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Title: Barbados
Post by: V Man on January 04, 2016, 01:45:47 PM
Anyone ever been to Barbados? Planning a trip there....looking for advices.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Old-Skool on January 04, 2016, 01:47:53 PM
Bring lots of money ..... Expensive island.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Thespritz0 on January 04, 2016, 01:50:48 PM
IF you're going to go, eat like shown here from trucks you'll be able to AFFORD your trip then...
I've talked to Air Canada flight attendants about going there, this was THEIR answer!

Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Pray_4_War on January 04, 2016, 01:52:26 PM
Anyone ever been to Barbados? Planning a trip there....looking for advices.

Try not to get ass-raped to death while you're there.

Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: V Man on January 04, 2016, 02:05:26 PM
IF you're going to go, eat like shown here from trucks you'll be able to AFFORD your trip then...
I've talked to Air Canada flight attendants about going there, this was THEIR answer!



Cool thanks. Already booked my flight which was pretty reasonable. Planning on renting a place through Airbnb so I'll have a kitchen and be able to get my own food at the supermarket. From what I have seen so far prices are not that bad.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Thespritz0 on January 04, 2016, 02:20:21 PM
Cool thanks. Already booked my flight which was pretty reasonable. Planning on renting a place through Airbnb so I'll have a kitchen and be able to get my own food at the supermarket. From what I have seen so far prices are not that bad.
^^
Cook your own BREAKFASTS (everyone just eats eggs, etc... then anyways) when there, but believe me the main thing the Flight Attendants (and their in their late 40's early 50's they've traveled everywhere) the lunches/dinners these food trucks
make are a REAL, LEGIT taste of the Barbados and cost WAY LESS than the same foods cooked in a sit-down place which just puts it on a fancy plate...
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Nick Danger on January 04, 2016, 02:33:57 PM
Barbados is beautiful. I didn't notice it being more expensive than the rest of the Caribbean.

...because it is so close to the equator, daylight and tides don't vary much throughout the year.

A great place to relax, very few Americans.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: JasonH on January 04, 2016, 02:45:34 PM
I went in October 2009, so a little while ago. Stayed in a place called the Almond Beach Resort in Speightstown which is halfway up the western coast.

Food was really nice, people very friendly/relaxed, and felt safe the whole time I was there - travelled on all the local buses instead of using the more expesive tourist ones, no problems. Weather is practically the same 365 days a year with the occasional heavy downpour. It's too far east of the hurricane belt as well so they don't get any of those. Not strong ones anyway.

Beaches were fairly small but they are all public so anyone can go on them - tourists mingle with locals. The capital Bridgetown has quite a lot of British shops and nothing is any more expensive there than it is anywhere else. Rum is cheap as dirt though.

Can't wear camouflage shorts or similar clothing in public though - anything which has military connotations is banned.

I've also been to Antigua and prefer Barbados by a long way. Thinking of going back again soon.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: V Man on January 04, 2016, 02:48:40 PM
I went in October 2009, so a little while ago. Stayed in a place called the Almond Beach Resort in Speightstown which is halfway up the western coast.

Food was really nice, people very friendly/relaxed, and felt safe the whole time I was there - travelled on all the local buses instead of using the more expesive tourist ones, no problems. Weather is practically the same 365 days a year with the occasional heavy downpour. It's too far east of the hurricane belt as well so they don't get any of those. Not strong ones anyway.

Beaches were fairly small but they are all public so anyone can go on them - tourists mingle with locals. The capital Bridgetown has quite a lot of British shops and nothing is any more expensive there than it is anywhere else. Rum is cheap as dirt though.

Can't wear camouflage shorts or similar clothing in public though - anything which has military connotations is banned.

I've also been to Antigua and prefer Barbados by a long way. Thinking of going back again soon.

Sweet!  ;D

Thanks for the input!
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Powerlift66 on January 04, 2016, 02:51:43 PM
Try not to get ass-raped to death while you're there.

Hope this helps.

LMAO... Yes, very sound advices... :D
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: funk51 on January 04, 2016, 03:10:10 PM
Anyone ever been to Barbados? Planning a trip there....looking for advices.
been there done that , look up earl maynard while you're there...very expensive= hamburgers were like 20 bucks in the late 70's last i was there...
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: King Shizzo on January 04, 2016, 03:14:49 PM
I went in October 2009, so a little while ago. Stayed in a place called the Almond Beach Resort in Speightstown which is halfway up the western coast.

Food was really nice, people very friendly/relaxed, and felt safe the whole time I was there - travelled on all the local buses instead of using the more expesive tourist ones, no problems. Weather is practically the same 365 days a year with the occasional heavy downpour. It's too far east of the hurricane belt as well so they don't get any of those. Not strong ones anyway.

Beaches were fairly small but they are all public so anyone can go on them - tourists mingle with locals. The capital Bridgetown has quite a lot of British shops and nothing is any more expensive there than it is anywhere else. Rum is cheap as dirt though.

Can't wear camouflage shorts or similar clothing in public though - anything which has military connotations is banned.

I've also been to Antigua and prefer Barbados by a long way. Thinking of going back again soon.
PM sent.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: V Man on January 04, 2016, 04:22:32 PM
been there done that , look up earl maynard while you're there...very expensive= hamburgers were like 20 bucks in the late 70's last i was there...

Isn't Albert Beckles from Barbados as well?
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Howard on January 04, 2016, 05:33:33 PM
Anyone ever been to Barbados? Planning a trip there....looking for advices.

Went there on a cruise once but didn't see too much of the entire island.
I took a snorkeling excursion which claimed to be over a ship wreck.
I'm no dive wreckage expert , but to me, it looked like someone dumped  old file cabinets and discarded  bed springs LOL.

Albert Beckles, pro BB legend is from there and competed looking awesome as one of the oldest open pros ever.
I think they love the cricket and I drove by this huge cricket stadium.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Yamcha on January 05, 2016, 04:08:37 AM
Look for circa 2006 Rihanna

(http://free-hq-wallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Rihanna-Beach-320x480.jpg)
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: funk51 on January 06, 2016, 07:04:36 AM
Isn't Albert Beckles from Barbados as well?
yup and darcy beckles and a few others...
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: NelsonMuntz on January 06, 2016, 07:07:46 AM
yup and darcy beckles and a few others...

isn't that roy callender in the middle?
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Sokolsky on January 06, 2016, 07:17:31 AM
But does the Beluga serve their main dish there?
I wouldn't want to go without my staple food.
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: funk51 on January 06, 2016, 10:20:11 AM
isn't that roy callender in the middle?
yup and peter stach of Czechoslovakia next to him
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: littleguns on January 06, 2016, 10:41:39 AM
Actually just went there for Thanksgiving with another family. Stayed at the Crane Resort.  If you stay on any resort grounds, very nice but once you start sightseeing it is very poverished, shanty's/shacks etc. In saying this everyone we encountered was super friendly.

Weather is beautiful and even though 80 at night, you just open the doors and windows and get the breeze of the ocean (if you stay on that side)

The $$ conversion rate is 2:1..... $2 barbados dollars to $1 US dollar. Food there is good. You can get a coke for $1.50 US but remember seeing a bag of Oreos for $8 US

TBH enjoyed my stay soo much I purchased a time share there...

The one pic was from my bedroom window.Other is from an underground cave we visited. If you have questions feel free to PM me...
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: funk51 on January 06, 2016, 10:52:32 AM
visit claudette corbert's house in spieghtstown...tell her i said hi... ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: Sokolsky on January 06, 2016, 02:08:01 PM
The one pic was from my bedroom window.Other is from an underground cave we visited. If you have questions feel free to PM me...

Quite the collection of phallic objects.

Future Mr.Olympia site, perhaps?
Title: Re: Barbados
Post by: HTexan on January 06, 2016, 06:37:12 PM
yup and darcy beckles and a few others...
All the guys look like bodybuilders and all the chicks look like Rihanna. You got no chance there.  ;D