At the risk of sounding like I’m in grade 3… “guess what mom?!… I made a new friend!”
Through the beauty of word of mouth (and the internet) I was fortunate enough to be contacted by Neval Greenidge of the Barbados Tourism Board… and Zary Evelyn of Swim Vacations Barbados… my two new friends! Always good to have new friends… especially when they live in Barbados!… and you live in Canada… and it’s freakin’ February!
Anyway, Zary and Neval have kindly invited us all down to Barbados… although I’m not sure if we’ll all be staying at their houses or not. 😉 But Neval is working with Zary to try and promote tourism… and more specifically Zary’s new open water swimming races!
The jist of it is that they are going to be holding a 1.5k and a 5k race, twice per year… July 6-7 and October 26-27! It sounds awesome and I think it would be worth looking to put together another LOST Travel Team like we did for the Tampa Bay Marathon Swim and the Swim Around Key West!
You don’t have to decide just yet… we can talk this summer… but in the meantime, have a look at the website and start dreaming of swimming in that beautiful warm water!
http://www.swimbarbadosvacations.com/index.php
PS. here’s a little bit of Lake O and Barbados trivia for you… if you look at the Lake Ontario Crossing Record Book (on the tab above)… and scroll down to the 47 swim/37 swimmer to cross Lake O… it shows: Peter Gibbs of Barbados, 2004! Also, Chris Gibbs, Peter’s brother has swum the English Channel and both are helping Zary organize the races! So they have a bit of credibility too! A belated “congrats” Peter and Chris!
PS. Zary said if any of us are going down to Barbados to look him up, they get out for swims daily, if you want to join him! He’s also a good guy to talk to about local hotels, restaurants, etc.
Cheers,
Rob
