T's Barbados Trip: Part 2!

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Hopefully you read part one of my Barbados trip since it's now time for part two, featuring a lot more snaps! If you haven't gathered by now, Barbados is beautiful. I wanted to visit for more than a decade, my friend has family there and I remember begging her to take me when we were just 16 ha ha. Good things come to those who wait, and thanks to my travel fairy godmothers (and godfathers), one awesome competition and one lucky tweet, my dream came true.

Barbados beaches

I like to call myself the 'palm walker'. If there's a walkable palm around I will strut on that thing and then jump off. This picture was taken on my last day when I had the worst hangover in the world thanks to the The Old Jamm Inn. You might not be able to tell because I'm in paradise but I was actually dying and it was 100% worth it. The bar had a live acoustic set and nomtastic cocktails. Hellz yeah.


Barbados travel photos
Why are boys such show offs? ;)

My beach photos were taken on Dover beach but we did have the opportunity to visit some of the more popular beaches on the island. A few notable ones are Mullins beach which is really cute but extremely small, Accra beach which is nice and the incredible Bathsheba beach - possibly my favourite I visited. Accra beach is home to Champers Restaurant, a delicious restaurant where we ate the best food we've had in 5 years. The last meal I tasted that was this good was in Hoi An, Vietnam back in '09. A girl never forgets.

It's rated #1 on Tripadvisor for restaurants in Christ Church and deservedly so. The staff were extremely friendly and we were on the decking with a view of the sea. So romantic! Definitely make a reservation here if you visit the island.

Bajan crab
Don't eat me!

We also headed to Oistins on Friday night for the famous Oistins fish fry. The area comes to life and tourists and locals flock there to party, eat good food and be entertained! If you head to Barbados, you must swing by. We tasted yummy flying fish, jerk chicken and ribs. We aren't the biggest seafood fans but had tons of fun anyway, there was lots of street dancing aka drunk locals on stage WERKING it. Amazing.

Ocean Two Hotel Barbados
Ocean Two Christ Church

Our hotel had a bunch of cool pools but I'm much more of a 'jump in the sea' kind of girl. One of my favourite days on the island was when we went on the Jammin' Catamaran Cruise. We had two snorkelling stops and one for swimming. 


Jammin' Cruise Barbados
Jammin Cats Cruise

It was essentially a party cruise! We had unlimited free punch and heard lots of jammin' tunes. The crew were hilarious and definitely made our trip that much more exciting. It was super windy so no cute floppy hats allowed, I strapped this one to my head and attempted a last minute fishtail braid to stop my hair from going everywhere.

Free Jammin Punch
I LOVE RUM.
Several rum's later...

We only saw a handful of turtles but they were adorable. It's funny how they look kind of miserable but I love them. There were lots of drunk Americans on board (makes a change, it's usually us Brits) so it was also fun to people watch. I remember screaming 'don't let leopard pants get me!' ...That girl was loco.

Bajan turtle

I had such a wonderful trip and I'm sad it's over. I definitely want to visit Barbados again, next time I plan to go with my friend so we can explore more of the island. Bajans are so friendly and the staff at Ocean Two were fantastic. It's situated in St. Lawrence Gap which is the lively area full of restaurants (our favourite being Harlequin Restaurant) and bars.

I'm definitely going to hit up Crop Over next time, perhaps I'll even bump into Rihanna! ;)

Barbados sunset
Sunset at Dover beach.


My incredible competition prize also included a HTC One. This phone has been rated the top phone on the market and after playing with it for a month, I can see why. I've never had a phone with a decent camera so it was perfect for taking snaps when I was out and about with my DSLR. Here are some of my favourite HTC One pictures:

1. Jammin' punch / 2. Shameless selfie / 3. Sam trying to balance / 4. Dusk beach scene / 5. Sending my love / 6. Ocean Two hotel / 7. Walk on Bathsheba beach / 8. Oistins Fish Fry / 9. Rainbow fun

They're such good quality! It even copes well in low light and I love the Zoe function. Free wifi at the hotel meant I could use Instagram so a few of these photos may look familiar to you.

I hope you've enjoyed my posts and I have one more outfit post lined up. If you're thinking of heading to the Caribbean soon, I definitely recommend Barbados and Ocean Two. Feel free to ask me any-travel related questions.

Thanks so much to HTC, Roc Nation, Ocean Two and the Barbados Tourism Authority for organising one of my favourite holiday's ever! I'm such a lucky Rawr girl.

T - Needs another vacation. ;) XoX

16 comments:

  1. Looks like the most fun everrrr! Glad you had such a fab time xxx

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  2. Aaw! The turtle! It's so cute, ah everything looks beautiful though. I probably would have squealed if I saw that turtle, wah! xxx

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  3. That seriously is the best prize ever!! Amazing pictures, I would love to go. xx

    Abby | Beauty and a Blogger

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  4. I'm so jealous. Barbados is definitely on my travel wish list! Your photos are fab, how cool are the turtles! lol

    ThePipingFairy.com

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  5. It looks like you had an amazing time. So jealous! The beaches look incredible!

    Hannah @ cutesfruits.blogspot.co.uk

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  6. I am SO so jealous, this looks amazing. Super impressed by the photos too, my phone camera is rubbish!

    Maria xxx

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  7. Still jealous! I love your photo grid of phone snaps :) x

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  8. Sounds like you had a great time the photographs are beautiful xx

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  9. These photos are all sublime! Would love to visit there one day :)

    Hayfa
    http://chic-and-cliche.blogspot.co.uk

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  10. Barbados looks beautiful and the swimming looks fabulous whether it's in the pools or in the salt-water. I love the pic of your palm tree walking and the gorgeous sunset. It sounds like a wonderful vacay indeed.

    http://www.full-brief-panties.blogspot.com/

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  11. Love these! Looks like paradise, so lucky to have been & have the wonderful memories xx

    Stephanie

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  12. Oh wow you lucky lady!! That beach <3 <3

    Jennie xo | sailorjennie.com

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  13. Wow! How did you win this amazing prize?! Congrats! Your photos are awesome, looks like they're was some great things to see :D Barbados is definitely on my 'dream places to visit' list, it looks like paradise! X

    aztecdoll.blogspot.co.uk

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  14. Tara you write the best blog posts EVER, I loved reading this and it was making me giggle away at work :)
    It sounds like you had such an amazing time, Barbados is one place I really really really want to go, so this post has made me even more convinced! The htc photos look great too, such good quality! My iPhone camera has somehow been scratched on the lens (probably whilst being in my bag full of keys/jewellery/other random scratchy crap) so it's rubbish!
    emmerliejay x

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  15. Uh-mazing! You lucky devil! Your trip sounds amazing and the photos you took with your new phone look great. Want to go to Barbados sooo bad! x

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  16. My husband and I just got back from a cruise and one of the ports of call on our cruise was Barbados! We absolutely loved it! I shared some pictures from our day in Barbados on my blog: http://www.love-laurie.com/2014/05/barbados.html

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