| Visitors to Barbados don't need to look hard to | | | | through your camera lens of the landscape, |
| find beauty; it's all around. Why, Barbados defines | | | | charming little chattel houses, rum shops, |
| the very word ... in the white-white beaches, | | | | churches, wildlife, caves, and expanses of cliffs |
| aqua-blue Caribbean Sea, and wide open sky and | | | | and seas that few tourists ever see. |
| a moon so brilliant in the night sky you swear you | | | | A highlight of the day is the wonderful stories |
| can reach up and touch it. | | | | Ronnie tells, bringing history about the former |
| If this beauty whets your appetite to explore | | | | English colony alive. A favorite story is about |
| beauty off the beaten path, take a photography | | | | Winston Hall, a prisoner at Barbados' prison. Hall |
| day trip with renowned Barbados photographer | | | | escaped the prison so often from that he |
| Ronnie Carrington. It's fun, you meet great folks | | | | became a sort of local folk hero. It helped that he |
| who are on the tour with you, and with Ronnie | | | | knew the island's 300 miles of gulleys far better |
| you don't just get to see hidden gems of | | | | than the prison officials; he managed to elude the |
| Barbados, you also learn how to take better | | | | authorities for years at a time. |
| photos. | | | | On his final imprisonment, the warden of the |
| You'll be in a group of about 15 on a comfortable | | | | prison proclaimed that, with the improvements |
| van, including one very important passenger: the | | | | he'd made to the prison, "only Houdini could |
| wine lady who works with Ronnie and is in charge | | | | escape this time." But Hall did escape. And forever |
| of delightful California and French wines that you'll | | | | after was known as "Hall-Dini." |
| consume at lunch. | | | | A favorite aspect of the Photo Adventure with |
| On the van, Ronnie regales everyone with | | | | Ronnie Carrington happens later when you review |
| wonderful stories about Barbados history and at | | | | the photos you took: they're terrific! |
| each stop he teaches how to capture the beauty | | | | |