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The following is an account of my "working vacation" to Barbados, where I am assisting Dr. Hans Appelt of Corning Community College (who is in Barbados on a Fulbright Grant/Scholarship) and is working to assess, suggest improvements, and spend a semester teaching at Barbados Community College.

My Adventures in Barbados, part 1

Wedge
2004-04-06 20:20:42

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08 Oct 2003 - I've arrived in Barbados. The plane got in about 2 hours late, thanks to an exceptionally long delay on the runway at Philadelphia (lots of planes waiting to take off at the same time, but no launch orders from the airport.. maybe waiting for smog to clear)

But aside from that everything went smoothly.. except for the fact I almost got deported, but luckily this is Barbados, and they are really nice people... they required the address I would be residing at, but I didn't have it... so instead of sending me back, the customs officer took me outside to find Hans (my cohort from Corning, who is the one with the Fulbright Scholarship making this whole trip possible in the first place). So everything turned out ok.

Very laid back here. As Hans says "time means nothing to these people"... 9am class, students roll in around 9:20... apparently most of the faculty do the same. But they're all friendly, always greet you on the street.

Raining outside now.. apparently it rains nearly everyday. 85 degrees, humid.. not too bad though. Interesting species of frogs providing a nice "peeper" frog sound at night... all the stuff that makes summer good.

Cars drive on the left side of the road... 11 provinces in the country, all related to some church district a la British style:
St. James

St. Peter

St. Lucy

St. Andrew

St. Joseph

St. Thomas

St. John

St. Michael

St. George

Christ Church

St. Philip

I'm residing in St. James province... I think the college is in St. Thomas or St. George province.

License plates are labelled according to province, with an exception-- if it begins with "H", it means it is a rental car. I think if it begins with a Z it means the car is some sort of mass transportation vehicle (taxi, bus, etc.)

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