We decided at 10:30, the height of the heat in Barbados, to take a 2 hr walk. Who would believe that the ocean and the surface of the sun could be so close together all in one place?
Everywhere you walk in Barbados, you see pennies laying on the ground. That is because they are not worth anything here. They are 1/2 of a US cent. Not even that, because it takes 198 of them to make up a US dollar. We picked up about 10 of them on our walk today. We figure it will make a weak down payment on our plastic surgery to replace the skin on our knees that we forgot to put suntan lotion on this morning. Who would believe that knees and earlobes could crisp up so nicely 13 degrees from the Equator?
We stopped at the supermarket for more beer. We now know why every supermarket is next to a bank. You need to stop at the bank to be able to buy anything at the supermarket. Today's purchase was a 6 pk of beer, a quart of milk, 2 sweet rolls for breakfast and a toothbrush for Mr "My toothbrush is too soft..whine whine whine". $29.99. A bargain.
We walked a little slower on the way from the market to the apartment. Did I tell you that it is all uphill from there? If we could catch one of those green monkeys, we could put a leash on it and make it pull us up the hill, but that might not work, because they scoot off into the trees. It would kind of be like having a seeing eye cat.
This walk included a walk on the beach before the market. The tide is high this morning and we watched someone's beach chair, towel and belongings trying to return to the sea. We didn't interfere with nature. At one point we had to sit on some limestone rocks and chug water from our bottle. We've gotten smart enough now not to buy it at $6 a bottle at a beach bar for a small bottle. We plunked down money for a backpack earlier in the week and now carry our own.
When we got back here, we ripped off all our clothing and turned on the fans to high and set the ac to frigid. It still has taken an hour to feel cool enough to take a shower and have some lunch here at the apartment.
Off to the pool to singe off the rest of our skin. It's a rough life but someone has to do it.
Everywhere you walk in Barbados, you see pennies laying on the ground. That is because they are not worth anything here. They are 1/2 of a US cent. Not even that, because it takes 198 of them to make up a US dollar. We picked up about 10 of them on our walk today. We figure it will make a weak down payment on our plastic surgery to replace the skin on our knees that we forgot to put suntan lotion on this morning. Who would believe that knees and earlobes could crisp up so nicely 13 degrees from the Equator?
We stopped at the supermarket for more beer. We now know why every supermarket is next to a bank. You need to stop at the bank to be able to buy anything at the supermarket. Today's purchase was a 6 pk of beer, a quart of milk, 2 sweet rolls for breakfast and a toothbrush for Mr "My toothbrush is too soft..whine whine whine". $29.99. A bargain.
We walked a little slower on the way from the market to the apartment. Did I tell you that it is all uphill from there? If we could catch one of those green monkeys, we could put a leash on it and make it pull us up the hill, but that might not work, because they scoot off into the trees. It would kind of be like having a seeing eye cat.
This walk included a walk on the beach before the market. The tide is high this morning and we watched someone's beach chair, towel and belongings trying to return to the sea. We didn't interfere with nature. At one point we had to sit on some limestone rocks and chug water from our bottle. We've gotten smart enough now not to buy it at $6 a bottle at a beach bar for a small bottle. We plunked down money for a backpack earlier in the week and now carry our own.
When we got back here, we ripped off all our clothing and turned on the fans to high and set the ac to frigid. It still has taken an hour to feel cool enough to take a shower and have some lunch here at the apartment.
Off to the pool to singe off the rest of our skin. It's a rough life but someone has to do it.
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