Friday, March 19th
Today, we arrived in Barbados! This island was discovered by a Portuguese explorer in 1536 and he named the island Barbados, meaning “the bearded ones” for the shaggy exposed roots of the native ficus trees. The English did not arrive until the 17th century & they settled just north of modern Bridgetown.
Bridgetown is now the capital with a population of 279,000 and is English speaking. The island size is 14 by 21 miles (166 square miles). In 1966, Barbados became an independent nation.
When we got off the ship in the morning, we checked out the shops in the terminal and then we took a long walk to the downtown area walking along the Caribbean Sea walkway and into town. There were the usual tourist stores, nothing very exciting. We did not take any tour on this island, which would have probably been more interesting. We came back to the ship for some lunch and enjoyed our balcony and did some reading before going to dinner.
Today, we arrived in Barbados! This island was discovered by a Portuguese explorer in 1536 and he named the island Barbados, meaning “the bearded ones” for the shaggy exposed roots of the native ficus trees. The English did not arrive until the 17th century & they settled just north of modern Bridgetown.
Bridgetown is now the capital with a population of 279,000 and is English speaking. The island size is 14 by 21 miles (166 square miles). In 1966, Barbados became an independent nation.
When we got off the ship in the morning, we checked out the shops in the terminal and then we took a long walk to the downtown area walking along the Caribbean Sea walkway and into town. There were the usual tourist stores, nothing very exciting. We did not take any tour on this island, which would have probably been more interesting. We came back to the ship for some lunch and enjoyed our balcony and did some reading before going to dinner.
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