Archive for March, 2008
Tent Bay
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008On the east coast of Barbados just south of Bathsheba and Cattlewash is Tent Bay.
Tent bayThis picturesque bay is home to a small fish market and local fishing boats can be seen making their way in and out of the bay in the morning and evening. Like the other stretches of beach along this coast, […]
Ragged Point
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008The East Point Lighthouse, located at Ragged Point (the most easterly point of the island), offers a spectacular view of the rugged coastal scenery along almost the entire East Coast of Barbados. In fact, on a clear day you can see all the way up the coastline to the northern points of the island such […]
Bath Beach
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Bath is the safest and one of the most popular beaches on the East Coast of the island. This is the perfect place for a refreshing sea bath followed by a picnic lunch under the shade of casuarina trees.
A stroll to the north reveals a small waterfall and the remains of the old train line […]
Cattlewash
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Located on the East Coast of Barbados, Cattlewash offers a splendid landscape. With its salubrious climate and fresh breezes, it is an area well known as one of the best health resort areas in Barbados and indeed the Caribbean.
Cattlewash is said to have derived its name from the cattle wading into the sea there!
The area […]
Bathsheba
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Legend has it that Bathsheba, wife of King David, bathed in milk to keep her skin beautiful and soft. Legend has it that the surf covered white waters of Bathsheba, rich in minerals and life is said to resemble Bathsheba’s bath in both appearance health giving value.
This is the rugged east coast of Barbados, where […]
English Harbour
Monday, March 10th, 2008English Harbour, Antigua’s graceful and evocative historic district, is focused on the fifteen square miles of Nelson’s Dockyard National Park. Developed as a base for the British Navy in the great age of sail, the harbour served as the headquarters of the fleet of the Leeward Islands during the turbulent years of the late 18th […]
The Island of Barbuda
Monday, March 10th, 2008Barbuda is one of those very few islands in the Caribbean that remains–and probably will remain for some time–so undeveloped as to seem positively deserted at times. With the exception of the guests of the island’s small number of accommodations, the population seems largely to consist of the graceful Fregata magnificens, or frigate bird. As […]