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So in the end, why should anyone go to Barbados? Of course there’s the usual Caribbean island setting, with white sand, palm-fringed beaches with tranquil azure waters and abundant sunshine that are enough to attract planeloads of people (and I don’t think I could have written more clichés in one single sentence…). But Barbados has a lot more to offer than that. Besides the popular western and southern typical Caribbean beaches, the island has a varied terrain that includes gentle hills in the central region dotted with sugar plantations and botanic gardens, and the unusual eastern coast, dramatic, rugged and arguably the best place to surf in the Caribbean.
Barbados is also a place that caters to visitors in any budget range, from backpackers to celebrities. Locals are friendly and you can easily mingle with them just by going to Accra beach or the famous fish fry party in Oistins on Fridays and Saturdays, where you can dance to Caribbean rhythms from sunset to well past midnight. And if that wasn’t enough, you can meet a different kind of local inhabitant through a close encounter of the turtle kind, or be swum over by schools of fish as you snorkel or dive.
Before the trip, I had thought that 4 days would be enough to cover the island, but they weren’t. Mostly I missed central and northern Barbados, and didn’t have enough time to explore the eastern coast well. But that may give me a reason to go back someday. Now check out the photos and see if they don’t make you feel like going there.
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