Even if you\u2019ve been to a business meeting, perhaps at the Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, you can take your shoes in your hand and let the surf sooth your ankles and the soles of your feet while you let the impressions of the day settle in.<\/p>\n
As you walk you\u2019ll realize that the sand is a fine pink, tan and white mix made of finely ground shells and coral, restful to the eye.<\/p>\n
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The pink sands of Accra Beach, Barbados<\/p><\/div>\n
If you\u2019ve decided to swim, you\u2019ll continue to walk on this fine sand all the way out until you lift your feet in the crystal clear water and start to swim or float.<\/p>\n
As you float out there, you\u2019ll see that the beach is quite picture-perfect with its umbrellas, Coconut, Almond and Casuarina trees as a backdrop. These sweepingly graceful tall Casuarinas trees are not called Mile Trees for nothing.<\/p>\n
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At the South end of the beach there is a small scene of coconut trees and a little coral cliff with old stone steps leading up to Champers restaurant (very popular). The steps don\u2019t actually take you to the entrance. They are just pretty to look at. You\u2019ll have to walk around to the front.<\/p>\n
There are some permanent fixtures at Accra, like \u2018Maddog\u201d Jeffrey Price who has been there for 20 years and sells his handmade leather shoes; and also Miss P\u2019s. She\u2019s been there since 1963 and was the first to sell her cheese cutters at the beach. Although she\u2019s retired now you will still find her granddaughter at the hut. On Sundays at Miss P\u2019s, you can get a typical Bajan lunch with rice and peas, macaroni pie, chicken and flying fish.<\/p>\n
During the week there are drinks, fish or chicken and chips, and Bajan fish cakes from the huts.<\/p>\n
There are other huts selling dresses, beach bags, beach towels and boogie boards. And near the road it is good to support our local coconut man who has also been there for years. With a couple of chops there will be a hole big enough for a straw in the top of your coconut and this water is better than the coconut water found in many other countries. You can have the jelly as well and then you may not even need lunch!<\/p>\n
Just across the road from Accra Beach is Chefette for local fast food. Hundreds of Barbadian teenagers gather there on Friday and Saturday nights: \u201cThat\u2019s where you\u2019ll find the crowds. It\u2019s a good place to lime and hang out\u201d I\u2019m told by a 17 year old girl.<\/p>\n
Also across the road, is Quayside Centre<\/a> with a variety of eating places including Chinese and Mexican, and a few shops. Just Grillin\u2019 offers Jerk Chicken, fish, steak, shrimp, salads, grilled potatoes and grilled vegetables. And what a potpourri of guests they have! There are business men in their long sleeves and ties, a mother and daughter out to lunch catching up on family news. There are couples and friends, shorts and dresses. And like Accra Beach, these people are from all over the world.<\/p>\nOr you may choose to take your computer and sit at the Italia Coffee House where there is free WiFi.<\/p>\n
As you leave for the day, you may well wonder: Where else in the world are there so many open windows to these idyllic scenes of white sand beaches and clear blue seas as along the South Coast of Barbados?<\/p>\n
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