After a very choppy crossing we finally arrived in to Hamilton, Bermuda. The tug boat accompanied us in to the port which was very exciting to watch. We actually had 2 tug boats to assist us as the ship had very little space to manoeuvre in to the dock.
Hamilton is a port city, and is the capital and administrative , commercial, entertainment and shopping centre of Bermuda.
The tour we picked was in a private minivan driving along Bermuda’s picturesque southern shore. We stopped at the pink-hued beach at Horseshoe Bay, (the sand is pink from the crushed coral in it), and enjoyed the amazing turquoise water. There was an enormous parrotfish swimming around. From there we drove to one of the world’s oldest cast-iron lighthouses, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse. Susie and I climbed to the top, but I was very nervous as the spiral staircase had open steps, so you could see straight down! We were the only 2, brave or silly enough, to do this!
We then crossed the world’s smallest drawbridge, which was erected in 1620 to access the quaint town of Somerset. The last part of the tour was at the Royal Naval Dockyard, an area full of tourist shops. The surrounding water is full of yachts.
Great tour as a small number of people were on the bus and all were agile and able to get in and out of the minibus!
And one of the six people on our tour happened to go to school in Hadley Wood, with my close friend Barb. What a small world!
I could easily come for a weeks R and R to Bermuda! Such beautiful clear water. And all the brightly coloured houses!