Hammock

The First Day

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August 3rd 2007
Everyone was awake early - we managed to stay in bed until about 6 am. and in the pool by about 5 past! We needed some food so just before 8 am. we headed to the "Super Centre" supermarket and bought a reasonable amount of food - as Catherine said this was the most British supermarket not in Britain we'd ever been too as it appears to sell Waitrose products, Tetley tea bags and Cadburys dairy mi ... 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