A guide to Barbados, the laid-back Caribbean island

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View from Cherry Tree Hill in Barbados. Simon Dannhauer/Shutterstock

View from Cherry Tree Hill in Barbados. Simon Dannhauer/Shutterstock

A born-and-raised island girl (by way of Barbados), naturally I’m a lover of warm places and an even bigger lover of warm people! My travel ethos is that it’s the people who make the destination worthwhile, which means that, fortunately, I’ve never been to a city I didn’t love. Currently on a mission to make sure every trip makes it out the group chat (after all, it’s a really big world). I've called called New York, London and Boston home, but if you’re looking for me between trips, right now I…

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