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Reagan proceeded to a two-hour lunch with Barbados Prime Minister John Michael Geoffrey Manningham ("Tom") Adams and the government leaders of four other island nations: Antigua-Barbuda; Dominica; St. Kitts-Nevis; and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (combined population of all five: roughly...
...backwater Bali Hais are to be found in the Leeward Islands, which are part of the Lesser Antilles, south and east of Puerto Rico; Dutch-ruled St. Eustatius, better known as Statia, and Saba; French St. Barthelemy, a.k.a. St. Barts; and the British islands of Anguilla, Montserrat and Barbuda. These islands were named but largely ignored by the Spanish because they offered little promise of quick riches; for the most part, they have scant rainfall and thin soil. Thus they were generally spared the excesses of European rivalry that devastated rich plantation colonies like Jamaica, Trinidad, Cuba and Hispaniola. They...
...short runways-landing on Saba's 1,300-ft. strip is like putting down on an aircraft carrier-visitors to these islands can go by jet only as far as St. Maarten; from there they proceed either by boat or Windward Islands Airways International (Winair). For Montserrat and Barbuda, the traveler flies to Antigua and then takes LIAT, acronym for Leeward Island Air Transport. On to the islands...
...Barbuda: The Gentle Isle. Nearly 75% of its 62 sq. mi. is beach: endless, empty stretches of white sand glimmering in the roseate reflection of billions of tiny shells. Barbuda (pronounced Ear-byou-duh), which has one of the Caribbean's few bird sanctuaries, also offers the area's best hunting: white crown pigeon, guinea hen, duck, fallow deer and feral boar...
Barbudians, who are known as "the gentle people," own every inch of ground as common property. Strikingly hand some and articulate, they are the descendants of slaves selected for breeding by their 18th century British owner on the basis of physique, looks and intelligence. Barbuda (pop. 1,200) has only one village, Codrington, no telephones, no paved roads, and only three Jeeps available for visitors...