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	Bathsheba - a place you must visit

By joanj on March 20, 2005

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Bathsheba

by joanj

This is a place that you must visit while on the island. It is my very favourite spot on Barbados, and I make an annual visit here.

Bathsheba is on the East Coast of Barbados, and really is only safe for surfers to venture into the sea.

The scenery is spectacular, I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

If you have seen my tip on Andromeda Gardens, then if you follow the road shown in the picture, up and around the hill, top right of picture, Andromeda Gardens is on the left.

You can see now, the vista you get when coming down that hill, with this view laid out in front of you.
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Photo by M. Johnson.

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Directions: East Coast

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	Chamberlain Bridge

Updated By joanj on July 17, 2005

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Chamberlain Bridge

by joanj

On Bay Street the main entrance to Bridgetown, Chamberlain Bridge separates the inner basin from the Carrenage. It was originally a swing bridge. Several other versions of the bridge have gone before this one, which was finally rebuilt after the hurricane of 1898. It was named the Chamberlain Bridge after British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain *1836 - 1914), as a symbol of gratitude to the British Government who awarded a generous grant for the island's rehabilitation after the destruction wrought by the hurricane. However, the bridge swings no more, mechanical problems finally forced the Government to make it a stationay structure.

The road over the bridge leads into the heart of Bridgetown, which for nearly 200 years was called Trafalgar Square.

UPDATE 17th July 2005. Chamberlain Bridge is now being bulldozed, to make way for a new lift bridge to be constructed, to allow sea vessels into the Careenage.

the story continues with the next "must see"

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Address: Bay Street

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	Welchman Hall Gulley

By martin.lees on August 26, 2002

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A Nature reserve where you can wander down to a viewpoint through rainforest.

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	Barbados Animal Reserve

By amcclean on June 2, 2003

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Feeding time Barbados Animal
Reserve

by amcclean

Acres of natural mahogany forest with free roaming green monkeys, tortoises, turtles, deer, rabbits, and lots of other animals and birds.

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	Earthworks Pottery

By AcornMan on April 25, 2004

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Selection of Earthworks
pottery

by AcornMan

All around Barbados you'll see beautiful pieces of pottery painted with bright, vibrant colors that just scream "Caribbean." We discovered that all these beautiful items come from Earthworks Pottery, located in the interior of the island. You can visit Earthworks and see not only their showroom filled with thousands of beautiful and unique pieces of pottery in every shape and size imaginable, but also the workshop where they actuall make the pottery. We spent more than an hour there trying to decide what to buy and would have brought home a ton of it if we had room on the plane. I still love looking at the things I bought there every day. For more information about Earthworks check out their web site:

http://www.barbados.org/shops/earthworks/

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	Bathsheba - East Coast

By AcornMan on April 25, 2004

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Bathsheba - East Coast

by AcornMan

Almost all the hotels and resorts in Barbados are on the west coast or down around the capital of Bridgetown. I definitely recommend staying somewhere other than Bridgetown, as it is a fairly crowded and dirty city. In addition to the very beautiful west coast, be sure to go visit the east coast as well, especially Bathsheba with its unique rock formations out in the water that look like giant mushrooms. The west coast is peaceful and quiet because few people live on that side of the island and there are hardly any hotels there. You'll regret it if all you do is stay in your little hotel or resort during your entire trip, becuase there's a lot to see on Barbados.

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	Barbados Sunset

By pmarshuk on May 24, 2003

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Always try to get a sunset picture in somewhere. here's the one from the balcony of my room.

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	Gun Hill signal station

By crazyman2 on September 25, 2007

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by crazyman2

An old British signalling station built in the nineteenth century, it is part of a chain of six stations created to warn of slave uprisings and other events.
There is a small shop and a snack bar.

An interesting outing if you like British history or are interested in the demise of slavery.

6/10 ---and I may possibly return one day.

Directions: I don't think that it's open on Sundays.

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	Sounds Familiar

By ratherton on February 27, 2004

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Lord Nelson

by ratherton

As a British colony and an important location in years gone by, there are many familiar place names to us Brits.

No I don't mean Kentucky Fried Chicken. This picture is of a statue of Admiral Lord Nelson in Bridgetown.

Not quite as impressive as the one in Trafalgar Square in London. It was actually erected nearly 30 years before Nelson's Column in 1813, the year after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar.

As with the statue in London, this one also stands on Trafalgar Square

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Directions: Top of Broad Street, Bridgetown

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	Island Tour

By Rachael71 on October 27, 2006

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East Point Lighthouse,
visited on the tour

by Rachael71

As we were only able to spend a week on the island, two days of which were taken up with the wedding and its organisation, we felt that the best way to see as much as we could in a short space of time was on an island tour. We took our trip with Sean of Bajan Tours, who picked us up from our villa and returned us at the end of the day. Although we could have visited many of the places he took us by ourselves, we would have missed out on his wonderful commentary and insight into Bajan life. We travelled in a comfortable mini-bus as there were nine of us taking the tour (he'll take tour parties in his own car if they are smaller), and the day tour, which included lunch, was an incredible bargain at around BDS$120.

Sean tailors his tours to meet the needs of the group. We saw the Earthworks Pottery, Barbados Wildlife Reserve, Foul Bay and Bathsheba Bay and the many towns and villages around the island.

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Phone: Sean Harris 246 228 6000

Website: http://www.bajantours.com

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