The Barbados Advocate: "I was flying south from Canada for my first visit to Barbados and sat beside a member of the Barbadian Diaspora returning to the island for a series of cricket matches. While instructing me on the strategic play of this most West Indian of sports, he also noted that he was really a Canadian now, after some 34 years in Toronto. Then, under the left wing tip of the aircraft, the island appeared; my friend teared up for a fleeting second and said, “It always gets me when I see the island again”."
I came face to face today with a vicious Akita,me and my little girl, luckily I had her in my arms while we were about to walk through the West Terrace district.We came around a corner and there was this huge Akita.It was actually taller than my little girl.She would have been looking it straight in the face. Now I am naturally afraid of dogs even the smallest of Chihuahuas.I avoided eye contact with the dog although peripherally I could see that he stopped and looked up at me.I continued walking calmly as though there was no threat about. Why do I say he was vicious? That is what I am hearing from people living in the area.Maybe he was just out of his territorial zone but I hope his owners keep in fenced in a lot better.That is something that I wouldn't want to happen again. Just a few months ago a child was mauled by an Akita.There was a time when the main dogs you used to encounter was the 'lowly' salmon tot retriever;A unique Barbados mongrel.Such is not the case now.To
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