Last full day in Barbados

Today I went out in search of postcards and stamps. No stamps anywhere and the post office is closed until Monday so that idea is dead. I wanted a souvenir so I went out shopping at the Chattel village. I got Rik a T-shirt. I found a top but I couldn’t make up my mind so, by the time I decided I wanted it, some other chick snapped it up. Darn. 

On my way back to the resort I got caught in a downpour, but it’s so warm here, I wasn’t cold.  Just wet.  I stopped at a wobbly-pop shop to look for some sipping rum.  I got help from the store clerk as I had no clue what’s good (seeing as we missed out on our rum tour at Mount Gay).

She poured five different rums to give me a tasting and I got 2 kinds, plus liquor-filled chocolates  WooHoo!

After lunch, Rik and I borrowed some flippers from the resort and went snorkeling. I had great luck this time and saw all kinds of different fish. Pink ones, purple, yellow, stripe-y, translucent ones and schools of thousands of minnows. Rik saw a manta ray, too, but I was happy to successfully snorkel without feeling like I was going to drown or  get bumped into by other people.

After the beach, we went to our pool and had a great time swimming and watching the mongooses. I’m really going to miss this place.

There are no stray dogs in Barbados.  Lots of stray cats, though.  Do you suppose the mongooses eat dogs but steer clear of cats?  They do look evil.