Lazy day at the Beach
Had a better nights sleep but woke fairly early, this time due to the cleaners. We walked down to Accra Beach and had a leisurely walk and sat down watching the crabs racing around.
We’re not beachy people so only stayed for half an hour, went back to the apartment to change before heading out to Sunbury Plantation, a 17th century plantation house. It was interesting to look at but had no information about the plantation or slavery. We had planned to visit a nearby rum factory but it was shut on Sundays. We wanted to get a bus back to Bridgetown, but we’re told that the service was even less reliable at weekends. A group from a cruise ship were doing a tour of the plantation so we asked if their coach driver might give us a lift back but he wasn’t allowed. We were facing a very long, hot walk. Luckily we caught a taxi as it leaving. We were so glad for the lift that we didn’t even ask the price. This was a big mistake as we got charged twice what it had cost us to get to Sunbury. To make matters worse, I got flummoxed by the cost and in trying to convert between Bajan and US dollars I ended up giving the driver a huge tip as well!
Back in Rockley we had another walk on the beach and lunch at Sugar Reef. This was also on the beach and we enjoyed sitting there listening to the steel band playing festive songs. Afterwards we collected our bags and went to the airport. We arrived early but unfortunately the plane didn’t and we had a 3 hour delay.
We eventually arrived in Guyana and were met by Aoife (Sarah’s cousin) and Ben. It was good to see her again and meet her boyfriend. We chatted for an hour and went for some much needed sleep. We were disturbed by a heavy storm in the night. Georgetown floods regularly in the rainy seasons due to the storms, high tides and power cuts, which stop the pumps working. The location of the city was chosen by the Dutch, but they didn’t do such a good job of land reclamation here as they have with Amsterdam.
We’re not beachy people so only stayed for half an hour, went back to the apartment to change before heading out to Sunbury Plantation, a 17th century plantation house. It was interesting to look at but had no information about the plantation or slavery. We had planned to visit a nearby rum factory but it was shut on Sundays. We wanted to get a bus back to Bridgetown, but we’re told that the service was even less reliable at weekends. A group from a cruise ship were doing a tour of the plantation so we asked if their coach driver might give us a lift back but he wasn’t allowed. We were facing a very long, hot walk. Luckily we caught a taxi as it leaving. We were so glad for the lift that we didn’t even ask the price. This was a big mistake as we got charged twice what it had cost us to get to Sunbury. To make matters worse, I got flummoxed by the cost and in trying to convert between Bajan and US dollars I ended up giving the driver a huge tip as well!
Back in Rockley we had another walk on the beach and lunch at Sugar Reef. This was also on the beach and we enjoyed sitting there listening to the steel band playing festive songs. Afterwards we collected our bags and went to the airport. We arrived early but unfortunately the plane didn’t and we had a 3 hour delay.
We eventually arrived in Guyana and were met by Aoife (Sarah’s cousin) and Ben. It was good to see her again and meet her boyfriend. We chatted for an hour and went for some much needed sleep. We were disturbed by a heavy storm in the night. Georgetown floods regularly in the rainy seasons due to the storms, high tides and power cuts, which stop the pumps working. The location of the city was chosen by the Dutch, but they didn’t do such a good job of land reclamation here as they have with Amsterdam.
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