I’m back from the Caribbean, so in this video I’m not just gonna explain why we should visit this paradise but I’m also gonna share 3 reasons why we should extend our trip a few days longer. Welcome to Barbados.

So, I spent time in Barbados just before the pandemic and there’s some things I want to share with you today, especially if you don’t have much time and want to get a flavour of this island in the Caribbean.

But before that, I just want to clarify that this island is not just Rihanna, celebrities, cocktails and stuff like that. Actually this island has a lot to offer and it’s truly one of my favourite places in the Caribbean.

Before I forget, I’ve also made a video about this in case you want to check.

If you ask me, this is one of the places where I could potentially consider living for few years. And the answer is not because they have great drinks, parties and endless sun. It’s because this place has elements of so many different cultures due to their history such as British, American, African and Caribbean itself.

Hey, don’t get me wrong, I’m not a historian and I do enjoy the same things you do but I feel like if we can learn 1% from Barbados, we can understand how privileged we are these days.

Let’s talk about fun stuff now and as always I’ll share my experience in 3 parts in Barbados, Caribbean.

3. SEA PARADISE

There were so many beach options and I personally I was a bit overwhelmed trying to research them all. But luckily I was cautious of time and I decided to focus on Carlisle Bay.

Carlisle Bay is in the South of the capital Bridgetown with a long strip of soft white sand beaches to give us that sort of feeling of a paradise. On sunny days the water is turquoise blue and it looks like one big lagoon, absolutely stunning!

There are also plenty of bars and restaurants along the coast with a reggae vibe. So we jumped on a boat and the adventure started.

Barbados is also known for its impressive number of sea turtles and they are pretty easy to spot on the white sand in the shallow areas. Even if we just stay on the boat or on the beach we can spot some turtles catching air on the surface.

2. DOWNTOWN BRIDGETOWN

Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, is the largest city and the center of its business and culture. It’s a mix of Bajan culture and the modern world, with a lot of different shops, restaurants, bars and so on. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s colourful and very beautiful. There’s a lot to see and I cover it here.

An interesting fact is that there’s a 1,000-year-old tree in Queen’s Park.

We really walked around the historic Bridgetown and its Garrison. What was cool is that at some point we took a taxi and the driver told “call me back when you’re ready” and we thought it was like a joke, right. Why bothering? The truth is that we struggled to find a taxi and we ended up calling him back!

1. WHAT IS LIFE?

Towards the end of the trip, we went to a local store and tried to get some souvenirs and stuff like that. One of the souvenirs was like a carpet saying “What is Life?” and there were 18 different definitions of life.

At the beginning I thought it was a bit cheesy but then I started to read and… I thought mmm Yes, this is actually true. If you asked me before Barbados what my life’s definition was, I don’t know if I could have come up with 18 different words.

I think that life is all that but it doesn’t need to be 18 different things at the same time. I feel like some of these things are happening in different stages.

So what’s life in Barbados? What’s life in an island? Is it just paradisiac landscapes, amazing weather and fun activities to do? or is it a simple life far from the stress of the big cities? or just a place to get tax advantages? It depends on who we ask. But there can be less positive opinions and some people might say that we’re far from family and friends, that it’s more expensive, that there are natural disasters and rain seasons, that the islands are small and we can miss the entertainment of a big city, or perhaps it’s harder to find a job or universities.

My point is that life is exactly all that. Positive and Negative. Depending on our personal situation, values and priorities… we might have completely different definitions. But the one thing that I believe is that how we react to all these different definitions of life is the key to unlock a very important door… the door of happiness.