Barbados

Written By: Dan

This year's manager's trip was in Barbados.  Another great island in the Caribbean.  It is a larger, more developed (like Grand Cayman).    It is also very expensive (like Cayman).  We stayed at Tamarind Hotel on the West side of the Island.  A great resort with three pools, high scale restaurants  and a great beach.  While casual by day, the resort was elegant by night.  Patrons were asked to wear dress clothes and pants after nightfall.

Our first day I attempted the annual shark hunt.  Still no luck (6 years in a row).  On Wednesday we went snorkeling  and headed to dinner at the Ocean House.   Thursday we toured the island.  That included local shopping in Hole Town, visiting Animal Flower Cave (where apparently Billy Ocean filmed the music video for "Caribbean Queen," and a tour of St. Nicholas Abby.  I now have a single cask bottle of rum with my name on it.  Annie has a bump on her head from the cave.  That night we went to a local bar called Groots.  I had the local dish, Roti.  Roti is basically a burrito.  I had mine with chicken, potatoes, and jerk sauce.  The last day was spent by the pool, and company meeting.  We headed to a local rum shop (bar) for dinner at a place called Boston Jerk.  This was not a tourist destination.  They do open pit jerk bbq.  We orderd a bottle of Rum and jerk burgers.  Maybe the best meal of the day.