And now for the second to last island on our May visit, the beautiful, breathtaking, Barbados. This island was particularly special because my father’s side of the family is from here. As a child, I’ve always wanted to see what this place looked like. While I don’t know any of my family here and this is my first visit to this island, I did feel a special connection to this place and honestly felt right at home. We had an amazing tour guide although I have to be honest, I can’t for the life of me remember that dudes name, but he was very nice and took us all around the island. He let us get out and explore the oldest church on the island. There is so much rich history tucked away on this island, and he went into serious detail about the cattle export with the English, slave trade, housing in Barbados, and so much more, he even showed us Rhianna’s old stomping grounds, the house she grew up in, and the decked out condo she owns on the other side of the island now. Just in case you are wondering, I did not see Rhianna, LOL. To complete our tour, we relaxed on one of the amazing beaches just outside the city. The water was AMAZING! Charles and I took the jet ski’s out for a spin and got as much sun as possible. I then found a comfy spot on the beach and began to jot down all the reasons why I should purchase a property in Barbados, none of my reasons changed the fact that I literally have no money to do so, LOL, but the thought of it was nice. This is definitely one island Charles and I plan on flying to in the future for sure.

The black maxi dress I’m wearing is from Loveculture a few years ago, but I’ve placed a link up top for you to browse some similar Maxi’s, courtesy of Forever21. I got the sunnies from a souvenir shop in Antigua.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Deidra Craig

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, back to our island adventures. I really debated whether I should share each island recap back to back on the blog or spread it out so you wouldn’t get annoyed with the same old content for weeks on end. Obviously, the best decision was to spread it out with a few fashion and beauty finds in between each post. Looking at these pics weeks and weeks later makes me lethargic and I’m now experiencing some serious wanderlust, and officially want to go back to Saint Lucia for a few days.

This was one of my all time fav islands to visit last month. It’s the only island we visited and decided not to take a beach trip. We were so exhausted from our visit to Antigua that we just wanted a day to recover and just enjoy some views, and what better place to do it than on an island made up of mostly rain forest. We met up with this really cool tour guide named Nelbert. He was so chill and charged us very little for what was literally a 5 hour tour around Saint Lucia. We drove around the rain forest, took a dip in the biggest waterfall, hung out with the locals, ate some food that looked like bread made from tree bark (a local snack, and I have no idea the name of it at the moment). It was just a very relaxed day getting to know the locals and life in Lucia. It rained almost the WHOLE day but it was great because before boarding the ship to our next destination, the sun came out and hit the ocean in the most beautiful way. I wanted to jump off the ship and run to the nearest beach to snap more pics. All in all, this island visit was amazing. I to come back and retreat here before grad school. Prob not gonna happen though. Reality has kicked in and my life is officially over as of end of June. I know, so sad. 😦

Happy hump day ya’ll!

Sincerely,

Deidra Marie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite tours from our 7 day island adventure was Saint Kitts and Antigua. Every island we had an opportunity to visit was beautiful in it’s own way, from the white sandy beaches to the warm, clear water. One of my favorite parts about the cruise was waking up to a new island everyday. Before I started my day, I would stare out our circular window at the hills where the locals lived, soak in a bit of the warm sun rays beaming through the window with so much excitement I could hardly contain myself. We had the most amazing tour guide while in Saint Kitts, big Mike was his name. He told jokes the whole ride, offered us free chips and drinks once we made it to the ruins and stopped at all these amazing places on the island to let us eat the sugar cane, fresh mango’s, and smell the cinnamon he picked right off the tree. Antigua was a bit different, Charlie’s skin was a bit irritated by the sun so we spent most of our time relaxing on the beach in the shade, he also had to login for an online class that day, thankfully the wifi connection was amazing at this cute little bar called Cheers. Yes, life doesn’t stop for us even when were on vacation. I stopped by a few shops and picked up the cutest little two piece beach cover up and some souvenirs for a few friends back home. Honest to God, I was mistaken for a local twice while visiting these islands which is odd to me considering I was walking around with my Nikon snapping pics of buildings and shopping at every tourist spot possible. Anyway, I hope everyone had a happy mother’s day and thank you to everyone who was able to participate in the JORD giveaway contest last week, hopefully a ccc reader is the lucky JORD watch winner. Either way, those who entered still get a $50.00 code so everybody’s a winner. Next up, a 5-hour tour in the rain forest with a local named Nelbert. Hope you have a great week. Let’s get it Monday.

Sincerely,

Deidra Marie