Barbados
by Elizabeth Seward (RSS feed) (4 months ago)
Spring break is a vacation time of the year wherein many people let loose and eat and drink with abandon. Fun as that might seem to some, your idea of a good time might be one that isn't filled with worries about the pounds you're packing on or the detox you're going to ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (8 months ago)
The Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival invites visitors to enjoy cooking demonstrations from a lineup of international and Bajan chefs, wine and rum tastings and pairings from wine and spirits experts. Sound like a good time? Better go this year. Barbados and other ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (9 months ago)
C'mon, who doesn't like rainbows, bikinis or the beach? But you have to be honest - how often do you find all three in a single travel photo? Yet that's exactly what we came across in today's exuberant photo by Flickr user Enjoy Patrick Responsibly. The shot, taken in ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 year ago)
In London, signs of the coming Olympics are everywhere. Barclays Cycle Hire docking stations have begun to expand into East London toward key Olympics sites, billboards urge drivers to begin to think about how they'll deal with increased traffic, and the Prime Minister is ...
by Laurel Miller (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Tune in, Radio Maliboom Boom.
Malibu, the coconutty rum that's like summer in a bottle, is looking for one outgoing, creative, beach-bum-lifestyle-loving man or woman for their nationwide radio correspondent search.
The chosen one will travel across the country ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
It was planned long before the earthquake-turned-tsunami event in Japan to test the readiness of 33 Caribbean countries in the region's first full-scale tsunami warning exercise. On Wednesday, March 23, a fictitious earthquake of 7.6 magnitude occurred off the coast ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
The movements and rhythm of surfing have their own unique poetry. The energetic ebb and flow of the waves merges with the acrobatic twists and cuts of the rider as he makes his way across the water's surface. Today's photo, by Flickr user Enjoy Patrick Responsibly on the ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sometimes--perhaps especially when it's cold and gray outside, like it is today in London--all you really want is a beach. This one, snapped by Flickr user TarikB in Barbados, is particularly compelling. The sand, the setting sun, the bent palm trees, and most of all the ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Today's Photo of the Day is called "Speedy", taken in Bridgetown, Barbados by Flickr user EagleClaw. I can only assume he means the name to be ironic, as this is the most laid-back driver I've seen in awhile, and it looks to be anything but a speedy ride. Perhaps I'm too ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
If you travel by cruise ship, there's not a lot of choice in the matter. Cruise lines have a variety of islands to visit but the choices are limited with many itineraries virtually the same from ship to ship. Still, you are not required to get in line and go along with the ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Sure, you could go to the library and do some research, check out a bookstore for the latest printed guides, but why? Everything you need is right here, literally at your fingertips. Let's take a look at some of the online resources available to help plan our cruise ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Submitted in the last month or so by readers who have "been there, done that" on a cruise vacation, these tips ring loud and clear as good advice. Regardless of where your ship is sailing to, from Alaska to Barbados, these tips are good ones to follow
"Get there ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Going ashore can be one of the best parts of a cruise and one of the reasons many travelers choose a cruise vacation in the first place. From the comfort of your floating hotel, you can see multiple destinations but only have to unpack once. Cruise lines offer a wide ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Maybe hiking, biking, backpacking or pretty much any other minimizing endeavor is more what you have in mind for traveling but someone is dragging you along on a cruise. There's just no way you're getting out of it. Is there hope for you? Yes. A little. Not much. But some.
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by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Seven years after the final Concorde flight, one of the 11 remaining supersonic passenger jets may find a new home on London's South Bank, next to the London Eye. RHWL Architects, whose past projects include the British Airways headquarters and the Four Seasons Canary Wharf, ...
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
Texas residents will have even easier access to the sun, sand and fun this summer with the addition of new non-stop flights to Barbados courtesy of American Airlines. This new nonstop, three times per week service from the airline's Dallas- Fort Worth (DFW) hub begins Dec. ...
by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) (2 years ago)
If you're still thinking about how to spend Labor Day, how about saying goodbye to summer with one last beach trip? You know not much happens in the office during the last week of summer, so why not make Labor Day a little longer? The island of Barbados offers a good-value ...
by Annie Scott (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
St. Nicholas Abbey isn't just a rum producer and rum connoisseur destination, it is a stunningly beautiful property with a rich history.
The residence you see above was built in 1658, making it the oldest house on Barbados. Not surprisingly, it was never intended to be ...
by Annie Scott (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
Barbados is a island of immense natural beauty, sugar cane fields and rum shops (and two zonkeys, where the mother is a zebra and the father is a donkey, but that's neither here nor there).
While you might have a tough time locating a Starbucks in Barbados, you'll have ...
by Jeremy Kressmann (RSS feed) (3 years ago)
It's amazing something as boring as a run on the beach could look so beautiful. Flickr user NigelDurrant captured this masterful shot of a few runners in Barbados. I love the sense of movement, the symmetry and long pencil-thin shadows stretched in the sand. Wonderful.
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