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Emerald Beach St. James

Gibbs Bay St. James, 22222, Barbados

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Photograhic view of Barbados

A travel blog entry by danharriet

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In 1536, a Portuguese explorer discovered this 14 by 21 mile island and named it Barbados. As the island was on the Spanish side of the Demarcation line of the New World as drawn by the Pope in Rome, it was never settled by the Portuguese. The English sent colonists early in the 17th Century to establish Barbados as a plantation island. …

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Spa Day and Beach Day

A travel blog entry by tonyandtonya

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... had spectacular views... of course. Then, we relaxed in our room, took in the view, worked a bit (yes, Tony still works!), and figured out where to go to dinner... like we needed to eat again! We dressed up in our elegant, but casual Caribbean wear, and strolled down to the beautiful Palms Restaurant. Our table felt like it was ON the sea! Tony spotted a little frog hopping across a terrace to escape the light rain fall (which ...

Arrival in Paradise!

A travel blog entry by tonyandtonya

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... Upon arrival to Barbados, an "island country," located deep in the Caribbean near South America, we made it through customs with no problem, found our luggage, and experienced the "non island" side of Barbados during our ride to the hotel. Not one McDonalds could be found, (no wonder the Barbadians are so skinny!), but we did see a fast food joint called "Chefette!" Lol. ...

Truckin around Bridgetown

A travel blog entry by aniseh

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... of the country and much much more. About Barbados, much of what I heard was propaganda-ish sounding: "We're the richest Caribbean nation", "We're self-reliant", "We've had our own country money (not the EC) since 1973 and it's value is very strong", "We never suffer from hurricanes because we're set apart from the Lesser Antilles line of the other Caribbean nations" and more. Another issue was I also had limited interaction with local people because I ...

Mount Gay Rum / Boatyard Regatta 2010

A travel blog entry by martyandness

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... more experienced than the other 3, and Edger originally said he wanted a bowman. I told him straight of the bat that I'd never been a bow-man and never gybed a end-to-end pole before. He told me not to worry, "we'd sort something out". Edger sorting something out was a 2 minute discussion before the race about how to gype and that was it, I was the bowman. I picked it up, learning on the job, and even managed to correct stuff ups OK. The ...

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