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Day 22. Life after Hurricane Tomas
We got up as usual but no power, the worst being that we could not make a cup of tea. We were hoping that, as the day was looking half reasonable, and that we had seen that power was on … Continue reading →
Day 21. Hurricane Tomas
Hurricane Tomas apparently pasted within 40 miles and the whole islands power was turned off. This was some time in the early hours of the morning and the winds were there very high with torrential rain. When we woke up at about seven o’clock the high winds and rain were still battering the house and indeed causing it to leak in, in various places, all very minor. Continue reading →
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Day 20. Jet Ski rental and Alec’s Birthay.
Anyway sure enough within 5 mins a Jet Ski turned up. I thought on the 1st day that we went to the beach that it was $25 US for half an hour. I had therefore taken $50 Barbados with me (exchange rate 2 to one, although the actual exchange rate is 1.98 us to the Bajan). Of course now I was the hungry market and it was $50 US for 30 mins. After a bit of bartering I got it to $50 Barbados for 20 mins. (15mins allegedly being the norm for $25 US. Off we went, fantastic. I let Alec have a drive when we got out to the deep and he was very good and as you would expect, fully enjoyed it. 20mins was OK and we returned it satisfied. Continue reading →
Day 19 Agencies and tax relief.
Another day where it is all work and computer research and the out the to beach late afternoon. I tried to call the Barbados Embassy/High Commission in London to see what advise they could give. Could not find the website. Found loads off listing in other directories giving the address and phone number but not the website. The Canadian Ambassador comes up allot even through searching for London, so either there is not a site for the UK or it is very poorly optimised. I wanted to check what information was on the site before phone them and therefore not asking questions that were answered there. Continue reading →
Day 17. British Embassy/High Commission Barbados
It is amazing to think that we have just passed the half way mark and perhaps not achieved anything like as much as we would have liked. We have appointments set up with the 3 main secondary schools at like the look of for Alec and we are going there on Monday and Tuesday of next week (funnily enough they all offered us Friday appointments which is Alec’s birthday and we did not think he would be impressed with that!) Continue reading →
Day 16. Paynes Bay, St James
Putting the rubbish out last night, 2 things happened. The first was that there was a huge frog right outside the gate, which jumped off as I opened the gate. Then while I was pondering this, I threw my plastic bag with rubbish in, into the open bin, hit a cat that was in there and it jumped out! Not sure who was the most shaken by the experience! Continue reading →
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Day 15. Holetown Methodist and Coconut Airways
Another sunny Sunday here in Barbados. Alec had an invitation to go swimming with Hurlin rather than coming to church with us. We went for the nine o’clock service at Holetown method is church as we did last week. Again … Continue reading →
Welches Beach Flexwing Microlight
A bit of lounging around in the morning and I did a bit of investigation into jewellery prices in local shops. I am phoned the contact I had come across in the UK who is flying the only microlight (Flex … Continue reading →
Long Term Villa, Townhouse, Condo Rental Barbados
A different time of day today, Friday. Alec was introduced to a local boy who is studying for his 11+ and Alex spent most of the day with Chris and his friends both playing on the computer and playing outside. … Continue reading →
Barbados Secondary Schools
Interestingly the last couple of days. Janet has managed to find out more about flying and the requirements over here in Barbados and basically she has no chance! As you would expect jobs first go to the people of Barbados, … Continue reading →
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