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This segment attempts to present
a perspective of the Island other
than
that of tourist infomercials, from one
who is himself a native of the island.
Also for the viewing pleasure of those
with
a native familiarity of the Island; as
well as, the general viewing audience.
Barbados is a one hundred and sixty
six square mile
island northeast
of
Venezuela, South America, with the
Atlantic 0cean on it's East, and
the
Caribbean Sea on it's West.
The most
easterly of the Lesser Antilles
group of
islands Barbados is twenty one miles
long and fourteen miles
across at it's
widest point. Bajans, as we like to
call
ourselves, would
say 'a smile wide.'
The name Barbados (Los Barbados)
'the bearded one' so called because of
the beard-resembling nature of the
islands shaggy fig trees, was given it's
name by Portuguese navigator Pedro
Cameos who landed here on his way to Brazil.
This parliamentary democracy.
is at the top of the United Nations list
of developing Nations with tourism being
one of it's major industries.
Barbados off the Beaten Path | 
