8 February 2016
Bridgetown, Barbados: Tea and Cricket

By Corey Sandler, Destination Consultant Silversea Cruises

Barbados, along with Jamaica, is one of the most English-like islands in the Caribbean.

That stands to reason, since its first permanent settlers arrived from England in 1627 and to some extent never left although the population today are mostly descendants of African slaves or indentured servants from India.

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Bathsheba Beach on the east side of the island, among the more dramatic pieces of coast in the Caribbean

We will be returning to Barbados on February 15, and I invite you to visit my blog posting for that day which will concentrate on the music of the island, and a bit about George Washington, who slept here for a few weeks.

From the arrival of the first English settlers in 1627 until independence in 1966, Barbados was under uninterrupted English and later British governance and was the only Caribbean island that did not change hands during the colonial period.

Queen Elizabeth II is still the constitutional monarch.

And so on Barbados they love their cricket and their rum, often combining the both under the Caribbean sun.

And you can enjoy a cuppa tea in places like Greenwich, Chancery Lane, Newbury, Hastings, or Marlowe.

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Aboard the Atlantis submarine, which offers a glimpse under the sea offshore of Barbados.

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