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Barbados
Chilling Out Caribbean Style

 

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There are plenty of educational holidays to choose from these days that teach you to cook, paint, play golf or even to fly. But to learn the art
of relaxation, you really can't beat Barbados.

I'm not normally a fan of 'relaxing' holidays. I've always loathed the idea of spending precious time off on the beach, and scoffed at those whose idea of heaven is lounging by a pool for hours on end. I'd rather be wandering round an ancient town, walking in the countryside or perusing restaurant menus for my next meal.

So when my wife announced a break in Barbados, I groaned - then started planning an itinerary with the help of a guidebook.

During a day in Bridgetown, the capital, with its National Heroes Square and statue of Nelson, we'd take a stroll down Broad Street to browse around its duty-free shops.

We'd visit the Mount Gay Rum distillery, where the island's famous tipple is made, and we'd experience a real slice of local life at the Friday night fish fry in Oistins on the south coast of the island, trying local specialities such as fried flying fish and macaroni pie at ramshackle bars with names like Crazy Eddie's.

We'd definitely try a Jeep safari on the unspoilt east coast to see
Atlantic waves crashing in. A spot of snorkelling and scuba diving, a swim with the turtles off Mount Standfast, and maybe I could even squeeze in a round of golf on an expensive course like Royal
Westmoreland.

There would be scarcely a moment to spare in our seven days.

Yet somehow, from the moment we sipped our first rum punch on the wooden deck of the Colony Club hotel, gazing out over the Caribbean - every bit as blue as pictures in the brochures - it seemed simpler to do nothing at all.

A delicious laziness seeped through my bones, helped there by the incredibly laidback atmosphere of the Bajans. It's hard to be the only person in a hurry on an island of 60,000 souls.

 

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