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Originally Posted by Lesley D
You did not mention entertainment diversity. Any comments?
-LDG.
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This was not high on our list as we had a 5 year old with us. But there is a festival on at the moment at a tourist hangout on the South Beach, St Lawrence Gap, and it was mentioned that the main 'jump-up' would be on Monday evening. There is a huge variety of music at the Gap, from typical local reggae and Caribbean to the latest club music.
We did see an English fellow perform with a sweet 12 string guitar singing Jimmy Buffet. It was quite disconcerting at first but he re-arranged some of the numbers to suit his style and the West Indian beat and it was fun.
As far as tours and excursions go, there are plenty judging from the brochures available in the hotel. Again, we explored by ourselves. The ones that we were interested in, were the Wildlife Reserve, and Orchid World, which were both nice to visit, perfectly kept and pristine.
Arts and crafts abound, from pottery to basketwork to wonderfully made drums to two most beautiful sun hats made of dead fan coral. These really intrigued me and they were really well made. Not that I would wear one. The Gallery of Caribbean Art was a highlight featuring local artists as well as a wide range of art from across the Caribbean.
Mt Gay is the rum (kinda sweetish) and we met up with a countryman of mine who was there on a modelling shoot for Mt Gay rum - with the amount of rum that he could lay his hands on, a fine and mellow day was had by all.
I did not see even one child begging or washing car windows or trying to earn a few Barbadian Dollars.