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Bajan Delight

November 18, 2009

A little lesson in Barbados culture: “Bajan” and “Barbadian” are both adjectives for people or things from Barbados.  If you’re pronouncing “Bajan” like “Ba-han”, don’t worry – I made the same mistake.  Turns out it’s pronounced “Bay-shan” (or like “Bay-sian”).  Who knew?  Anyway, we are getting pretty used to the Bajan way of life (which, [...]

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Bienvenidos a Barbados!

November 17, 2009

Greetings from Barbados HCG readers!  Our travels weren’t as strenuous as we feared (we flew out of JFK and drove there from Philly at 3:30 in the morning; it was the cheapest/most sane option).  We arrived at the airport in plenty of time (a rare feat for me), and the 4 1/2 hour flight to [...]

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