Barbados – Part 1 – Getting There

Many people think Barbados is a Caribbean Island. But it is actually considered to be an island in the Atlantic, since most of the island is above the Caribbean Ocean and is situated in the Atlantic Ocean.

Getting to Barbados from Denver was no easy task. There are NO direct flights. We took a red-eye from DIA to Panama City, Panama first. That was about a 6-hour flight. Then we had a 4-hour layover in Panama City before leaving for Barbados, with another 4-hour flight ahead. We did get an upgrade though, and got to fly business class. This was a first for us. We even got served a delicious breakfast.

Panama City from the air.

We flew over the northern coast of Venezuela. With the current circumstances in Venezuela, this is most likely the only way we will ever see Venezuela too.

Flying into the Barbados airport.

The population of Barbados is almost exclusively African, with a lot of African cultures and influences. They are very proud people and celebrate life at every opportunity, especially through art, music and bright colors. This jubilant scene greeted us as we were going through customs.

We stayed in a smaller hotel the first night, since our timeshare was not ready for us, then moved into our timeshare the next day, where we stayed for the remainder of our stay.

Even though we were exhausted on that first night, we still had a little energy left for some island explorations and dinner before calling it an early night.

Our real island adventures would start the next day. 🙂