Bridgetown, Barbados - April 22, 2014

Lying at the eastern edge of the Caribbean is a 166 square mile island lined with white sand beaches, lush greenery and an air of plenty of space for rest and relaxation, this is where you will find the island of Barbados. First discovered in the 15th century by the Spanish, it was the British who took ownership almost 200 years later in the early 17th century. The industry that put Barbados on the map was sugar cane farming which has all but died out here, tourism is now the main industry that drives the economy.

Beautiful day here for us, temperature sat around the 27 Celsius mark but with a wonderful constant breeze to keep things just perfect. We were on a ship sponsored tour today, the Harrison Cave Experience. Our tour read, "Regarded as one of the finest caves in the world, this landform is unique to the Caribbean. You will witness thousand of gleaming stalagmites and stalactites as you enter the 150 foot Great Hall...". We have been very fortunate in the number of underground caves we have seen in our travels, but here lies in the most incredible of them all. Harrison Caves has evolved and are able to tour you around in a most incredible way. They have an electrical tram system that takes you down through these natural channels, down to about 130 feet below the earth's surface. Just incredible. We experienced a lot of water drips as we traversed below in these chambers and we were told that it takes about 1 year from when the rain originally hits the surface ground to when the drop hits you in the tunnels below, amazing - pure and naturally filtered water.

After the three hour tour we headed into town for some lunch at the recommended Waterfront Cafe where we enjoyed Flying Fish Sandwiches followed up with a couple of local Carib beers. Great day and a great sail away with an on board steel drum band. St. Lucia tomorrow...