Save money in Barbados? Stretch your shopping budget!
Barbados on a budget. Make your holiday money go further! Five great ways to save money in Barbados on food shoppingBarbados supermarkets can be expensive. Here are five ways to save money on shopping. Everybody loves a bargain and if you combine this with some...
The Barbados Richard Branson
The Branson Effect? I’m not too happy about the comparison. After all, my supposed doppelganger is 12 years my senior. But if it amuses the vendors of Barbados, then I’ll just have to put up with it. “Look, look! It’s Richard Branson,” said one, as I got out of my...
Barbados reef fish, shot for the pot…
I’d spotted the dive buoy bobbing along the reef line. And a black snorkel occasionally broke the surface.
So I had an idea that someone was spearfishing – hunting down the friends I said hello to every morning…
Laff It Off
Bridgetown, New York, London… There’s also no doubt about the quality of the Laff It Off performances – after all, the show tours to New York and London. If you want to see the Bajans let their locks down, Laff-It-Off is the place. Laff It Off - The Funniest Night of...
Where’s the monument?
Nelson has pride of place in Bridgetown. Not Mandela of course, but Horatio, the English admiral and hero of Empire.
But I don’t see a monument in Barbados to the many hundreds of thousands, quite possibly millions, of Africans and their descendants who perished on the island through slavery…
Barbados stone sculptures
Mystery surrounds the standing stones of Barbados which have reappeared at Paradise Beach, despite attempts by bureaucrats to pull them down.
