Travel Blog 3.The Caribbean, Barbados

Long time, no see

I love this place, the sun, the beach, the people, the food, everything is perfect! when I'm winning a couple of millions in the lottery, I'm going to move from Norway and stay here for the rest of my life. Four days have gone like the wind and we have done so much. The first day, we arrived Brigdetown and found our hotel at 11.35 pm, Hilton Barbados. We went to bed because it was late, and we were tired. The second day, it was time for some sightseeing. We talked to a receptionist in the lobby,and she recommended " The Barbados Museuem"


The museum wasn’t boring at all; it was quite interesting and different for the Norwegian culture. Originally the museum was a British military prison. It was built in 1817 and converted into a museum in 1930. Inside you could listen and see pictures from Barbados’ past, you could also walked through the eighteen hundred years old plantation and se all the special flowers and trees. After the museum, we decided to find a store, buy some lunch and go back to the beach that was beside our hotel.

We found a store called Smile and went in. The little man who owned it seemed very kind; he smiled all the time and talked to us. I didn’t understand a word of what he was saying, but he didn’t care, he just kept on talking. The radio on the self beside his desk ,played Bob Marley “Don’t worry”. The reggae music is very popular in the Caribbean. We bought ice- tea, bananas, grapes and found the beach. The rest of the day went on, and in the evening we ate dinner in the hotel’s restaurant where there was more reggae.

Today we have shopped on Broad Street, where it was several centers and duty free stores, very cheap. As we walked trough "slum areas" we could see how poor a part of the people was, but still they were so warm and happy, they were laughing and smiling. It’s like they were living for the song” don’t worry, be happy”. Barbados has a population of 284 589 inhabitants and 2, 5 % of them are malnourished, that is 7115 people! After shopping for a while we went back to the hotel and to then to the beach for a swim before our last dinner on Barbados.

We arrived for three days ago, unaware that we were going to have such a great time, and tomorrow we are going home again, to cold and boring Norway with boring culture and boring food! But we had a great time, tree different continents on less than one week, not bad at all. We are certainly going back to one of these countries next summer. Last word: “Don’t worry, we are happy”!