Hey Mervyn,
Your description of Barbados sounds like a mixture of old
Zanzibar, Goa and heaven.........................my question :--is it
an expensive tourist trap like any of the other Carribean islands
or is it affordable to a middle class person like myself? For one
thing it is closer than the rather long 20 hour air journey to
Goa and the irritation of a visa visit to the Indian consulate in
TO !!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mervyn Lobo" <mervynal...@yahoo.ca>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Coconut
Bosco D wrote:
Jose....notwithstanding this thread leading you and our buddies Mervyn &
Rico to be flown by Captain Tobias Wilcox on Coconut Airways flight 372 to
Bridgetown, Barbados [1], your below comment reminded me of a quote
attributed to Steve Jobs aka the Gamechanger:
"A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to
them"
[2]
Bosco,
1) If there is a place in the Caribbean that is almost like Goa, it has got
to be Barbados.
a) For starters, its flag has Poseidon's Trident on it.
b) Its fish market - Oistens - has almost the same variety of seafood as the
Panjim fish market. More importantly, there are women there who buy the
catch as soon as the fishing boats come in, deep fry the same and serve it
with a sauce made of bonnet peppers, lime, garlic and coriander with a side
order of fried breadfruit. The result is close to heaven.
c) Believe it or not, the sea around the island is infested with flying
fish. The way you go fishing in Barbados is by renting a dory. When you get
to the fishing grounds, the captain instructs you to stand up in the dory
carrying a large cardboard panel. Sooner or later you will see a 16 inch
flying fish get out of the water i.e. 150 yards away and fly straight
towards you. All you have to do is make sure the flying fish hits your
cardboard and falls into the boat. The only fish more tasty than a flying
fish is Kingfish and Bangares.
d) The state of the art cricket stadium there is named after Gary Sobers.
e) Almost forgot, the rum, well, if I mention that, the nation will be
overwhelmed with tourists and probably lose its charm.
As for 2)
Well my favourite Apple joke is about the actress Gwyneth Paltrow. She named
her first child Apple. A comedian then remarked that if she had a second
child, she would have a pair.
Mervyn
