Barbados
Barbados is the easternmost Caribbean island, famous for white-sand beaches, world-class rum distilleries, and a parliament dating to 1639 — the third-oldest in the Commonwealth.
Barbados is the easternmost Caribbean island, famous for white-sand beaches, world-class rum distilleries, and a parliament dating to 1639 — the third-oldest in the Commonwealth.
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