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Saturday 24th, February 2007

Barbados, In the Beginning

So.

I didn’t do much.

I slept.

:-)

Chennette picked me up in the airport, without water :-(
I was dying of thirst!

The next day I did what I usually do.
I slept!
Woohoo!

Chennette also took me to a Bajan grocery. And boy is Barbados expensive! But on that positive note, I got sushi nori, japanese rice vinegar, toasted black sesame seeds, wasabi powder…and…a vanilla bean pod! :)

Yay!
What shall I cook?

We also fulfilled one of the three things on Chennette’s list to do in Barbados (in honour of her student days, I think). We went to Chefette’s, Barbados’ fast food place.

The next day we dragged ourselves out and caught a Z-van into Bridgetown.
That’s when we bought the camera (*sob*), thus checking off something else on her list, i.e., we went to Cave Shepherd!

Actually we went into two Cave Shepherds (the one in Warrens and the one in Broad Street, Bridgetown).

Before buying the camera we tried to get the last thing off her list but unfortunately the cafeteria on the top floor of Cave Shepherd was closed. It closes sometime before 3pm on a Saturday I guess. She wanted me to have “traditional food”, i.e. macaroni pie and flying fish.

Oh well. We just would have to find somewhere else to do that I guess.
But it was supposed to be cheap there and as students they would rush down there to get cheap food.

Here’s my Bridgetown flickr set.

And, in case you’re interested, a picture of Chennette and me in Bridgetown :)

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Friday 23rd, February 2007

Curses! Foiled Again!

Curses! Foiled Again!
Otherwise known as The Camera Sob Story

Well, some of you may recall the grand announcement made some time ago, that Chennette and I had finally decided AND ordered our camera…yay!?

Unfortunately that plan fell through due to some shipping/delivery issues.

You may also remember that we heard tell of a Nikon D80 in Cave Shepherd, Broad Street, Bridgetown, Barbados and I was seriously encouraging Chennette to go check it out and feel it and hold it.

Well she never did.

And, this being even more recent, you should know I was in Barbados for a whole week, culminating on Thursday/yesterday.

From the title of this post, and the series of recollections you can probably tell where this is going.
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Thursday 22nd, February 2007

Oh! oh! *sniff* Internet *sniff*

Ooo…Internet.
I almost forgot what it was like.
Oh my!

I’m in Grantly Adams International Airport (Barbados).
Leaving soon.

Man.
I feel so silly in this airport…like…if I’ve never travelled before.

Oh well.

INTERNET!

Thursday 15th, February 2007

Bye Bye Until Next Week

I’m off to “uncivilized lands”1 with no internet

  1. that is, my sister’s apartment in Barbados2
  2. not Barbados3 itself of course, just my sister’s place as she doesn’t have internet…Barbados does
  3. since i’ve never been to Barbados4 i can’t pass judgement on it5
  4. itsy child visits where i lost a bucket and spade don’t count and neither do stopovers where i stay in the plane
  5. but you just wait, in a week’s time i will have been6
  6. i’ll also be safely out of Barbados in case i want to start badtalking7 Barbados
  7. but why in the world would i want to?8
  8. certainly not because i’ve heard strange stories9
  9. and even if i did, i’m going to give you a chance