For those travelling to the West Indies from Europe by the Elder and Fyffe line, Barbados is the first West Indian island and for many it must, as an introduction to the tropics, be a disappointment… It takes time to appreciate its particular and peculiar charm, its “lived-in” atmosphere.

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Its lack of history has made Barbados unique. It has also given it a personal intimate charm that none of the other islands have to the same extent.