Comments on: In Barbados a Carnival Timetable Prevails http://planetbarbadosblog.com/?p=277 Life's a Beach, Except Sometimes: Building a Life & Business in Barbados Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: planetbarbados http://planetbarbadosblog.com/?p=277&cpage=1#comment-233 planetbarbados Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:05:31 +0000 http://onelovebarbados.com/?p=277#comment-233 You're so right. A main reason people visit Barbados - or any Caribbean country - is for the slower pace. Speaking to your point, Hammer ... in the airport a couple of weeks ago I met a couple from San Diego who had won a trip to Barbados on the Regis & Kelly morning show. They were on their way home. They told me that before winning this trip, they had no particular awareness of Barbados before, despite having visited numerous other islands in the Caribbean. They also said it was, after this visit, by far their favorite Caribbean island. Why, I asked. "The people, the beauty, and the <em>pace</em>," they responded. I'm fully aware that my issues with slowness are my own. And you're so right, we'd lose the "paradise" part of "tropical paradise" if life were NYC rush-rush. Thanks for your comment. You’re so right. A main reason people visit Barbados – or any Caribbean country – is for the slower pace. Speaking to your point, Hammer … in the airport a couple of weeks ago I met a couple from San Diego who had won a trip to Barbados on the Regis & Kelly morning show. They were on their way home.

They told me that before winning this trip, they had no particular awareness of Barbados before, despite having visited numerous other islands in the Caribbean. They also said it was, after this visit, by far their favorite Caribbean island. Why, I asked. “The people, the beauty, and the pace,” they responded.

I’m fully aware that my issues with slowness are my own. And you’re so right, we’d lose the “paradise” part of “tropical paradise” if life were NYC rush-rush. Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: Hammer http://planetbarbadosblog.com/?p=277&cpage=1#comment-219 Hammer Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:00:43 +0000 http://onelovebarbados.com/?p=277#comment-219 "Hey, mon, don’t worry …" I think this is excellent advise. "I believe the socially correct term here in the Caribbean is “laid-back-hey-mon-wat’s-de-hurry” speed. " The quotation above set me thinking... How would it feel to be in a tropical paradise that's going at the frenetic pace of say New York city. For a born islander like myself that's scary to say the least... “Hey, mon, don’t worry …” I think this is excellent advise.

“I believe the socially correct term here in the Caribbean is “laid-back-hey-mon-wat’s-de-hurry” speed. ”

The quotation above set me thinking… How would it feel to be in a tropical paradise that’s going at the frenetic pace of say New York city.

For a born islander like myself that’s scary to say the least…

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