[charleskieffner]

yellowbird was $80USD a night. 2 queen beds, kitchen second floor balcony, coffee maker/toaster/dishes/utensils/ etc. phone /tv/shower bath maid service everyday.

people were fantastic. food was perfect. drinks were killer!

heres my angle on vacations. im a diver and anything better than a sleeping bag on the beach is heaven.

g/friend and i get up early 4am make coffee and out the door kind of folk.

would rather spend my bucks on killer food/killer drinks/ and see everything island has to offer. since all beaches public we cruised quite a few resorts.

the best by far is the crane hotel located at crane beach. this is the atlantic side.

we were in st. lawrence gap, christchurch south of bridgetown. this is the reggae/disco VORTEX! everything we needed or wanted was in walking distance. we went to local grocery store 15 min walk and picked up basic munchies and coffee for morning.

we mulled over renting car. about $70-80 bucks USD. since they drive on wrong side of road we figured that we didnt need any drama or arguements let alone accidents.

we met a guy named TYRONE TAYLOR(TAYLORMADETOURS) who hangs out just south of st lawrence church. he is a native. he buzzed us around all day anywhere and everywhere are hearts desired for around $70 bucks 7-5PM each day in little I MEAN LITTLE DIAHATSU 4-door reggae mobile. we did this 2 and 1/2 days. the 1/2 day was on our departure day and he took us to airport after buzzing over to pottery/batik art studio g/friend wanted to buy some trinkets from.

this allowed me to snap mega pictures/drink banks beer/reload film/drink malibu cooconut w/pineapple and not WORRY ABOUT A DAMN THING! it was A GAS! gave us historical narrative and was really helpful with everything and anything our lil hearts desired. since native he knew the street vendors and we got some cool discounts. also warned us of the ripoffs hanging around. he knew everyone good and bad. was a real standup guy.

have his number and tonight i will post it for you.

as i said everyday is formula 1/rally race day there with locals and their insane driving. was best money spent by far.

yellowbird was cool for street action and peering over balcony and people watching. and that was great. loud loud music til dawn on thursday friday nights. place was packed.

st lawrence gap is where everyone comes to party. for real quiet i would look up places to stay in bathsheba on atlantic side or the crane. but then your a prisoner unless you rent car or get taxi. nothing on atlantic side as far as food or drink except crane resort. but crane resort has 1 of the 10 coolest beaches on planet.

would i do it again............sure! i would just bring earplugs for thursday and friday nights.

what was cool. we bought gallon of mt gay 25 yr old rum and juice from store and saved money on drinks instead of bar prices. made canteens full of drinks for cruising other resort beaches. eating in room was cheap and didnt have to rely on restaurant hours 8am -11pm.

HAD A BLAST! i am officially addicted to MOJIITOES and MALIBU COCONUT w/PINEAPPLE! never had them before. i guess ive lived a sheltered life. hahahahahaa

DIVEPRO is right next door to yellowbird. biggest dive boat on island. great operation. adrian(guy) and summer-rain(adrians fiance) own divepro. have website to book snorkal or dive trips.

tides in bay +3-3ft thruout year. easy walk to dive boat w/gear. no brainer. do 2 dives leave at 9am back by 12. spend rest of day cruising/drinking/sleeping/eating/sightseing etc. made total of 7 dives there. each one was beyond perfect.

still working on getting pictures posted. bear with me.