Your first glimpse of Barbados, from the aircraft is the too-blue-to-be-true sea, and aquamarine blue jewel sparkling in the middle of the deep sapphire blue ocean contrasted by the striking green of palms and brilliant white sugar sand!

After a visit to Barbados you’ll be convinced that this place has to top everyone’s must-visit-before you die destination list! Barbados is located in the West Indies and it is the hometown of one of the greatest cricket legends Sir Garfield Sobers, known more popularly as Gary Sobers. Watching a match at Kensington Oval is again an experience of a lifetime! Matches at this mecca of West Indies cricket is more of a Barbadian showcase of exuberance and joie de vivre!

If you happen to visit the place, make sure a catamaran cruise is your first touristy activity for the day. With over 70 miles of pollution free coastline and the inviting azure waters of the Caribbean, Barbados is ideal for sailing and offers a wide choice of sailing vessels to choose from. Sleek, luxurious mega catamarans, ocean racers or the more intimate take-it-easy sailing cruisers.

A word about the cruise crew there, they have that inimitable cheery and easy going Bajan attitude, which makes the cruise a thoroughly enjoyable experience. You’ll literally go with the flow of the cheery spirit when you plunge into the sea and swim with the sea turtles, knowing very well what one snap of their sharp teeth could do to you! Today it tops most people’s  list of bragging travel tales.

Getting into a submarine for a claustrophobe can be nothing short of a nightmare, but you’re sure to feel better when you gingerly step in. It’s spacious with large windows and the jaw dropping sights outside will make you forget you’re in one.

You will have neon coloured fishes flash past you, schools of multi-coloured fishes going about their everyday life, plants moving in slow sensuous movements, coral reefs, algae in brilliant colours, etc. You visit the place and this particular destination is sure to be one of the most visually stunning experiences of your life you must have ever had.