Just in case you're so unfortunate to not know anything about Barbados, here are a few facts about our island.

Barbados is the most easterly island in the Caribbean chain and measures a whopping 21 miles long and 14 at its widest point.  Somewhat ham-shaped, it is mainly limestone unlike many of the other Caribbean islands like Dominica and St Lucia which tend to be more volcanic.  In the east (the Scotland District), the limestone cover has degraded to reveal the underlying clay soils.  Because of this, the Scotland District is prone to slippage.

Barbados has one of the oldest parliaments in the Americas and has, almost from its colonization, been British.  Independence from Great Britian was achieved in 1966, with Prime Minister Errol Walton Barrow as the Father of Independence.  We became a Republic on November 30, 2021 under the Goverment of the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley.

Like many islands of the Caribbean, Barbados has a mixed population, currently about 260,000.  While the majority is black, there is a very large white Bajan component with smaller numbers of Asian (mainly Indian), Syrian-Lebanese, Chinese.  English is the formal language, but there is a rich vernacular.

We may be tiny, but take great pride in our beaches which are famous for the lovely white sand. 

On the west and south coasts is where you'll find most of our safe beaches with names like Miami, Browne's, Brandons and Batts Rock.  Others, like Bathsheba and Bath on the east (windward) coast are often much too rough for casual seabathing, though you'll find surfers taking advantage of the wild waves at the Soup Bowl.

For a comprehensive history of Barbados, see this Wikipedia article.