The deep South- a belated report

Having a holiday is nothing compared to having a baby but hopefully Gnome and Sarah will enjoy these pictures of our recent trip to the US and the Carribean while they are recuperating. This is the harbour at Barbados, the town being the scene of a great victory by the Australian women cricketers and a debacle by the men (read Michael Clarke but no names, the game is bigger than that!).

Where I'm going I hope there's RUUUMMMM!!!
The charming Beausejour Oval at St Lucia. It was worth the price of the holiday to be there when the Aussies beat Pakistan in the last over of the keenly fought semi final. St Lucia is a proud and beautiful island whose fertile land allows them to grow lots of things like bananas for export.
Miami is a sinful city and I tried to get some of the residents to repent, or at least to reduce the price. Actually if any one is offended by this picture, it isn't me, it's Damian.
We went looking for the true America in the heartland of the American revolution and the birthplace the US constitution. We visited Pennsylvania, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas and got to know the great man Thomas Jefferson and his home in Charlottesville; ate grits with the locals; learned new words like "antebellum", stayed at a place where George Washington took breakfast, and generally soaked up the rich religious, war and architectural history and dare I say it the gracious charms of the South. It would be a big mistake to assume that all Americans are like the cynical New Yorkers portrayed on Sienfeld.
What do you say about Jimmy Buffett? One big party in the middle of a monsoon (see my earlier post for concert review). That's Jimmy in the boardies in the middle of the stage. No pictures of the Van Morrison concert because he wouldn't allow pictures. Van lived up to his eccentric reputation but he was in great voice and in a beautiful outdoor ampitheatre just outside Atlanta, we wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else
Secretly all Americans would like to own a Mustang but they are highly overpriced and totally impractical. Much better to rent one, flog it to death and hand it back.

Our road trip in the deep South was unstructured and so much fun. While not an obvious travel destination, when the exchange rate works for Australia you can have a great value holiday because the hosts speak English and therefore the holiday can be very flexible yet relatively stressless. We loved it.

Have a nice day!