Clik here to view.
Map & Geography Primer of Barbados
Barbados is blessedly outside the usual hurricane path The National Geographic site offers a wonderful interactive map here. And from TotallyBarbados: Location The island of Barbados is located in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bathsheba, Barbados, Makes the Sunday New York Times! Wait, is that a good...
Anywhere you go on an island that’s 14 x 21 miles in size is just a little ways away. Geographically, anyway. But Bathsheba, on the east coast of Barbados and just a little ways away from where I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados Guarantees Perfect Weather — or Money Back
Barbados is the first and only country in the world, according to the “Barbados Perfect Weather” site, to guarantee perfect weather for your Barbados vacation. The Barbados Tourism Authority is paying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
H1N1 “Swine Flu” Increases Caribbean Travel But Decreases Kissing
Travelers with a sense of humor. Click photo to see gallery of decorated flu masks. Barbados is in the clear, swine-flu-wise, although like all countries, we remain on watch. The spread of the H1N1...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rent a Condo (Sea View & Kitchen!) For Less Than a Hotel Room
A wonderful Barbados holiday for a reasonable cost can be had at St Lawrence Beach Condos. Most travelers to Barbados who stay at St Lawrence Beach Condominiums find out about this very nice...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First-Timers to Barbados: “I Didn’t Think It Would Really Look Like That”
You know life is good when you're able to take a morning swim in the Caribbean Sea. Guests who first arrive at St Lawrence Beach Condominiums for their Barbados holiday all do the same thing: they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados & Grand Cayman: Compare & Contrast (Then Visit Both)
Fill 'er up: a rooster on the go in Grand Cayman I’ve been in Grand Cayman for four days and still haven’t run into anyone actually from here. The woman who gave me a pedicure is from northern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados on a Budget: 5 Ways to Save, from CNN
A friend e-mailed me this article yesterday from CNN. It’s worth reading, in case you missed it. Lots of fun and good suggestions. The author was Marnie Hunter. (CNN) — Stretching out on a crescent of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten Fun Things to Know About Bajans
Like all groups of people, Barbadians have a personality and traditions unique to their culture. It’s only 8 a.m. but already I’ve encountered a couple of them. So while I sit here in the Barbados...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Five More Fun Things to Know about Bajans
Out of the window of our Caribbean Air flight from Barbados to Jamaica yesterday, I snapped the beautiful coastline of Barbados with my iPhone. This is far north along the east coast, the Atlantic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados vs. San Fran. Which is “Third-World”??
When I walk through St Lawrence Gap where I live, I often pass by an elderly man who’s blind or nearly so shuffling along. He has his hand out and politely asks passersby for money. (On one occasion I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting Real on Why Travelers Visit Barbados
This is where I'm sitting as I write this post. Nice political stability we're having, huh? A few months ago I traveled from Barbados to Jamaica to attend a conference on the marketing of the...
View ArticleThe Alcoholic Monkey
A friend sent this link, a 3-minute video made by the BBC about the Vervet monkeys in the Caribbean that have a taste for alcohol. This was filmed in St Kitts. Our monkeys in Barbados are green...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados Among “Best Ten Places to Live” (Well, Duh!)
Barbados made the list in the “Best Ten Places to Live” list published in today’s Telegraph.co.uk. I found myself in Barbados through the happenstance of love. But according to the article in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados Beach Vacation Rentals
I received a query the other day about a Barbados beach vacation rental I represent here at St Lawrence Beach Condos. It was from a woman looking for a relaxing getaway for her family of five,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Barbados Beach Vacation Rentals & the Caribbean Sea: A Video
Situated on the south coast of Barbados in the lively St Lawrence Gap on a beautiful little beach, St Lawrence Beach Condos is smack dab in the middle of many wonderful restaurants but also offers the...
View Article
