Try some coconut water with your rum…

by lordsmudger62 | Jul 8, 2017 | 0 comments

Coconut Water   Drink it with rum – it’s the poison and the antidote rolled into one. Prince makes it look easy, but that machete is sharp. Coconut Water – the Healthy Roadside Drink While the craze for coconut water is currently sweeping...

Meet the Bajans

by lordsmudger62 | May 24, 2017 | 0 comments

Turn a Bajan from stranger to friend. Any visitor to the island who fails to interact with the locals is missing out on a whole slice of Barbados. It’s tantalisingly easy to meet Bajans, to go where they go, but you need help. That task is made easier and more...

Walk Joe’s River Forest

by lordsmudger62 | Apr 18, 2016 | 0 comments

UPDATE: The government has now built a road through this hike. Please avoid until further notice. Short walk in a Barbados forest This one-hour walk in Joe’s River Forest is easy to find and follow Accessible by car and bus Native trees, palms and shrubs. Bird...

Laff It Off 2016

by lordsmudger62 | Feb 1, 2016 | 0 comments

Laff-It-Off!? We’ll have some of that!   The theatre comedy Laff-It-Off has been tickling the Bajan funny bone since 1985 and there’s no reason why visitors can’t get in on the act.   Read the review of Laff-It-Off 2016 below!     Two...

Listen to the Whistling Frog

by lordsmudger62 | Dec 21, 2015 | 0 comments

Whistling frogs, the sound of the night They really are the star of the island’s night life. The sound of the tropics – particularly during and after rain – is not the cicada, but the tiny whistling frog. It is of course unique as it gives birth to...