{"id":1804,"date":"2011-11-02T07:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T12:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2011-11-02T07:54:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T12:54:39","slug":"lovely-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Lovely Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the privilege of spending a few days on the lovely island of Barbados.<\/p>\n

I found the island to be somewhat similar to Cayman in terms of development and friendly people, it is however a much bigger island and also much further from Miami (a 3.5h flight) that I expected. Although I did not have a lot of time, I did get some time at the beach and to see a few local attractions.<\/p>\n

First up, the beach near my hotel.\u00a0 Very nice.<\/p>\n

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This was my favorite part on the beach.\u00a0 Starting just a few hundred feet from my hotel, there was a boardwalk that was +-1\/2mile long.\u00a0 Awesome for an early morning jog.\u00a0 Actually, at 6am this boardwalk was already full of walkers and runners enjoying the scenery.\u00a0 I cant blame them.<\/p>\n

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View from the restaurant where I had lunch with some work colleagues.\u00a0\u00a0 Great view.<\/p>\n

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Did you know that the first rum ever produced (invented?) was from Barbados? I certainly did not.\u00a0 Well, it turns out that the Mount Gay Rum company, which produces its rum entirely in Barbados started production in 1703. We got a nice visit of the facilities one evening as organized by our local office. Very nice.<\/p>\n

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Of course, we got to taste the various types of rum ; the main difference of the different types are the age\/color.\u00a0 When tasting them back to back you can really tell the difference.\u00a0 That was some strong stuff \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Finally, an evening at Bert’s sports bar. This place is owned by Eugene Melnyk, a Canadian expat who is also the owner of the Ottawa Senators hockey team.\u00a0\u00a0 There are TV’s all over the place to see the hockey games.\u00a0 I was lucky enough to go on an evening where my home team, the Montreal Canadians were playing ; it was definitely “Hockey Night in Barbados” with nachos, pizza and local beer!\u00a0 Awesome<\/p>\n

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