Road trip

Its been a while since we blogged... Happy Birthday to John (May 3).
This post will be about driving. We take a lot of drives, usually on weekends, to explore the country. Its always an adventure, new sights, meeting people, dealing with bumpy roads and invariably getting lost. We're constantly saying: "well, we've never been down this road before...", and take getting lost as a natural occurrence to enjoy (unless we're late for a meeting somewhere). Our van isn't the most comfortable ride in the world, no radio and basically no shocks, and we always get interesting looks from the locals as we drive through new places, the van bumping and creaking all the way. The country of Barbados is beautiful, with different climate and landscape just up or down the next hill.

The intention of our last road trip was to visit this local rum shop called The Viewpoint. We had seen it a few times up in the hills as we were driving along lost but we were not sure where exactly it was located. We started off with a parish in mind (Barbados is broken up into 11, mostly named for saints - John, Philip, Michael, Andrew, Peter, James, Lucy, Joseph, Christ Church, Thomas and George) and we set off. Upon driving for about an hour, we decided we were not going to be able to find The Viewpoint. It was getting dark so we headed home - just not in the same direction in which we started. Driving through an area which "looked" familiar, we ended up driving down a very steep hill taking us to a dead end where about 10 kids were hanging out. Of course as we pulled up, they laughed but asked where we were going. After a brief conversation, we headed back up and through a different gap (small town in the cut between two hills). We continued down new roads and back up the hill only to run into The Viewpoint - small restaurant and bar with an open porch (we indulged in Macaroni Pie, salad and a couple cold Banks). Amazing view from the top of a hill overlooking a valley and on to the Atlantic, hills on either side covered in Coconut trees and a few small farms in the foreground. Here are a few pics from our adventure:

Love from Barbados - Pete & Lara

View from the Viewpoint

Farm

Jerry - resting

Highland Adventures Horses

De Road