The signal station was one of six stations on the island used to get news to the garrison in Bridgetown. This was before telephones were installed in 1883 and flags were used to convey the messages. The view is great from the top of the signal station that was restored by the government. During restoration, some artifacts were found but
At the entrance to the Grenade Hall Signal Station, there were a bunch of monkeys! The Wildlife Reserve was founded in 1985 to protect the Barbados Green Monkey. Originally from West Africa, the arrived on Barbados about 350 years ago, and are found all over the island. The attendant at the Grenade Hall Signal Station had food, specifically sweet potatoes.
We headed to the Wildlife Preserve today. It’s pretty cool. There aren’t a multitude of species but the animals roam freely. LOTS of tortoise, deer, peacock, and a rodent called mara (part rabbit part something else – about the size of a medium sized dog – kind of an odd thing) along with some snakes in glass aquariums and some
Here is a shot of Linda and me yesterday on the Atlantic Coast of Barbados.
The trip was easy, albeit long. We left late from Detroit because we had to wait to be de-iced. I was shoveling four inches of snow at 2:15 am. We were the last two people on the plane in Miami because of our tardy arrival. I slept a fair amount on both flights. Once we got through immigration and customs,
I bought a couple of nights on sky auction.com at the Gran Hotel in central San Jose specifically for the end of my trip. It’s a vintage 1930’s building with a few updates, like wifi in the room, but not air conditioning. My room had a small window that opened only so far onto an indoor sort of courtyard so
On the last day of my Gate 1 tour I asked Ricardo to suggest a good place to buy coffee, since I didn’t want to buy it and carry it around for more than a week. He suggested a grocery store right across the pedestrian street from San Jose hotel, Gran Hotel, and even suggested a couple of brands. I
The morning started at Museo de Oro Precolumbino y Numismatica, a three in one museum cleverly hidden underground at Plaza de la Cultura. This museum houses an exhibit on the money of Costa Rica, it’s history and the influence of the coffee culture and Spanish, an art exhibit and the Pre-Columbian gold. There is a Heidelberg press included in the
Interbus in Costa Rica is a great way to get around. The drivers are multi-lingual (although all encouraged me to practice my Spanish, as have most Costa Ricans), courteous, and good,safe drivers. The trip from Tamarindo to downtown San Jose took a little over five hours. Even the paved roads (except the new toll road) are bad and I am
The food at Rip Jack is delicious. I went back in the evening after watching the sunset, for dinner. I had the mahi mahi with some sort of mango and wine sauce that was terrific. I think I need to add “sauces” as my next cooking goal. I splurged and got a flour less chocolate cake for dessert that was