Sucking out the water

The Final!

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April 28th 2007
Blogger Dougo Last October, I was totally bumbed about the prospect of watching the final of the World Cup on my birthday from some bar in Jamaica. Even worse, watching a team other than Australia in the Semi Finals coz we couldn´t get tickets to the Semi they were more than likely going to play in. Thank goodness we stumbled upon the cruise ship over to St Lucia. The problem, as w ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Barbados

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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 t... ... read more