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Avid Traveller Shares Barbados Tips and Insights
Calum Glenny, an avid traveller with a keen interest in culture and history, sent me this lovely memoir, with his Travellers Barbados Tips & Insights of his recent holiday on the island. Calum is on the list to get my latest book, Rogues in Paradise, which will be published this year. His descriptions of places […]
How Travel Literature Evolved
The early travel writers were privileged male colonial authors who could afford to travel and had an education that encouraged exploration. They saw the world through colonial eyes, often minimizing the culture and people they were writing about. Postcolonial writers saw this was ethically wrong and made an effort to be more balanced and sensitive […]
Rogues In Paradise A Barbados Treasure
Barbados.org is pleased to announce that the new Book Rogues in Paradise is a Barbados Treasure. The book is getting rave reviews by the press even before publication. The author is barbados.org founder Ian R. Clayton, known for his digital media development, videos, blogs, and publishing. Barbados is famous for its beautiful, wide, white, sandy […]
Ice on Fire
I was inspire to research the making of Ice in the tropics when writing my book Rogues in Paradise. I recount a fun story that happened at Chilly Mose and it got me thinking who was the ice cream maker BICO. The Barbados Ice Company (BICO) is one of the oldest companies in Barbados. It […]
Barbados Chattel Houses – an Icon of Freedom
This is the story of the Barbados Chattel Houses told in prose, poetry and images.
Skeetes Bay Fishing Village
Explore this picturesque working fishing village tucked into an open bay on the Atlantic Ocean.
Woolly Hewitt World Famous Artist
Woolly Hewitt, featured in the book Rogues in Paradise, credits his “world-famous artist” stature to Simon Cowell who holidays often in Barbados. Woolly was a fan of Simon and followed the show “The X Factor”. He created a portrait of Simon and gave it to him on the beach, in the presence of British reporters. […]
New Years Eve Fireworks in Barbados
Every year the skies come alive as the new year approaches, with beautiful displays of fireworks across Barbados! Discover the best vantage points to view these amazing displays as you welcome in the new year with family and friends.
We Gatherin’ 2020
We Gatherin’ Barbados 2020 is a year long celebration which will take place in 2020. It will focus on ‘Barbadian excellence and a recommitment to this country’s successful future and core values that have defined us as a people.
ShivS – A New Outdoor Experience
After spending 10 years in the tourism industry with a regional air carrier, Siobhan Kirton knew that there was more for her, both in her personal development and in the tourism industry in Barbados. We were able to sit with the outspoken 34 yr old entrepreneur and chat about her life and her business. Her […]