Country Info
- Bridgetown
- Capital
- Barbados Dollar (BBD)
- Currency
- 275,330
- Population
- BB
- Country Code
Barbados Slideshow
Barbados
Travel Blogs from Barbados
Arrivee a la barbade
Punaise, 3 semaines !!! parmis les plus longues que j'ai connu. On est enfin arrive a la barbade. Plutot que de faire un commentaire par jour, je vais faire un resume general de la traversee. Le plus court que je puisse faire ...
Arrival in Barbados
... passed, chatting, doing spanish exercises (that's me), writing diaries, snacking, staring into nothingness, swimming in the sea. Approaching Barbados, we had non-stop squalls and strong winds and 12-feet high waves. Again, this lasted another 4 days. ...
Barbados
... wonderful splashing through the puddles...laughing...life does not get any better than walking down a pier in the pouring rain in Barbados...holding hands...and understanding that life will never get better than this! Two days at sea...Grand Turk ...
The "Little England of the Caribbean"...
... call is Barbados...yeaheyy! I am so excited because here i planned to take a begginers course of Scuba Diving. I chose Barbados because it is renowned for diving due to its incredible marine landscape hidden underwater. Actually i dont have any ...
Good bye to the Caribbean - its been great!!
Sunday was spent starting the day with a very pleasant and leisurely breakfast. After which we caught the notorious No.11 bus (free theme park thrill ride along the way) to the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. A pleasant couple of hours was spent there ...
In De Middle O' De Road..
... we headed for the Stadium. Loads of people wearing all sorts of intricate costumes, and also a slight bit of chaos because in true Barbados style no one knows what the hell is going on until it happens. Oh well, drinks truck was open so I helped myself ...
What a journey!!
... into Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands before setting out once again for the Caribbean. Our ultimate landfall was in Bridgetown, Barbados and it was a most welcome sight after days of rolling seas with enormous waves and very mixed weather. Now that we ...
Thursday - Look around Barbados
Hired a car today which we shared with another couple on the cricket circuit. Hello to Mick and Margot if they are reading this. Saw a very scenic east Coast area after checking out one of the early Plantation Houses which dates back to the early days ...
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 ...
Let's go for a drive!
... allowed to go in when it's raining out.. dammit! We took in the views instead. It's such a sharp contrast from the Barbados I'm used it - it's sheer cliff, with deep blue waters crashing against the various rock formations at the bottom. We wandered away ...
Exciting Barbados
... on that day for our 7:30 flight to increase the chances of seeing the start of the match. Monday Explored Bridgetown, Barbados. The island is somewhat flatter than Grenada and therefore easier for dwellings and other buildings to be constructed. Roads ...
Barbados
Barbados didnt turn out to be the paradise I had been expecting. I initially had chosen Barbados a a stop because of its beutifull windsurfing! Unfortunately I came in a period of low winds and the only day that I actually made it into the water my ...
Barbados
... . I do have all the photos downloaded and tagged. And there are stories that need to go in here. Staying at the Barbados Hilton, this holiday became a honeymoon missed due to medical reasons two years earlier.... and what a honeymoon place it is! (As ...
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 ...
Enjoying the nightlife..
When you come home with a sprained wrist, a busted toe, several mysterious scrapes and bruises, 5 rum and cokes in your system and reeking of cigarettes - you know that was a good party. :D Went to check out the nightlife at one of the bigger Bajan ...
Supersonic
... . We did drink a toast to absent friends Andy and Lisa, cheers guys! We’ve had an absolutely fantastic stay in Barbados thanks really to Lisa and Alvan, we sure wouldn’t have tried some of the things we did without you (especially the ...
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! ...
Might as well start somewhere..
So if I'm going to do this blogging thing, I'm going to do it right. Right from the start, the small rock I've called home for so many years. The same rock I wish to escape from too, but I might as well savour it while I can. So today I decided to have a ...
Alvan and the chickmunks
... childrens toys to name but a few. Then there was a huge array of cooking stalls all conjuring up some traditional Barbados tucker .........didn’t sample anything but some of it looked and smelt so good. Lisa knew what some of the dishes ...
In the sun I will come to see Barbados
... those destinations that you've heard about and wondered about. At least, thats true for me. I can think of at least 2 songs where Barbados is the principal theme. A bit wiser to ourselves now we booked in an island tour as soon as we got off the boat. I ...
Never a dull moment
... over the Bahamas, so many islands lined up one after another, they looked fantastic surrounded by turquoise sea. It’s a 3.5 hour flight to Barbados which passed by quickly enough. Once we got to the hotel we had a look around, it is right on the sea ...
BARBADOS AND THE GOOD LIFE
Pictures from Hypertravel: 100 Countries in 2 Years (Backpackers' Guide to the World and the Soul) by Hardie Karges, more info at ...
two virgins in one day!
Monday I just knew you would be reading this page after that title, you'll find out why A lazy day making the most of the Caribbean sunshine we sat ourselves on the beach cooling off with regular dips in the sea. Lisa joined us around lunchtime and we ...
It's like a big blue watery road.. Catamaran!
... decide it's a good idea to sit right at the front in beach gear. I didn't know it was possible to be that cold in Barbados.. :( Thankfully when we reach the first stop, Paynes Bay, the rain stops and the sun starts to make its debut. As the boat stops ...
Pain stopped play
Tuesday I was feeling a bit of a pain in my back today, so it was time to have a rest day. Too much time on those sun loungers yesterday I think! We thought we would treat ourselves to breakfast in the hotel restaurant as we weren't rushing off ...
Cookie Time
At breakfast this morning we met some Canadians who invited us to their house in Ontario as well as their winter home in Florida. I decided to hit the gym early today as I seemed to have a lot of extra energy to burn off. I left Sus in the room and ran ...
Looking for Trade Winds - The Nth Atlantic
... paid for our night at the marina fuel wharf and cast off our lines ready for our voyage across the North Atlantic, our destination, Barbados. Our first day out was very calm and we enjoyed a sunny day with flat seas. We lost sight of land before ...
The BIG day - World Cup Final Day in Barbados
Saturday - Final Day for the Cricket World Cup 2007. The day started ominously with a heavy downpour, the first we had seen in two weeks at the Caribbean. Cloud cover failed to lift despite the hopes of tens of thousands of cricket fans on ...
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 ...