Wet!

Wet 20th

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August 20th 2007
We got up today and it was overcast - still hot but raining. We needed some other things from the shops so we went back to Cave Shepherd in Holetown and bought some bits and pieces. We then headed upto Oyster Bay and it was absolutely lashing it down. Some people wouldn't even get out of the car! We went back to the Villa and decided to go and see the Sunbury plantation house (http://www.barbad ... 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