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 Jolly Roger Cruise Ship by fitbod
The infamous band of Pirates take control and lure regular folk onto their decks of pleasure! Of course the cruise includes World Famous Rum Punch! Leave a Comment
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There are three types of public transportation available: Transport Board Buses, Minibuses and ZRs.
This is a Barbados Transport Board bus. The BTB is a government owned and funded public transport system and provides a regular scheduled bus service to all parts of the island. Buses run from as early as 6:00 a.m and to as late as 12:00 p.m. But in the evening and in some areas you can wait hours for the bus. When you do get one though, you are more likely to get a seat since they are bigger. The bus fare is BDS$1.50 per ride for adults and BDs $1.00 for school children. All the photos I have are of the BTB buses.
The Minibus system is privately operated system with selected routes. Minibuses are painted bright yellow with a blue stripe. Bus destinations are usually displayed on the bottom left-hand corner of the windscreen. Minibuses are more reliable, but the drivers squeeze everybody possible aboard, so the minibuses are often overloaded.
ZRs are privately owned vans that are usually white with a maroon stripe. They run selected routes from 1-11. To find out which ZR runs which route look at the number on it or look at the sign in the bottom left-hand corner. The fare is also BDS$1.50. They are sometimes called 'route taxis'
.. just like the mini buses, the drivers and conductors try to squeeze in as many people as possible in the van and sometimes, in some of the so called "bashment vans", they practise "doubling up" which means sitting down on top of people so there could be more room in the van..
If you are claustrophobic or have a nervous stomach, it would not be wise for you to catch a ZR because at times they drive really quickly and sometimes the van can be packed with people. Leave a Comment
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There are several kinds of buses all quite reasonable in price. All routes are marked by bus stops which say "TO CITY" for buses that are going to Bridgetown or "Out Of City" for buses going the other direction.
The problem is that Bridgetown is the hub of all the routes. So if you want to go from say Bathsheba to Folkestone, you have to go to Bridgetown and transfer, and this may take some considerable time.
Or if you want to use buses, you could stay closer to the center of the action instead of way out in Bathsheba like we did.
Note Since they drive on the left, you will get the bus on the opposite side of the road that you would think. Leave a Comment
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In Barbados busses are called vans, for the simple reason that Suzuki vans are used as busses. These are relatively small vans, that seat about 10 people at a time. A number of routes run throughout the island, and you can get just about anywhere on one. The best thing about them is that the drivers are more desperate to get you on their van, than you are to catch it! This is because there is no way of registering how many people have boarded the van, so the driver generally takes a large proportion of the fares home. You can jump on a van practically anywhere, just by putting your arm out to stop it, and the drivers will often stop just in case you want to get on! A journey costs a set price of $1, no matter how far you are going. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 Airport early in the morning by grandmaR
There are two kinds of boats to come to Barbados on - a cruise ship or a private sailboat. It is difficult to get to Barbados on a sailboat from the US because it's upwind all the way. It's easier to come from Europe, Africa or the Canary Islands. Going back to the US though is easy- downwind all the way. That's why on the old shipping routes they'd go from Europe to Barbados to pick up sugar or rum and then go to the US. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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We arrived in Barbados late and took a taxi to the hotel. This was just as well because out on the east coast it's really dark at night and we'd never have found our way there by ourselves. The rental car folks delivered the car to us at the hotel the next morning. They had all the paperwork, including the documents necessary for us to get a Bajan driver's license which is necessary to have to drive in Barbados ($10 extra). We dropped the car off at the airport before the office was open in the morning when we left.
We had a wonderful time driving all over the island even though they drive on the left, and at first Bob tried to shift using the window winder.
Since November was the rainy season, we didn't rent an open topped car, but the one the next level up. If you have a surfboard you can only rent a jeep or a moke.
The arrangements for the rental were made through the Edgewater Inn. We rented from Top Hat, and I think it was about $300 for a week for a manuel transmission car. Leave a Comment
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Taxis are also available. They are unmetered and fares are fixed by the government on the basis of distance. Our plane was delayed, and the dispatcher at the airport put us into taxis on the basis of first come gets the next cab. The taxi driver did not want to take us all the way out to Bathsheba at that hour of night, but the dispatcher prevailed.
Some sample fares between the Airport and
Any point North of Speightstown $55.00
Speightstown $48.00
Belleplaine $42.00
Bathsheba/Cattlewash $48.00
Gibbs $42.00
Holetown/Porters $38.00
Prospect/Cave Hill $34.00
St. John's Parish Church $30.00
Harrison's Cave $34.00
St. George's Parish Church $25.00
East Point $26.00
Bridgetown Harbour $30.00
Trafalgar Square $28.00
Garrison $24.00
Crane $20.00
Sam Lord's Castle/Pollards $22.00
Between Bridgetown Harbor/City Center and:
Any point North of Speightstown $40.00
East Point $40.00
Bathsheba/Cattlewash $38.00
Crane $34.00
Sam Lord's Castle/Pollards $36.00
St. George's Parish Church $16.00
St. John's Parish Church $36.00
St. Albans $25.00
Sandy Lane/Holetown/Porters $22.00
Callenders $24.00
Oistins $20.00
Long Beach/Silver Sands $24.00
Speightstown/Heywoods $30.00
Grantley Adams International Airport $30.00
Welchman Hall Gully/Harrison's Cave $30.00
Prospect/Holders/Paynes Bay $16.00
St. Lawrence/Dover $18.00
Rendezvous $16.00
Hilton/Grand Barbados/Garrison $12.00
Paradise $12.00
Between Bridgetown Harbor and:
City Centre $ 6.00
Deacons Road $ 6.00
If you hire a taxi for a sightseeing, be sure to establish in advance what the cost will be. Leave a Comment
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Scooter hire is available too.It can cost around bds$30-60 per day.You normally have to pay a deposit of bds$100 and helmets are the law and come with the hire.You must have your drivers licence or motor cycle licence with you too.
Taxis do not have meters,they charge a pre-determined fee.Afare should be no more than say bds$ 2,25 per mile.Always ask a price before you get in so you can decide if the price is ok. Leave a Comment Theme: Motorcycle
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 The Bus Terminal by bluewilldo
There are three types of buses... big blue ones that make very few stops and are owned by the government, yellow ones with blue stripes that are privately owned and stop occasionally, and may favourite, the white ones (which are really just vans with bench seats) that stop wherever. I'm pretty sure they all cost a dollar fifty (1.50) Bajan. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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There are two types of buses in barbados, the blue ones and the yellow ones.
The blue buses are owned by the said council and are very reliable clean and always on time.No fun for youngsters!!!!
The yellow are private and are owned by the locals and they pretty much do as they like, speed,horns blasting at every pedestrian and Good fun. Theme: Bus
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