"What dos?", "Barbados?", "Where is it?", "Never heard before", "South America ar? so dangerous". These were what people's response when I told them I was going to Barbados.
It is a special island country, the size is even smaller than Singapore with tropical weather. The people there are almost all black and their body size are huge. They speak good English as Barbados was a colony to Britain.
The country is not very urbanized. It is more like a tourist spot, a bit like Bali. The crime rate is low. The politics is stable. Peope are civilised. Their GDP is even more than Malaysia. Their currency's value is also higher than us.
The most attractive part is their beaches. White sand and clear water. Their houses have cute design.
The most impressive thing is their good driving attitude. Even there is no pedestrian crossing over the road, when the drivers see you waiting to cross the road, they would just stop and let you go. My Malaysia friend complaint during his driving as he had to suddenly break the car because of the car ahead giving way to pedestrian, funny...
The barbadians (Barbados residents) seem lead a relax life as they close their shops on Sunday. They have a few shopping centres but they are very very small. You hardly see tall buildings in the country as well. The tallest might be 6 storey. This is not a place for you to shop as the prices are very expensive.
For a visit, I personally wont travel half an earth to come here just for beaches or sunbathing. I do believe Malaysia has good beaches but I haven't been most of Malaysian beaches. This is embarassing. My friend told me that East Malaysia has many good scenery spots but the government doesn't promote it much. However, if you are from Europe or Americas, this is a good destination for visit especially you want to run away from cold season.
No comments:
Post a Comment