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Beautiful Barbados Broad

“Scott! Look at this! It was made in Barbados!” I’m holding up a leotard/unitard/one piece shorty exercise outfit. Exuberant tropical flowers, red, orange, pink, are splashed large across a white background. What’s surprising is not so much that it was made in the country we now live in, but that I’d bought it 25 years … Continue reading Beautiful Barbados Broad →

kholopainen Uncategorized 4 Comments November 8, 2022November 9, 2022 2 Minutes

The Pitons of Saint Lucia: Long Hard Climb

“Are we halfway up now?” I sat on the rough bench, and Kevin, our guide for the climb up Gros Piton, looked at me pityingly. “A quarter,” he said. To be fair, I had been living on Barbados for a year and a half. The highest hill there is 343 m, and it is in … Continue reading The Pitons of Saint Lucia: Long Hard Climb →

kholopainen Uncategorized 5 Comments June 3, 2022June 7, 2022 3 Minutes

I’m Glad It’s a Rental: Driving in Barbados

BANG! The car started veering so I looked for a place to pull over— not so easy on Maxwell Main Road. Fortunately there was a wide sidewalk in front of one house so I drove onto it and got out to look at the damage. What had I hit? It could have been a deep … Continue reading I’m Glad It’s a Rental: Driving in Barbados →

kholopainen Uncategorized 5 Comments December 10, 2021April 25, 2022 4 Minutes

Total Eclipse

Last night, there was a total eclipse of the moon. Two things come to mind every time I hear “total eclipse.” First, the 1984 Bonnie Tyler song, Total Eclipse of the Heart. Go ahead, click the YouTube link, I dare you. If you’re too young to remember, it is an astonishing example of what music … Continue reading Total Eclipse →

kholopainen Uncategorized 9 Comments November 19, 2021November 30, 2021 3 Minutes

Barbados Paddle Board Adventures

The five of us walked into the beach bar after pulling our stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) above the waterline and digging face masks out of our dry bags. “Wow, we watched you come in,” said a man at the waterside table. “We’ve mostly just seen people falling in all day. You are impressive!” I was secretly … Continue reading Barbados Paddle Board Adventures →

kholopainen Uncategorized 8 Comments November 1, 2021November 4, 2021 3 Minutes

My Barbados Evolution

We were walking down the driveway, on our way to dinner, when Richard looked at me, startled. “Is that a CARDIGAN?” Simone, who was also carrying one, and I exchanged a men-don’t-really-understand glance. “I might get chilly.” Simone nodded in agreement. “But it’s still 28 degrees!” “But it might get down to 26 tonight. And … Continue reading My Barbados Evolution →

kholopainen Uncategorized 4 Comments July 27, 2021 3 Minutes

On the Beach in Barbados

My beach at Freight’s Bay is different again this morning. The tide is low, but some of the sand that had returned after the scouring of the winter storms has been scooped away again. The beach is angled instead of flat, and fist sized pieces of coral lay scattered on the soft sand. The same … Continue reading On the Beach in Barbados →

kholopainen Uncategorized Leave a comment March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 2 Minutes

The Colours of Barbados

Living in Barbados, I now understand the meaning of “a feast for the eyes.” Every day is a visual delight. I walk by this on the way to Oistins. It never gets old Years ago in BC, a visitor admiring our view of forests, mountain and ocean down Howe Sound told us we wouldn’t even … Continue reading The Colours of Barbados →

kholopainen Uncategorized Leave a comment February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 1 Minute

Barbados, (Mostly) Open for Business

“This is a really good place to stop for lunch, if it was open.” “You’ll have to come back when St. Nicholas Abbey is open— It’s worth seeing.” “When it’s open, you’ll go down these steps and be able to swim inside the caves.” Animal Flower Caves The situation has changed dramatically since our first … Continue reading Barbados, (Mostly) Open for Business →

kholopainen Uncategorized 2 Comments December 21, 2020 2 Minutes

The Sounds of Barbados

“You’ll get used to it.” “I can’t even sleep, now, if I can’t hear the frogs.” As I put my pillow over my head, earplugs in, I contemplated the advice offered on the Barbados Expats Facebook page on the sound of the frogs at night. Our place is right beside a field and the creaking, … Continue reading The Sounds of Barbados →

kholopainen Uncategorized 1 Comment November 21, 2020 2 Minutes

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