Kid friendly ratings, critiques, and praises.
May 11, 2011
The Barbados Atlantis Submarine is a fun, safe and comfortable way for people of all ages to explore the rich marine life in the dazzling waters of the Caribbean Sea. We took our 2 children (ages 7 and 9) on this exciting tour. After a short ferry ride on a boat that took us out ...
May 10, 2011
A tropical lush rain forest, the Welchman Hall Gully in Barbados is a sensual delight for hiking and nature lovers. With its dense vegetation, one gets the feel for what the island was like a few hundred years ago when it was first discovered. It is like a place out of the movie Jurassic Park. We ...
May 9, 2011
One of Barbados’ most historic landmarks, St. Nicholas Abbey is a Jacobean Mansion built in 1658. The plantation and its buildings appear as they did for several centuries, and include the great house, a rum and sugar bond, a boiling house, and the plantation itself. The residence is open for touring by the public where ...
May 9, 2011
Farley Hill National Park, located in St. Peter, Barbados, near the Barbados Wildlife Reserve, is a 17-acre lush property with mahogany trees and spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean. The ruins of the great 19th century manor on the property lend an old world dilapidated grace to the landscape. Several times a year, Farley Hill ...
May 8, 2011
One of the natural wonders of the Caribbean, Harrison’s Cave is located in the heart of Barbados in St. Thomas, close to Welchman Hall Gully and Forest Reserve. This amazing phenomenon is comprised of a series of living caverns with underground lakes and waterfalls, stalactites and stalagmites. It is a massive stream cave system at ...
May 8, 2011
Barbados Wildlife Reserve Welcome Sign Better than a traditional zoo, the Barbados Wildlife Reserve is an open sanctuary in the Grenade Hall Forest where animals roam freely in a lush mahogany grove across the road from the Farley Hill National Park in St. Peter. It has the feeling of a primeval wood with a tropical ...
May 7, 2011
My wife and I went for a week-end getaway in the spring to the Lake Arrowhead Resort Skyforest, and we highly recommend this mountain location. Only 1 and a half hours driving time from LAX airport in Los Angeles, the lodge was recently refurbished and offers adjoining lakeside rooms with balconies and spectacular lakeside views. ...
May 6, 2011
Barbados – “Los Barbudos” – or the bearded ones – was named by the Spanish after the island’s fig trees which have a bearded appearance with their long vine-like hanging roots. It is the eastern-most Caribbean island and quite unique in that it was formed by the merging of the Atlantic crustal and Caribbean plates, ...
May 4, 2011
I was recently asked for my advice about ideas for a family vacation on the East Coast of the United States. Most of my friends and family are aware that I have visited countless wonderful vacation spots all over the world during my lifetime, so in recent years I’ve developed a stellar reputation as a travel ...
April 15, 2011
Oak Alley Plantation is sometimes known as the Grand Dame of the River Road, a collection of historic plantations located an hour from New Orleans in the town of Vacherie, Louisiana. Little is known about the plantation’s early years, but it was already a known landmark by the time the Capuchin Fathers settled St. James Parish ...
