Barbados Travel Blogs

Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the Butch Kangaroo
Jun 1, 2004 (10 photos)

... up the gent. I agreed, holding back the urge to reply: "In the Honeymoon Suite at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados with Milla Jovovich would be nice". 17/4 After our marathon 3 mile run the previous day we skipped our morning workout due to ...

Happy Anniversary!
Jul 18, 2006 (33 photos)

... , wish them many more years of love, joy and excitement. We have been honored to share this time with them here in Barbados. Our journey today was merely one of relaxation and reflection. Over breakfast, they shared their thoughts of what 25 years of ...

A Taste of Local Culture
Jul 14, 2006 (43 photos)

... of the weekend crowd. A leisurely stroll through the town took us past a few of the sidewalk vegetable vendors past the Barbados Department of Agriculture, the Speightstown Fish Market, and a few shops, then to Jordan's Market for a little grocery ...

Barely missed the hurricane
Aug 26, 2005

... it's so far south. To say the least, it pleasant information to hear. As soon as I stepped off the plane in Barbados I think I began to profusly sweat. But I guess that comes with the territory. It's one of the sacrafices that I'm more than willing to ...

Loving life...
Nov 22, 2005 (17 photos)

Happy Thanksgiving! So first of all, I apologize for the lack of updates. I've heard several complaints, so here I go with an attempt to catch you up on the past three months of my life... Life traveling through different countries is so ...

Leaving on a jet place.. going home..
Jul 13, 2009

... nbsp;  BA food was less than expected (not good)..  and sleep was not forthcoming.. anyway. We made it back to Barbados.. Elvis's brother Richard collected us from the airport and it was really great to get back home. I hope you have enjoyed my ...

Diving, and the Real Barbados, Part I
Aug 6, 2009

... ."  I'm not exactly sure what that means.)  Some people come to these tropical countries with luxurious resorts, like Barbados (or Indonesia or Malaysia or Thailand), and I'm convinced they drive from the airport to their hotel with their eyes ...

Let's Just Chill Today
Jul 15, 2006 (35 photos)

We had big plans for today - shopping, sightseeing, more snorkeling. But as it turned out, we just chilled. After a leisurely breakfast, we decided to abandon our original plans, and instead just hang around. David and Arlette went snorkeling, while we ...

Over to the East Side
Aug 8, 2009

... .  So the bus is a very peaceful alternative. For a little adventure, we ate dinner at the Chefette -- a native Barbados fast food joint.  Travis had a surprisingly delicious burger and fries, and I had a very satisfying chicken roti - indian ...

Island time....
Sep 14, 2005

I suppose I can only attribute my lack of updating my travelogue to my new found "island time." Everything here runs on this system, if you can even call it a system, of absolute relaxation. I've always considered myself somewhat laid back, go with the ...

The month of adjustment...
Oct 17, 2005

Well, it has been over a month since I've written to you all. I apologize. So much has happened, but I'll start where I left off... The pageant went surprising well. As anticipated, I'm not a beauty queen. But, what's more encouraging is that I didn't ...

Barbados
Dec 26, 2006

Night in Barbados.

A little cooler
Aug 5, 2009

... natural and cultural history of the island.  It's a pretty interesting story, but my burning question was not answered:  how did Barbados gain independence from Britain in 1966??  As far as I can tell, GB sort of said, "You're on your own, ...

A Do-Nothing Day
Jul 17, 2006 (38 photos)

Another lazy day in paradise. We simply enjoyed the ocean breeze and the lovely sunset. Enjoy the pictures... 

Bridgetown
Jan 14, 2007

We had several days at sea before arriving here. We learned to use our internet, purchased a block of minutes, and kept in touch with the family. Daddy and Bob suggested we come back to Lynchburg, so we spent the evening before docking making flight ...

Waiting in Barbados with Karla
Feb 6, 2008 (30 photos)

... times. It's been called "Little England" and I can understand why they wanted to keep control of the island. Barbados is almost completely self sufficent, their largest money generator is tourism. The hotels are usually better than average and the service ...

Barbados: Sea Turtle & shipwreck snorkel
Feb 3, 2009 (15 photos)

... being 14 by 21 miles.  The population however, is 279,000 and the capital is Bridgeport.  We arrived in Barbados this morning at 7:00am under a warm blue sunny sky.   A new day, a new adventure.  Today promises to ...

Cricket in the Carribean Mon
May 7, 2003

... Lights and Ship Inn. Unfortunately this was 2 different places, a $30 cab ride apart. We went to Harbour Lights (admission $30- Barbados is damn expensive) and the Ship Inn but could not't find him. This was a problem as the game was sold out and we ...

The intense satisfaction of doing mostly nothing
Aug 4, 2009

... too.  And since we're supposed to be living the island lifestyle here, that works out well.  When in Barbados...  :o) Our evening activity was to walk the half mile down to the TriMart supermarket to pick up some more substantial groceries. ...

On the ground in paradise... again :-p
Nov 24, 2005 (1 photos)

Having to much fun to fill this in now. I'll do it later :-)

Off we go
Apr 9, 2006

Hi all, This is the first of my travelpods to you all to let you know in a few hours I will be leaving on a jet plane. But more importantly it is also a check for me to make sure I can make the travelpods work!!! The wedding went off wonderfully ...

Last day of school, and we head to the airport
Jun 25, 2009

After a long year of school, the children got out at 12noon, we went home and changed and headed straight for the Grantley Adams International Airport on the south coast.    We checked in for our fight on British Airways and boarded the ...

Holiday in Barbados
May 29, 2006 (33 photos)

After the wedding festivities, we headed off to Barbados the 2nd leg of our holiday

Barbados
Jul 21, 2005 (24 photos)

Flew from Tobago, via Trinidad and a freak rain storm, to Barbados.

Short stop in Barbados en route to Dominica
Jul 25, 2007 (2 photos)

... airport is Grantley Adams International Airport, who happened to be the first Prime Minister of the island.  I hadn't been to Barbados since 2005 and when I was last there the airport was under construction.  This time I was able to admire the ...

Barbados 2002
Jul 19, 2002

More to come...great beach photos...Bajan people are so jolly.

Surf and Surf
Aug 7, 2009 (1 photos)

... a 22-year-old blonde surfer boy who has a Barbadian father, a Swiss mother, and spent half of his formative years in each of Barbados and England. We piled into the van and headed down to the rocky, reefy beach at the Garrison.  Travis got a primer ...

The Secret Revealed
Jul 13, 2006 (30 photos)

... they were headed. He simply wished them fun on their trip and bade them farewell.   Upon arrival in Bridgetown, Barbados, we did the usual customs routine, grabbed our luggage and met our driver. We joked with David and Arlette, asking, "So ...

Arrived at Bridgetown, Barbados
Jan 1, 2006

Arrived in hot and cloudy Bridgetown. Kids were great on the flight. Were greeted by friendly Mustique Air staff with a sign with our names on it, saving us from standing in a customs line with our flight and a Virgin Atlantic 747.

Peak-baggin'
Aug 9, 2009

... seaside restaurant serving up gourmet traditional Bajan fare.  We ordered an appetizer of fishcakes and, because I couldn't leave Barbados without sampling the rum, a pina colada.  (Yeah, I'll probably take flack for calling such a concoction " ...