April
2007
Crane Beach
Thursday we packed a lunch and our backpack and headed out to Crane Beach by bus. First we took a party bus to Bridgetown. This party bus was all decked out inside with green and black flames and the words “The Fast the Furious Tokyo Drift” written all over it. I’ve determined that the guy collecting money has to be super outgoing since he spends half his time hanging out of the bus either finding out if people want a ride or trying to convince them they need one, another portion of his time collecting money, and the rest chatting with the bus driver or people on the side of the road. Riding the party bus gives us a chance to hear some music that’s popular in Bajan culture these days. The one I’ve heard on every bus ride is African Queen, by 2 Face Ibidia (it’s a guy). This may appeal to some of you and most likely not to many of you, but have a listen if you’re interested. We seem to have it firmly embedded in our heads at the moment.
We took the party bus to town, then hopped on a city bus to head over to the East side of the Island. Two hours after leaving our place, we finally made it to Crane beach. But it was so worth it. Crane beach has been rated one of the top 10 beaches in the world by Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, if you care anything about that. The beach was really beautiful. The picture doesn’t do it justice… We rented chairs and an umbrella, played in the ocean, read, took a nap… It was so relaxing. At the end of the day we were too tired to make the 2 hour bus ride back, so we hailed a taxi and got back in half an hour. It also cost us ALOT more! But it was worth it, and we got to see more of the Island, which I really enjoyed. For dinner we went back to Groots, I had roti and Mike had beef curry. We also ordered appetizers of samosas and spring rolls, but they gave us ketchup as a dipping sauce for both of them! It was so strange!
