Background: The island was uninhabited when first settled by the British in 1627. Slaves worked the sugar plantations established on the island until 1834 when slavery was abolished. The economy remained heavily dependent on sugar, rum, and molasses production through most of the 20th century. The gradual introduction of social and political reforms in the 1940s and 1950s led to complete independence from the UK in 1966. In the 1990s, tourism and manufacturing surpassed the sugar industry in economic importance.
February 13th 2008Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown Final day in Barbados. I've spent so many fraustrating days here in Barbados during my time on the Destiny. It's been nice the final few weeks to just be able to enjoy the island. Life on the ship ... 7 photos[full story]
February 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown hey everyone!
WOW this is long long long overdue.. I actually dont know where to start its been so long! and Im sorry for that but there has been a lot going on here on the GEM, and keeping up wit ... [full story]
February 6th 2008Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown Apparently one tour wasn’t enough for me today, because after going on the snorkeling tour with my teens, I went back to the ship, showered, ate and left again. This time, I went out with Logan ... 12 photos[full story]
February 6th 2008Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown Even though my teen count this week is the lowest it’s been since I signed onto the Destiny, I had three sign up for the tour! This week’s adventure: the Carlisle Bay Shipwreck Snorkel to ... 12 photos[full story]
January 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown Monday we were in St. Thomas, where Terri & I are doing our scuba dive certification course. While we started it a month ago, our studies have been on a bit of a hiatus. Between my medical disembark ... 11 photos[full story]
December 26th 2007Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown Yesterday was a good day. After my explorations of Roseau, I went back on the ship and called home. Alexis & Kevin hosted everyone yesterday. I got to talk to Alexis & Mel & Lee & Mom. It was so g ... 11 photos[full story]
December 19th 2007Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown One of my really good friends from my last contract on the Legend was Ben, the fitness instructor, from Australia. Like so many friendships made on the ships, when we said goodbye it was so sad not k ... 4 photos[full story]
December 15th 2007Central America Caribbean » Barbados » Bridgetown I know the blog has been pretty quiet this week. Last Sunday I was getting things all organized to write about a wonderful rendez-vous with a friend from Keating (the lovely Sandra Perdeaux) in San J ... [full story]
November 30th 2007Central America Caribbean » Barbados Today we're in Barbados and Ashley invited me to join her and some other Entertainment staff on an adventure to Blue Monkey Beach.
One of the popular tours to do in Barbados is to go snorkeling wit ... 8 photos[full story]
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