{"id":78,"date":"2018-06-25T21:37:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/about-barbados\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T18:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:14:22","slug":"about-barbados","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/international\/about-barbados\/","title":{"rendered":"About Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"p-0 container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"cpdll-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>ABOUT BARBADOS<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<hr><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<p><strong>Quick Facts on Barbados:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Average Temperature in October: High<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; 28\u00b0C or 84\u00b0F;&nbsp;<strong>Low<\/strong>23\u00b0C&nbsp;or 76\u00b0F<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Language:<\/strong>&nbsp;English with a broad dialect called Bajan.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Currency:&nbsp;<\/strong>Barbados Dollar &#8211; US$1 = BB$2 approx.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Time:&nbsp;<\/strong>GMT-4 hrs. There is no daylight saving time in Barbados<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Getting There:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbados.org\/flights.htm\">Flying Times and Airlines into Barbados<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Electricity:&nbsp;<\/strong>Electricity in Barbados is 110 volts\/50 cycles<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<hr><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Barbados is a relatively small Caribbean island, at only a 166 square miles. Locals say we are &#8220;<em>21 miles long and a smile (14 miles) wide!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>The United Nations Human Development Index (2011) ranked Barbados in the highest bracket &#8220;Very High Human Development&#8221;, well above the regional average for the Caribbean and Latin America.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Visitors highlight the friendliness of Barbadians as the island&#8217;s greatest and most pleasing asset. This is reflected in the highest repeat visitor factor in the region of 39%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>The people of Barbados have a history of long ingrained Christian principles, a sound and free educational system with a literacy rate of 97%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Barbados has pure drinking water and was the first Caribbean island to have piped water.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>The island has excellent telecommunications systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Barbados&#8217; cultural diversity helps make the island so distinctively charming.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Utilities are available 100% island-wide.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>Barbados is easily accessible from everywhere.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p>The maximum daily temperature is 23-29&nbsp;\u00b0C&nbsp;year round. The island is consistently cooled by North-East tradewinds.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<hr><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<p><strong class=\"rfs-5\">Tourist Attractions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA place for history and nature lovers, Barbados is an island of great natural beauty, from the wonder of underground caves to the beautiful vistas and the tropical colours of flora found across the island!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Things to Do:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/jammincats.com\/\">Jammin&#8217; Catamaran Cruises<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/barbados.atlantissubmarines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantis Submarine Tours<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandsafari.bb\/\">Island Safari<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Places to See:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrisonscave.com\/index.php?categoryid=16\" target=\"_blank\">Harrison&#8217;s Cave<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.welchmanhallgullybarbados.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Welchman Hall Gully<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/barbadostourism.org\/androm.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Andromeda Garden<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalflowercave.com\/\">Animal Flower Cave<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn more <a href=\"https:\/\/barbados.org\/know.htm\">About Barbados<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT BARBADOS Quick Facts on Barbados: Average Temperature in October: High&nbsp;&#8211; 28\u00b0C or 84\u00b0F;&nbsp;Low23\u00b0C&nbsp;or 76\u00b0F Language:&nbsp;English with a broad dialect called Bajan. Currency:&nbsp;Barbados Dollar &#8211; US$1 = BB$2 approx. Time:&nbsp;GMT-4 hrs. There is no daylight saving time in Barbados Getting There:&nbsp;Flying Times and Airlines into Barbados Electricity:&nbsp;Electricity in Barbados is 110 volts\/50 cycles Barbados is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/international-2-column.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"About Barbados - Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"ABOUT BARBADOS Quick Facts on Barbados: Average Temperature in October: High &nbsp;- 28\u00b0C or 84\u00b0F;&nbsp; Low 23\u00b0C&nbsp;or 76\u00b0F Language: &nbsp;English with a br"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-78","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/1879"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/lifelong-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}