Sarah Hébert explores the small island of Barbuda in the eastern Caribbean, part of the sovereign Commonwealth nation of Antigua and Barbuda. She finds a paradise resurrected after hurricane Irma and perfect conditions for foiling. Read on as Sarah tells us more.
We've been travelling for a year and a half on our sailboat Maloya, an Océanis 411, searching for ideal spots to enjoy our favourite watersports. Sailing through the West Indies, we enjoyed the beautiful lagoons of the Grenadines, but we had not seen anything like Barbuda before and decided to anchor in this unknown paradise to explore it a bit more.
Barbuda has remained relatively untouched due to its tragic history. After the abolition of slavery, land was distributed to his inhabitants, including slaves, thus making them all owners of the land. Today all 1200 inhabitants of Barbuda must agree to a piece of land being sold and is why there is very little tourist development on the island. People here mainly live on seafood, mostly lobster and almost every day we bought some from fishermen for only €4per lobster.
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