Barbados
Independence : 1966, from the UK Location : Caribbean, northeast of Venezuela Easternmost Caribbean island Area : 430 sq km, 200th in the world 2.5 times the size of DC Elevation : Ranges from 0 m to only 336 m Population : over 280,000; 180th in the world Capital : Bridgetown Nationality : Barbadian or Baja (this is important!) Ethnic groups : 93% black Airports : 1 Language : Officially English, although a variant called Bajan is spoken colloquially. Depending on the accent and slang, it can be unintelligible to English speakers. Famous People : Rhianna is from Barbados, and Wikipedia tells you this with a scantily clad picture of her wearing a Mickey Mouse hat... Barbados is a pretty big milestone for me. It is the first country in this that I have actually visited! It was one of the stops on our honeymoon cruise. That was the ...