Bucket List 196: Barbados!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Barbados · Photos
Country 93/196: Barbados. The Caribbean’s easternmost island is a compact nation shaped by British colonial heritage, which is evident in Bridgetown’s UNESCO-listed Parliament Buildings and historic cricket grounds such as the Kensington Oval. The capital also offers historic architecture and bustling markets, alongside nearby beaches extremely popular for snorkelling and shipwreck diving—get there early! Historically significant for its sugar plantations and rum production, the island retains a strong connection to these traditions, and a tour of Mount Gay Rum is essential, as is a visit to the childhood house of Barbados’ biggest icon: Rihanna. You can also drive past her current residence, too, which is quite a bit larger.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Barbados
The Final Pour: Rum’s the Word
May 20th, 2025 So, after sixteen days cruising the Caribbean, we found ourselves back on the sunlit shores of Barbados, the island where our colourful voyage had first begun. With our flight home not until the evening, it seemed entirely fitting—indeed almost compulsory—to dedicate our remaining hours to the pastime most famously synonymous with Barbados: the enthusiastic consumption…
Rih-lentless Rih-laxation
April 3rd, 2025 After a whirlwind week exploring the southern reaches of the Caribbean, we found ourselves back in Bridgetown, Barbados—our basecamp, if you will, and not at all an unpleasant place to pause while a fresh influx of pale, enthusiastic British cruisers replaced those departing. Bridgetown is famously the only city outside the modern-day U.S. graced by…
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Barbados
Country: 93/196 Visited: Winter ’24/’25
