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🧡Semuc Champey
🧡El Paredon 

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Day 5-7 – Tortuguero
Day 7-10 – La Fortuna
Day 10-12 – Manuel Antonio National Park
Day 12-14 – Dominical
9  things to NEED to do on your Barbados holiday🌴🇧🇧:

🐟 Oistins Fish Fry on a Friday Night
⚡️ Go for a drink and swim @thunder.bay.beach.bar 
🌅Watch the Sunrise
🐢Swim with Turtles
⛵️Boat cruise with @silvermoonbarbados 
🌮Sunset Dinner @seashed_barbados 
🐎Watch the racehorses at Pebbles Beach 
🌊 Walk along the Hastings Boardwalk 
🌅Watch the sunset
📸=🧡 📸=🧡
TRAVEL OFTEN AROUND YOUR 9-5⬇️ 🟠 Obvious c TRAVEL OFTEN AROUND YOUR 9-5⬇️

🟠 Obvious choice but make use of the weekends. Fly out on Friday night and home Sunday evening. Really good to squeeze in a mini city break. 

🟠 For longer holidays use the same method as above. Fly out on a Friday night and home the following Sunday. You can get almost 9 days away and only have to take 5 days off work.

🟠 Make use of your bank holidays. Tag on an extra day off around a bank holiday. For example around the Easter break. 

🟠If you are flying on weekdays fly out late evening and fly home early morning so you don’t have to take those flying days off work.

🟠 Work from your holiday. Commit to working one or two mornings whilst you are away. This can help in saving up a few half days when you get to the end of the year. However this is probably not worth it on shorter trips

🟠 If you are able to travel with work. Make a holiday out of that by tagging on a few days holiday after the work trip is over.

Do you have any other tips?
The cutest audio. I heard it on TikTok but I could The cutest audio. I heard it on TikTok but I couldn’t find it on here. It’s from @aftersunmovie ⭐️🎆🌞🌙☀️🌅

Not normally a quotes girly but I think this is so sweet 🥹
📍The SPACE - San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua 🇳🇮 @thespace.sjds 

This is the perfect hostel for travellers looking to unwind and relax (unless you are there on a Sunday when it’s part of the Sunday funday bar crawl 🙈)

🛌Dorm rooms start from £11 and Private from £50 🛌

🚖 It located a 6 minute drive and a 30 minute walk outside of the town. They do offer a free shuttle bus to town and from town everyday!
✌🏽This did well on TikTok so sharing it here ✌🏽This did well on TikTok so sharing it here 

🧡One thing I’m super grateful for is my supportive boyfriend no matter how ludacris my ideas.

✈️He loves to travel and explore new places but it’s definitely not on the same scale as me! 

💻 He also doesn’t have a job that gives him the same freedoms as mine does 

🌎I’ll be leaving him for a while  very shortly, and Ive talked about how I want to go away for a few months at some point in the future. 

❤️Despite the fact we miss each other he’ll always support my travels whether he can come with me or not.
BEST THINGS TO DO ON OMETEPE 🌋 📍Swim Ojo de BEST THINGS TO DO ON OMETEPE 🌋

📍Swim Ojo de Agua
📍Hike to San Ramon waterfall 
📍Sunset at Playa Mangos
📍Lunch at Santo Domingo
📍Hike Volcan Concecipon
📍Walk the sandbar at Punta Jesus
Have I sold you on Nicaragua yet? 🇳🇮🏄🏽 Have I sold you on Nicaragua yet? 🇳🇮🏄🏽‍♀️🌴😎
🇳🇮GUIDE TO LITTLE CORN ISLAND 🌽🏝️ G 🇳🇮GUIDE TO LITTLE CORN ISLAND 🌽🏝️

Getting There ➡️

✈️🛥️Plane and Boat - The best option for less time but a bigger budget and those who suffer from sea Sickness. 

🛩️Fly from Managua Airport to Big Corn Island (1.5 hours)
🚣🏼‍♀️Boat Taxi from Big Corn to Little Corn (30 minutes) 

💰Approximate total Cost for 1 way = £100-£110 

🚎⛵️Bus and Boat - The best option for more time but a smaller budget 

🚌Bus from Managua to Bluefields (7/8 hours) 
Ferry from Bluefields to Big Corn (6/7 hours) 
🚣🏼‍♀️Boat Taxi from Big Corn to Little Corn (30 minutes) 

💰Approximate total Cost for 1 way = £16-£20

🛌Where to stay 

😎Graces Cool Spot $
🤿Yemaya Reefs $$$

👙What to do 

🌴Walk around the whole Island 
😎Chill out on Otto Beach 
🤿Go Snorkelling 
🦈Go Scuba Diving 
🌮Have Tacos at Tranqillo Bar 
🍺Drink Victoria’s at Beach Bar 
🌅Watch the Sunset and Sun Rise 
💤RELAX 

Would you visit Little Corn?
10-Day Nicaragua Itinerary 🌴🌊🇳🇮 1 nig 10-Day Nicaragua Itinerary 🌴🌊🇳🇮

1 night - Leon 🌋
2 nights -San Juan Del Sur or Popoyo 🏄🏽‍♀️
2 nights - Ometepe 🌋
2 nights - Laguna de Apoyo/ Granada 🛶
3 nights - Little Corn Island 🌴🌽

📆For those of us who are limited to 25 days of holiday a year - 10 days in Nicaragua is TOTALLY doable. You’ll be on a tight schedule and will need to spend more on transport/taxis to get to places on time …. but it’s all worth it. ✈️

⏰If you have more time, I would say stretch to 14 days and up some of the stays to 3 nights. This will give you a chance to relax in each location. 💤

Full-time travel/time freedom is the goal but for now, I’m grateful that I get to experience snippets of these beautiful countries! 

Would you visit Nicaragua for 10 days?
My toxic trait is wanting to be everywhere doing e My toxic trait is wanting to be everywhere doing everything all at the same time ✈️🌍🌴🌅
Day 8&9 - Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Day 8 📆 🤿We p Day 8&9 - Nicaragua 🇳🇮

Day 8 📆

🤿We paid $20 each to go on a snorkelling tour with with our guesthouse (Graces Cool Spot) 

🦈It was a 2 hour trip and we got to see lots of nurse sharks, plus others saw turtles, stingrays and lobsters which I missed

🚤Later that afternoon we had to leave Little Corn 😫. We were planning to leave the next day but they weren’t going to be running the boats to Big Corn due to the wind….. so if we didn’t leave we would have missed our flight. 

⚓️Something to be aware of if you’re travelling to the corn island’s

Day 9 📆

✈️We flew from Big Corn Island back to the main land early in the morning. 

🚕We then got picked up from the airport and we decided to go back to Laguna de Apoyo and stay @paradisonicaragua 

🍺 We spent our last day drinking turbo shandy’s and swimming in the lake (which was a lot warmer than we expected)
🌎Favourite places in Central America 🧡I’ 🌎Favourite places in Central America 

🧡I’m totally in love with Central America and I haven’t even scratched the surface yet (more countries to visit and more places to visit where I’ve already been) 

🌎Whilst I find it difficult to say where my favourite place is because they are all so different, here are some of my favourite places in each country I’ve been to so far:

Mexico 🇲🇽

🌮Valladolid 
🏝️Isla Holbox 

Guatemala 🇬🇹

🌋Antigua (+ Acatenango Volcano hike) 
🌊Lake Atitlan 

Costa Rica 🇨🇷

🦥Puerto Viejo
🏄🏽‍♀️Dominical 
🍃La fortuna purely for @arenal.lodge 

Nicaragua 🇳🇮

🌋Ometepe
🌽Little Corn Island

Still have so many places to visit in these countries but these are my fave so far 🧡
Day 7 - Nicaragua 🇳🇮🏝️ Today was a ver Day 7 - Nicaragua 🇳🇮🏝️

Today was a very chill day 😎

🍳We woke up for some brekfast and then headed off to explore the island. 

🚶🏽‍♀️We headed north of our hotel at Graces cool spot and walked as far around the island as we could, taking in all the beautiful views along the way. 

🌴The most popular beach on the island is Otto beach and we were going to stop here but the bar was shut and after all the walking we were super hungry. 

🍃We decided to walk through the island and into the main “town”. 

🎶We stopped off at a reggae bar  called “Beach Bar” for lunch and stayed there for ages drinking and catching some sun and going for dips to cool off. 

🌮We then headed back to get read for Tacos and Triva night at Tranquilo cafe. The tacos were AMAZING but our trivia was terrible. We came last 😅

One of my favourite days of the trip!
Day 6 - Nicaragua 🇳🇮 ✈️Today we had to Day 6 - Nicaragua 🇳🇮 

✈️Today we had to wake up super early to catch our flight to the Corn islands.

🚕We headed from Leon to Managua airport which was approx 2 hours drive (of course we used our fave driver David) 

🔖We checked in for our flight which was very easy  they give you a baggage receipt  which you must keep hold of as they check it the other end when collecting your luggage. 

🛩️💵The flights were roughly $111 one way with La Costena airlines (they are not on Skyscanner so we had to  book directly) 

💰We then had to pay a $2 tourist tax to board the flight 

🛫The flight was totally fine (I was a tad nervous but had no need to be. 

🚎The flight kind of works like a bus which was so new to me. There are no assigned seats so you just pick whatever is free. 

💙It first lands Bluefields airport where it lets passengers off and more people on. If you’re flying to Big Corn you just stay on the plane. 

⏰In total it was about 1.5 hours 

🚖Once we landed in Big Corn we had to catch a taxi to the ferry port. This cost us $1 per person 

💰Once we got there we then had to pay ANOTHER tourist tax for around $1 to enter the port. 

⛴️We then waited for our ferry to little corn. There are only 2 ferries a day to Little Corn 10am ($20) and 4:30pm ($10). Take a look at this last picture for more info on this. 

🏨Once we arrived we were greeted by someone from our guesthouse ( Graces Cool Spot) at the port and he walked us to the hotel. 

🍹Once we checked in we got showered up and had a little explore. We then spent the evening at at tranquilio cafe drinking cocktails with some lovely humans that we met at our guesthouse. 

Picture locations 📸
📸Big Corn Island Ferry Port
📸Big Corn Island Airport
📸Graces Cool Spot
📸Tranquilo Cafe
📸Little Corn
Graces Cool Spot- Little Corn Island 🇳🇮🌽🏝️

I did not want to leave. If you’re visiting Nicaragua, Little Corn is a MUST!
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Beach Holidays, Caribbean · February 4, 2023

13 of the Very Best Things to do in Barbados

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The warm glow of the sun hitting your face, the smell of coconuts in the air, the echos of reggae music trailing through the streets and a smiling local headed towards you with a big glass of rum punch. You have just arrived on the beautiful island of Barbados and you’re excited about the journey ahead. 

Whilst most people associate a trip to the Caribbean with days spent sunbathing under a palm tree,  a trip to Barbados can offer so much more. From surfing on the fierce waves of the east coast to understanding more about the rich Bajan culture. Barbados has something for the luxury lover, the adventure seeker and the culture vulture. 

Reeds Bay, Barbados
Reeds Bay, Barbados

Over the last few years, I’ve had quite a love affair with the Caribbean visiting 4 different Islands and 3 different Caribbean coasts along Central America. Each time I visit, I fall more and more in love with this part of the world Visiting Barbados was no different. 

There are so many amazing things to do in Barbados and it’s truly an island that has it all.  With jaw-dropping beaches, chilled-out vibes, a vibrant atmosphere, delicious food and incredibly friendly locals, there is no doubt that you’ll have an awesome time on this stunning island.  

So, What are the best things to do in Barbados? Read on below to find out

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1 The best things to do in Barbados
1.1 Oistins Fish Fry
1.2 Richard Haynes Boardwalk
1.3 Catamaran Cruise around the Island
1.4 Mount Gay Rum Tour
1.5 Worthing Square Food Garden
1.6 Admire The Racehorses at Pebbles Beach
1.7 Explore the capital, Bridgetown
1.8 Sunset Dinner at Sea Shed
1.9 Thunder Bay beach bar at Reed’s Bay
1.10 Lunch at Lone Star
1.11 Watch the sunset
1.12 Bottom Bay
1.13 Relax
2 Happy Exploring

The best things to do in Barbados

Oistins Fish Fry

I can guarantee that on every “best things to do in Barbados” list you’ll find Fridays at Oistins Fish Fry on there (and for very good reason). On a Friday night, Oistins Fish market comes alive.

You can find delicious fresh fish being cooked on many a BBQ, rum punch in abundance and Reggae and Dancehall tunes being blasted through the market. The atmosphere is truly electric and all of these elements combine to make this a super fun evening for all the family. 

Whilst Oistins is open every day, the Friday night party is not to be missed as this is one of the best things to do in Barbados.

Oistins Fish Fry - Best things to do in Barbados

Richard Haynes Boardwalk

Located in the south of the island, in Christchurch, you’ll find the Richard Haynes Boardwalk. Built back in 2013, the boardwalk is a fairly new tourist attraction in Barbados. Take a leisurely stroll along the boardwalk and soak up the sights and sounds of the sea. OR, dip your toes into the one or two small beaches you’ll uncover along this path.

There are plenty of bars and restaurants along the boardwalk, so you can also stop for a drink and admire the view. The best places to visit along the boardwalk are Blakeys, Chill Cafe Bar and Grill, Tapas, Naru and Baby Doll 

And, for the fitness fanatics among us, this a great place to go for a run with a view too!

Richard Haynes Boardwalk - Best things to do in Barbados
Richard Haynes Boardwalk - Best things to do in Barbados

Catamaran Cruise around the Island

One of the best things to do in Barbados is to book a catamaran cruise around the island. Not only is it a great way to see the island but it’s also a fantastic opportunity to swim with the famous Bajan Turtles and maybe even spot some dolphins. 

The best thing about Catamaran Cruises in Barbados is that most companies only cater for a small number of people on board. You’ll often find that boats allow for no more than 10-12 people per trip. This makes for the most perfect intimate setting. 

I highly recommend the luxury sunset cruise with  Silvermoon Barbados. The service was topnotch; they kept the food and drinks flowing, the music playing and the staff were REALLY accommodating to my young nieces and nephews. 

Make sure to book a cruise as far in advance as possible. With the small group numbers, you’ll find that tickets sell out very quickly!

Silvermoon Barbados - Best things to do in Barbados
Silvermoon Barbados - Best things to do in Barbados

Mount Gay Rum Tour

It would be criminal to come to the birthplace of Mount Gay rum and not book on to a rum tour. On the tour you will learn all about how this special spirit came to life, discover how the rum is made and sample some of the amazing rums they have on offer

Worthing Square -  Best things to do in Barbados

Worthing Square Food Garden 

Unlike Oistins, Worthing Square is a lesser-known food market in Barbados. Here you’ll find 20 unique street food canteens and pop-up food trucks. From Jamaican delicacies to Venezuelan treats, you are sure to uncover all of the vibrant flavours of the Caribbean. Worthing Square is open for both lunch and dinner. So, if you are after a more low-key alternative to Oistins then Worthing square is the spot for you.

Worthing Square - Best things to do in Barbados

Admire The Racehorses at Pebbles Beach

Visiting the racehorses at Pebbles Beach is the most magical sunrise activity. Every morning between 5-7:30 trainers walk the horses from the famous Garrison Savannah racetrack over to Pebbles beach for their daily wash and swim. 

Small crowds of tourists gather each morning to witness this magnificent spectacle, and some of the braver ones even get into the water to get a snap with these majestic creatures. This was one of my favourite things to do in Barbados, so make sure you don’t skip this one off the itinerary.

Pebbles Beach - Best things to do in Barbados

Explore the capital, Bridgetown

No trip to Barbados would be complete without exploring the capital city. Wonder through the streets admiring the architecture, browse through some of the many shops and take a walk along the constitution river.

After some exploring, you can head to The Boat Yard for some nice refreshing drinks and beautiful beach views.

Sunset Dinner at Sea Shed

Want to try some of the best nachos in the world?  Then make sure you book a reservation at Seashed. It’s not just the nachos that are amazing- the whole menu is filled to the brim with mouthwateringly good food! Seashed has a “Sea to Slate” ethos meaning that all their food is fresh and of the highest quality. The tuna tacos and grilled lobster tail are a must for all seafood lovers. 

At Sea Shed you are guaranteed, great food, chilled-out vibes and stunning views. Whilst Sea Shed is also open for lunch, I’d highly recommend coming just before sunset to enjoy your dinner and drinks with the most glorious sunset views.

Sea Shed  Barbados
Sea Shed Barbados

Thunder Bay beach bar at Reed’s Bay

Thunder Bay beach bar was my favourite spot of my whole Barbados trip. I just happened to stumble across this place when I was going for a walk, and it was STUNNING.  I was honestly shocked that this place didn’t come up at all when I was researching the best things to do in Barbados. 

Thunder Bay beach bar is a small but mighty beach shack located at Reed’s bay on the island’s west side. Here you can find super cheap drinks, yummy bbq food and great music. To top that all off Reeds Bay beach is jaw-droppingly beautiful. The water is calm and the beach is in pristine condition.

Reeds Bay Barbados
Reeds Bay Barbados

Lunch at Lone Star

Lone Star might be one of the most expensive restaurants in all of Barbados, but that’s for a very good reason. The food is of the finest quality and the service is 5-star.

Like Sea Shed this is open for both lunch and dinner, but I recommend coming here for Sunset to have yet another dinner with amazing views.

Watch the sunset

No matter where you are situated on the island you’ll be able to witness some of the most spectacular sunsets. Make sure you take the time to head to the beach of an evening and watch the sun dip below the horizon with a cocktail (or mocktail) in hand. During my trip to Barbados, I was lucky enough to see one of the best sunsets of my life, so this is certainly one of the best things to do in Barbados.

Barbados Sunset

Bottom Bay

Famous for its palm-tree-studded bay and picturesque views,  Bottom Bay is one of the most popular beaches on the island. You’ll find Bottom Bay on the South-East side of the island. Beaches on this side of the island are for sunbathing only, the waves here can be pretty fierce so swimming is advised against.

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Relax

Make sure you make time to relax whilst you are here. It can definitely be tempting to try and pack your itinerary with all of the best things to do in Barbados. But there’s a lot to be said for just chilling on a hammock at one of the many beautiful beaches with a good book and a drink in hand.

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Happy Exploring

I hope you have a wonderful time exploring all that Barbados has to offer. If you can only pick a handful of things to do from this list then I would recommend not skipping the following:

  • Catamaran Cruise around the island 
  • Watching the racehorses and Pebbles Beach 
  • Sunset dinner at Seashed 
  • Relaxing at Thunder Bay Beach Bar.  
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If you have any more questions about anything discussed in this blog post, please feel free to reach out! Looking for more Caribbean holiday inspiration?  Why don’t you check out my Caribbean Guides here

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