Barbados is one of the most beautiful countries you’ll find in the West Indies region of the Caribbean. It’s a small island nation, rich in sugar, tropical fruits and seafood, yet poor in many ways. From snorkeling with sea turtles to sound systems blasting out dance hall beats, it’s a place you’ll be glad you visited.
You know those ads for Corona where there’s an amazing beach with perfectly bowed palms, white sands and glowing blue waters? Well Worthing Beach isn’t quite like that. It’s actually better. Beach houses are built almost up to the beach and yellowing fiberglass leaking surfboards lean up against garden sheds. A whitewashed beach bar and café, the Crystal Waters Beach...
Barbados’ capital is full of color – colorful personalities, colorful buildings, and open markets of fresh, colorful ingredients – here are our top things to do in Bridgetown Barbados. Top things to do in Bridgetown: Snorkel with the turtles One of the top things to do in Bridgetown is to take a cruise. Not a cruise ship, but a catamaran. There is a...
Start planning a Barbados vacation, a getaway that will have you swimming with turtles, lazing on sun-drenched beaches, and sipping rum cocktails as the sun goes down. Need more convincing? Read on. “In the sun I will come to see Barbados” sung by early eighties Australian band, The Models, and thirty years on, it attracts Aussies and other...
Mount Gay Barbados is one of the world’s premier spiced rums and it’s made just outside Bridgetown, Barbados. The Caribbean is synonymous with rum, but it’s Mount Gay Barbados that has become one of the most highly regarded spiced rums in the last twenty years. We sought out the Mount Gay Visitor Experience, the closest thing we could get to a Mount...
Harrison’s Cave at Allen View, Barbados offer a welcome change of scene from the ridiculously pristine, unspoiled beaches (OK, who are we even kidding?). Harrison’s Cave is one of Barbados’ many sites of natural wonder and it makes for an easy half-day trip from Bridgetown, just over half an hour by car. There are buses, but not being entirely familiar...
No visit to Barbados is complete without a nightcap at one of the many spots on St Lawrence Gap Barbados, a long, winding road of bars that connects Worthing and Dover Beach. It is said that St Lawrence Gap has the best nightlife on the island and on the night we stopped in it certainly didn’t disappoint. St Lawrence Gap Barbados is a beach side entertainment...
Oistins Fish Fry is a beach side food fair that’s big on flavours and unashamedly loud. We had heard amazing things about attending a Barbados fish fry and Oistins fish fry was the name that came up repeatedly – and it’s easy to see why. The food, the aromas, the music and the energy. Chatting with ex-pats we met along the way, each raved about how...
Coming face to face with a Barbados turtle, snorkeling in crystal clear waters is something you won’t forget. Rum, monkeys, and beaches aside, the chance to go snorkeling with turtles on a Barbados turtle experience has to be its biggest drawcard. We landlubbers booked a berth aboard the incredibly 80s-named Stiletto catamaran for a day of snorkeling, cruising...