My friend Guy Lavoie and I spent 5 days on the island, volunteers for a Gymnastics Camp.
Still jet-lagged from South Africa, I was falling asleep by about 8pm, waking about 4am to run this boardwalk.
I saw some amazing tropical dawns. 🙂
Though busy, we did tour the island one afternoon.
Gorgeous.
My sincere thanks to our hosts Darius Fields and Alison Jackson.
Barbados … is 34 kilometres (21 mi) in length and up to 23 kilometres (14 mi) in width…
It has a population of 277,821 people, mostly of African descent. …
The origin of the name Barbados is either the Portuguese word Barbados or the Spanish equivalent los Barbados, both meaning “the bearded ones” It is unclear whether “bearded” refers to the long, hanging roots of the bearded fig-tree (Ficus citrifolia), indigenous to the island; or to the allegedly bearded Caribs once inhabiting the island …
Rihanna is from Barbados.
Rick McCharles 