Hello from Beautiful Barbados. HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆
For checking out the blog, I thank my readers from across the globe - the United Kingdom, USA, Belgium, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, Canada, France, St. Lucia, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Peru, Spain, Russia, India and of course Barbados. I am pleased to share some of my thoughts with you.
The year 2020 is the year for WE GATHERIN' - an initiative by the Government to invite Barbadians to return home to their family, to their alma mater, to their heritage. Who would not want to return home to scenery such as this? Although sun, sea and sand are outmoded in tourism marketing these days, the beaches are still a hit with visitors.
There is a calendar of events for the year beginning with an Old Time Bajan Excursion (Picnic) to River Bay in St. Lucy on New Year's Day. Each month there is a focus on a different parish. It all begins with St. Lucy and via the link, you can view the Animal Flower Cave, North Point, one of the places of interest in that parish.
Before signing off for 2019, since many get glammed-up on Old Year's, I will show a few images of the fashion parade that occurs in Queen's Park on Christmas Day every year thanks to Kenmore Bynoe of Babes & Dad Photography. Red carpets around the world have nothing on Barbadians when they stroll in Queen's Park - though nowadays, they do line-dancing as if on cue (I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself in 2018).
Ladies and gentlemen from Queen's Park Barbados - the 2019 fashion parade...
I heard an interview with one of them once and he said that they put a lot of thought into what they wear at Christmas and some begin working on the ensembles from around September. Clearly the matching walking sticks take time to obtain.😀
On that note I wish you a most fulfilling 2020 and I leave you with Auld Lang Syne rendered in bagpipes - no sweeter version of this New Year's Eve traditional song (well until I find a rendition in steelpan 😃). 🥂
