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I may be going to Bardados in the next month or so on business. I don’t see many comments are requests on this bboard about it. Can anyone give some advice, pointers, tips, etc. Thanks for any and all help! Bill Hadley

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> I may be going to Bardados in the next month or so on business. I don’t > see many comments are requests on this bboard about it. Can anyone give > some advice, pointers, tips, etc. > Thanks for any and all help! > Bill Hadley

Hello Bill Hadley, Strange why there is not more questions about Barbados, yes. Since it is such a popular destination. You may have seen some of my comments of the island if you have gone trough the postings on this newsgroup. If not, I will give you a short description of what I think Barbados is like, tips etc. It is a very small island. It only take some very few hours to drive around the island with a car. Hotels are mainly found on the coast south of Bridgetown, and on the west coast. But you will also find some few restorts on the south east coast. Why is it so? The reason is the wind is always coming from east. That make the east coast not too gentle if you like swimming. There is many beaches on the east coast, but There is not many I would recommend you to swim at there. On the southwest and west coast, there are many nice beaches. In fact, you can almost walk from Bridgetwon and up to the north point. Almost all is one long beach. And the water is calm. Of Barbados population of about 265.000, about half live within 15 minutes away from Bridgetown (with car). That makes it rather busy and much traffic on that part of the island. The west coast is more quiet. Most nightlife is to be found south of Bridgetown. There is many nice restaurants, some good bars, clubs and places to dance. Many of them is located in an area called St. Lawrence Gap. The price level is high in Barbados. For a full dinner at a normal restaurant, you must pay about USD 30-50 pr. person. And there is not a problem to find restaurants more expensive than that. To rent a car will cost you about USD 350 for one week with a 4 seater car. If you rent it for shorter periods, the day price will be a good bit higher. The population on the island is mainly  - – - – (what word to use???) of slaves taken from Africa in the period between 1627 and the late 1800 century. About 5% is white. The country has a stable political situation, and one of the best econocic situation in the region. You can feel rather safe walking around in Barbados. The crime is not that bad, but it could be better too. But I find that they have done quite a lot of improvement about crime the last few years. But always make sure to lock the doors and windows when you leave your hotel room or villa. And you can not leave your wallet on the beach while swimming. There is limited activities on a small island like that. But there will be more than enough to fill a vacation or two. I like the sea a lot, and love a trip on one of the sailboats/catamarans that bring tourists for rides. Or Jolly Roger. The pirate ship that is known all over the world. That is an experience. Other than that, I recommend an island tour. The east coast is very nice. Other than that there is canefielsd, canefields and some more canefields if you drive on the inland of the island. One more thing you should see is Harrisons Caves. Known to be one of the most beautiful caves in the world. Discovered in 1970 by Ole S