My first week on Barbados!

After a long trip, I have finally reached my destination. Everything is so gorgeous, big palm trees, white beaches, blue water, and sun all day long.
The first week on the island has been very exciting. I have traveled a lot and seen very much from Barbados. The culture and the local people are totally different from us in Europe, but I like it.
This is my first travel-blog entry, and I'll start telling you a little bit about this beautiful place.

Barbados is an Island in the Caribbean Ocean, and is divided into 11 parishes. The islands capital, and at the same time biggest city, is Bridgetown. Bridgetown is located in the parish Saint Michaels. The official language in the country is English, but mainly the Barbadians speak another kind of English, that is called Bajan. Bajan is a regional variant of English which can be compared with slang.

The island has also a great historical background, so if you're supposed to visit Barbados on your next holiday, then read a little bit about Barbados history before you leave, that will help you understand the culture and the aboriginals.
Saladoid-Barrancoid, also known as Native Americans, was the first known settlers on Barbados. In the 4^th century they came to the island and lived there until the 7^th century.
 In the early 1600, the island was settled by England. The settlement of Barbados was the third big settlement from England at that time. Later, around 1640, they started to build sugar plantations.
When the Portuguese came and claimed the island in the 16^th and 17^th century, they used some of the Barbadians as slaves for the sugar plantations. Other inhabitants are believed fled to neighbor island, to get away the slavery.
After the Portuguese had left Barbados at the 18^th century, some of the earlier inhabitants came back and settled the island again.    
We can still find some of the sugar plantations on the island to day, but the mainly the country earns its money from the tourism, which stands for 75 % of the economical income from Barbados.

Well, that was a little information about Barbados. I'll tell you more about my time here, the culture, and the inhabitants next time.