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- Bridgetown
- Capital
- Barbados Dollar (BBD)
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- Population
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Rockley Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Rockley, Barbados
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A little cooler
... 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, ...
The intense satisfaction of doing mostly nothing
... 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 ...
Night Driving..
Oh, the joys of summer.. :) Not a particularly substantial blog update today I'm afraid, been getting ready for Kadooment Day tomorrow! It's going to be INSANE. Gonna make one hell of a blog for that :D But today was a fairly laidback day.. It was ...
Escape
So, after 5 days worth of failed attempts trying to fly standby, I came to the realisation that this is probably going to be impossible for the next month at least. There were 40 other people waiting with me in standby, many of them AA staff, many of ...
Stuck.
This is my third day trying to get out of the island on standby. I was 38/47 on the list earlier. So many families of staff members using their tickets for holiday.. It's insanity. It seems to be impossible to get out of the Caribbean right now! ...
Rain Rain Rain..
... tomorrow I get to pick up my costume for the big Kadooment festival Monday after next! Kadooment is the annual festival here in Barbados to celebrate the end of the harvest season. Nowadays it means you dress in a funky looking costume and "jump" ...
The benefits of urbanisation..
Because some people showed interest in pictures of Barbados, I shall throw in a few random ones from the recently-completed Boardwalk on the south coast of the island Starting on Rockley [a.k.a. Accra] beach, this thing runs for just over a mile and ...
Some Good Fortune in Barbados!
We made it! Fortunately, all our connections worked out fine and my mother and I have made it safely to Barbados -- to be greeted by a light drizzle =( Fortunately, it was not raining hard and the cooler temperature helped to temper the harsh ...
Moving to Barbados
Actually my 2nd time visiting Barbados [random business trip in '98], this is when we moved to Barbados and stayed for almost 10 years ...
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