Stumbling upon paradise...Barbados: "When you close your eyes, imagining a beach with white sands, a crystal ocean and infinite horizon the vision between your bare feet…you’re picturing Barbados, you just don’t know it yet. This easternmost Caribbean island is considered part of the Lesser Antilles, a four hour flight from Miami. If you’re concerned about rain, no worries, the wet season falls between July and November, though Barbadian showers are just as majestic as its sunshine. Being from Southwest Louisiana, the word ‘Hurricane’ isn’t just said in passing. But, again, no worries."
I hate to look at the Barbados tourists site that give the history of Barbados.The ones that talk of Columbus discovering these islands and the other foolish tales that the Bob Marley and Burning Spear called 'mis-education'.I agree with them as a matter of fact Burning Spear referred to Christopher Columbus as a 'damn blasted liar'.Thank god for Rastafari.One of the funniest stories is the one of the bearded fig tree and the name Los Barbados which was supposed to mean 'the bearded one'.In the words of Gary Cole from the book reflections;The Colonization of Barbados is one of the darkest events and evil stories of modern history.Four centuries ago,Spanish and Portuguese slavers started to kidnap,kill and drive out the thousands of peaceful Indians found on the island the Indians called Ichirouganaim.The exact location of the island was a carefully kept secret but Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and sailors knew the island as the barbarous island,"Los Barb…
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