Escape Barbados

Greetz! Thanks for dropping by. You're obviously here to get the skinny on our (wife and I) latest trip to Barbados. Yes, this will be trip number 3 in 5 years and if all goes well, it should be just as good as the last 2! Be sure to stop back for ...

... do another designation race. We enjoyed Jamaica last year so we elected to stay in the Caribbean. This year's designation was Barbados. My travel companions for this trip were Tom (my workout buddy) and his girlfriend Laura. What better way to escape ...

In Barbados going to cricket welcoming party soon.  Lots of yummi black boys here. I met Brian ...

... be here seven weeks in total, while 6 of those weeks are dedicated to participation in an occupational therapy placement at the Barbados Psychiatric Hospital in Black Rock.  I arrived a week early to familiarize myself with the island and to enjoy a ...

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 ...

... because 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 ...

... and the colors in the reefs are beyond my imagination. I couldn't have asked for anything more perfect. It offers an escape to a world unlike anything I have ever experienced. Any worry or stress I had going into the dive, absolutely diappears as I swim ...

Today explored barbados local buses are easy to catch and a good way to get amongst the locals. Met some locals the other night and they took us to local bar the local punch is pretty full on they dont believe in measuring spirits just generous ...

... to make the best of your beach vacation when you're not in bathing suit. ·    Take a sunset cruise in Barbados while you indulge in a glass of rum punch. Submerge yourself without getting wet in a Cayman submarine and explore life in ...

...  along with some Eric Claptin and Elton John tunes, just to name a few. Tony and I ate amazing food AGAIN... I don't think Barbados has one bad restaurant- every meal has been 5 star quality, and you KNOW how critical Tony is!!   Back to our ...

Been here since 19th December-great to escape from the horrid English weather.Had just enough snow to have some fun before we left but now glad to be in the sunshine.Have told Immy about our big trip and she is very excited. It is getting ever closer-only ...

... 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 random "adventure". Not a particularly big ...

... nursing my hangover suddenly the empty benches i was sitting on became crowded and i was handed a piece of rope and with no real escape i was forced into half an hour of frustration trying to tie knots used at sea, i managed 2 out of the few the ...

Wow where to start cricket semi was great St Lucia is a beautiful island wish could have stayed longer but we flew over early in morning then it took an hour and a half drive from St Lucia airport in mini buses to get to the oval,crazy drivers overtake ...

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... I have to squeeze myself into a contraption of aluminum and duct-taped propellers and be flung over the turquoise expanse separating Barbados and my final destination.  Yet the hair I lose from this harrowing experience is worth it for I am sure ...