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HappinessDelirium meets decorum on the island of

Barbados, where two distinct cultures find commground in the quest for good times.

With costumes andpageantry, Barbadoscelebrates GrandKadooment Day, theend of the ve-weekCrop Over festival.Opposite: A jockeyfrom the 104-year-old Barbados TurfClub bathes hisracehorse in the sea. S t o r y & P h o t o g r a P h y b y J a d d a v e n P o r t


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NO DRINKING! NO SMOKING! NO SEX!

Theres no shortageof skin on paradeduring GrandKadooment Day cel-ebrations. Opposite:Creating HuntesGardens was a three-year labor of love forself-taught horticul-turist Anthony Hunte.


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The Cold Hole liesnear the east-coastvillage of Bathsheba.Opposite, fromleft: A restoredformer plantationhouse, SweeteldManor is today aseven-room B&B;proprietors Georgeand Anni Clarke.


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Thats the most magical thing about this island. In Barbados, its summer for the rest of your life

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southeast coast.Opposite: Below thecliffs, Crane boasts

soft pink sand andpeacock-blue water.

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ForTHE EssEnTIAls on Barbados, see page 89.

The sun hangs lowover Archers Bay.Opposite: Wateringholes on Barbadosrange from the poshSandy Lane resortsMonkey Bar to atidal pool known asthe Basin near thevillage of Bathsheba.

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