Barbados in the Time of Covid

The government of Barbados, I believe, did an excellent job of keeping us all safe from the Corona Virus, AKA Covid-19. Life continued and work was completed from home. We did have a few shut-downs and for a period of about 2 weeks, a full quarantine, with movement restricted to visits to grocery stores based on our last names.

So, as you can see we were able to maintain a fairly regular lifestyle of beaching ourselves …

At the Barbados Cruising Club

… and getting out for a sail in the marvelous Sea Eagle 380.

Toasting the toes with sun

We also did a bit more exploring around the island. Usually, we save such excursions for visitors so that we don’t do double duty on these sites (sights?), but with no visitors, we ventured forth ourselves.

Lotus Flower at Andromeda Garden

A tree’s protection from monkeys

We did have a few non-human visitors. Our Frangipani (Plumeria) trees were attacked by a giant caterpillar, or rather dozens and hundreds of these giants.

Frangipani Worm

The are quite voracious and can denude entire sections of the tree in days.

Caterpillar Invasion

Not much left

Fertilizing the tree with its own leaves

We also had a growing number of lizards living near our garden. As we attracted my pests to eat the garden, we attracted more predators to eat the pests.

Little lizard

If you recall from a couple posts previously, we had a chicken come and brood a bunch of chicks. Well, that was a great brooding place because another chicken came along and did the same thing!

We met a fellow with a lovely little 24′ yacht called Peaches (the yacht, not the captain). I went along to the Barbados Yacht Club one day to help him launch Peaches after a refit.

Getting to the water

The launch process included towing the yacht on its trailer to the shoreline, and then attaching the tow rope to a pulley about 50 meters into the sea. The tractor then tows the yacht into the water.