out they come straight at the hotel, their landing lights forming a silver pathway on the sea until they turn off parallel to the hotel and pass by, lights twinkling. We love it.
Brits in Barbados
We also had a fair amount of rain but this didn't stop the Brits from toughing it out under umbrellas on the beach. We waited for the rain to stop and then of course the sun comes out and soon the downpour is a memory. The sea is always toasty warm too and if there is a bit of wind about, rollers crash onto the shore which is always fun. It really is a piece of paradise, it even has a lovely name; The Coral Mist, and we really enjoy staying there, cooking for ourselves, buying our booze at the duty free and the supermarket, and keeping ourselves to ourselves. It's a great place to relax and prepare for the long trek home on Sunday.
As I write the sun is going down and the sunbeds still have customers, some new bathers have come down for a dusk dip and the restaurant looks out hopefully for trade. I can smell Trish's cheesy pasta cooking on the stove and there is a vodka (Absolute of course) and orange in my hand waiting to be drunk. So that's about it for this year. Thanks for following the travelblog. Hope you enjoyed it.
I can see a Virgin Atlantic 747 and it's coming our way.
