Stop at Barbados

Imagine this, waking up a bit earlier than you are used to and seeing the sea turn from black to golden. Stepping out onto the balcony from the highest part of a ship at sundown to see the sea start to turn red, and then slowly to black. Finnaly if the moon is out around 11 pm you will see nothing but a small moon trail on the ocean. This winter break my family and I went on a cruise around the Caribbeans. The cruise line that my dad got tickets for was very small, and the ships were extremely small as well. The first night was the most memorable nights for me, since I have never been so far out at sea. Me and my sister stayed up all night sitting outside on our little balconies watching the passing cities, and how their lights would come closer and as we would move farther away they would disappear. The first day we stopped at some tiny island that was no bigger than 5 miles wide and about 12 miles in length. There was not a lot of things to do so that day we quickly looked around and then went back on the ship. It was quite interesting for me though since it was the smallest country I have ever been in, if we had wanted to we could have walked around the island in less than a day! The most interesting place that we stopped in was in Barbados. There were a lot of trips and excursions so we tried to get the most out of the stop. We went zip lining over the rain forests, and at first it was extremely scary but soon I got used to the hight and the speed and got to enjoy my birds-eye view down to the rainforest floor. Then a tour guide showed us around the island and pointed out the most interesting things. At the end of the excursion he dropped us of at one of the best beaches in Barbados. The waves were extremely big, but the sun was so hot we had to go into the water. When in the water my sister decided to take pictures from the sea, so we carefully moved the camera into the water. When it was time to go my sister had trouble climbing out with the camera so I go out and was getting ready to help her when she slipped and fell straight into the water...with the camera. We searched and searched but couldn't find it. It was a shame since all of the pictures of the cruise we had so far were only saved on the camera and not where else. When our parents had asked about the camera we told them, and they said it was ok since we had two cameras and could continue taking pictures. The stop at Barbados was one of the most interesting stops that we made while on the cruise. It was quite the experience.