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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.




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...la bombonera - a 1902 cafeteria on Calle San Francisco in Old San Juan! You sense a real pride in Puerto Rico's history at La Bombonera - a tradition for more than a hundred years, a repository of memories and dreams about simple and inexpensive Puerto Rican dishes. Dignified waiters serve orange juice squeezed by a man behind the counter who squeezes the oranges in an equally ancient machine. Coffee is brewed from local beans in an ancient Rube Goldberg contraption, and pan de Mallorca, an eggy breakfast bun to die for, dusted with sugar and toasted with butter on the [View Full Entry]

debs world - deborah thomas | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 20th 2006 | 114 Views | [diary=96745]

New hotel chef job for 'Mr. C'
My New Home in Barbados
The buffet area

Puerto Rico - the birth of the Pina Colada...when actress Joan Crawford tasted the pina colada at what was then the Beachcombers Bar at the Caribe Hilton, she claimed it was "better than slapping Bette Davis in the face". This famous drink is the creation of bartender Ramon "Monchito" Marrero, now long gone, who was hired by the Hilton in 1954. He spent 3 months mixing, tasting, and discarding hundreds of combinations until he felt he had the right blend. Thus, the frothy pina colada was born. It's been estimated that some 100 million of them have been sipped around the [View Full Entry]

debs world - deborah thomas | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 21st 2006 | 112 Views | [diary=96780]

Oistins, Barbados
The Limo!
St. Lawrence Gap

We had a good time in Barbados and although the beaches were amazing (bright blue sea and white sandy beaches) I prefered St Lucia - I think its because St Lucia was a lot less touristy - Barbados was just full of english tourists! We stayed in St Lawrance where all the nightlife goes on but didn't even go out that much as were so exhausted from the last 6 months of travelling - its really catching up with us now! We did some more scuba diving but it wasn't that great as the current was really strong and we were [View Full Entry]

Kay1982 - Kay George | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 4th 2006 | 1120 Views | [diary=71484]

Street party
Street party
Street party

Barbados, what can I say! We stayed in St Lawrence Gap at ' Time Out' for 7 days. The hotel was across the road from Dover beach, a beautiful beach, the clubs and bars were in walking distance and Oistins was down the road. Oistins is the place to be on a Friday night, fresh fish, music and some dancing. It was a really nice atmosphere, but what struck us us immediately was that there was soo many tourists- throughout our stay there we discovered that the majority of them were British! Very unlike St Lucia, where we only bumped into [View Full Entry]

Patriceg - Patrice G | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 3rd 2006 | 245 Views | [diary=71285]

Oistins
In our diving gear
In our diving gear

Alex's camera was stolen on the last day of the holiday so these few pictures (from Gabi's camera) are all we have of the trip. No photos of the surf. No photos of the Landrover I drove off a bridge. [View Full Entry]

ratita - Alan W | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 17th 2006 | 292 Views | [diary=67250]

Hutto
El Bar
Yeti on Bottom Bay

We had a great time in Barbados!! And we are looking forward to returning. We left on Saturday the 10th due to a snow delay... So we lost a day... But better safe right? So while we were there we went to most of the tourist spots... We rented a car and drove to St. Johns Chuch, Bathsheba, the animal flower cave, animal reserve, 2 flower gardens and orchid world. Barbados has the most beautiful lush plants we have seen in the carribean. The food can be a bit pricey so we had to look around for the best deals... And [View Full Entry]

Laura and Eric - The Coronados | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 6th 2006 | 3094 Views | [diary=31699]

More Animal Flower Cave
Corona anyone?
Sunset

Good Lord... every time I go home it seems to have improved. This time around my brother and I took 10 clowns from London with us and we stayed down at Cattlewash. It was more a holiday than a hardcore travel experience so I'll just dump some photos here. [View Full Entry]

ratita - Alan W | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 18th 2006 | 188 Views | [diary=67428]

Bottom Bay 2
Surfing at Soup Bowl
Alex at Bowl

Barbados Capitol City is Bridgetown Weather bright and warm. Another early breakfast so we can be ready for our tour. We board another enclosed bus for our trip. First stop is the Harrison’s Caves. Riding an electric tram, we descend into the darkness of the mountain. Rounding the corner, we see the first of many dramatic sights. Stalagmites and stalactites of all sizes are everywhere highlighted with light. The air is very damp with water dripping from the roof of the cave. We pass underground running streams and waterfalls. After following the cave for about a mile, we cli [View Full Entry]

Macjava - Richard McIntire | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 23rd 2006 | 158 Views | [diary=68501]

Cave formations
Orchids
Orchids


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