How to make the most of living in Barbados | Tips from a Local

[@dovygoodguy1296]

This idea of interviewing different Bajans of different backgrounds is a great idea! Keep it up Jamie. We'd love to hear about the arrival of different peoples to Barbados and other places in the Caribbean. Chris is so interesting!

[@marisamarss]

Nice interview. Chris is very pleasant and well spoken. I enjoyed hearing from a well-travelled bajan.

[@doreodonut]

I'm asian and I've been wanting to visit Barbados and maybe stay there a long-term. I was really wondering what it's like being asian in Barbados. Glad I found this video^^

[@mariabarnes9197]

What a pleasant, informative interview! Thanks for taking the time to highlight Barbadian culture with the focused aspect of making connections with the people.

[@PeterZLogan]

I like babardos and wish to relocate there in the future

[@maiirs]

So informative and an absolute delight to watch! I will never forget the day I went to meet you downtown and was absolutely lost after stepping out the van. I had taken maybe five steps when this absolutely lovely lady came up to me and asked me where I was going and if I needed help. After explaining I was to meet my friend but wasn't able to call she just handed over her phone and said "go ahead and give her a call". I swear, I have never been more grateful in my life and will never forget her or the experience as long as I live. I totally understand what you mean when you say Bajans can be more reserved, which is a bit daunting when you are use to immediately cracking a joke with some from the get go, but I found almost everyone I interacted with to be so helpful and open to guiding me and telling me more about the culture.

[@nursechriswright528]

Can we get more interviews with Chris. He is such an interesting guy!

[@gymbuddy32]

A Bajan of the Asian Persuasion. LOVE IT!!!

[@jamierocke]

@@yvonnekinch6943 there are tons of Bajans who were born abroad with British, American and Canadian passports. He was raised Bajan.

[@michellegrant6476]

Chris is so sweet.

[@knowyuhgrow420]

Bajsian

[@suni9625]

This video was so helpful. Thank you so very much 💜

[@tylouallen4957]

Love this video. Thanks for sharing and thanks Chris. 🥰🥰🥰.

[@jamierocke]

Thank you Ty!

[@BajanLifestyles]

Loving your videos been binge-watching, keep up the good work

[@jamierocke]

Thank you!

[@DrKiraBanks]

I've watched a few of your conversations and finding the information helpful. Will try some of your recommendations. Thanks!

[@jamierocke]

Glad I could help!

[@harriettedawson7072]

Hey Chris! Nice seeing you on the Tube! 👍😊

[@Chazeen]

These barbados videos are super helpful. thanks lady!

[@gymbuddy32]

Hi Jamie. This is a really great interview. I'm of Barbadian heritage, born London and I visit Barbados alot. It's great to hear the perspectives of someone who is not your 'common' local. Your interview definitely has not concerned or confused me, and it's far from 'worrisome*. 😂😂😂 *I just wanted to use this word as someone used it in a comment previously and it made me come over all Victorian. Pass the smelling salts and get me to that fainting couch!!!

[@jamierocke]

Haha! Thank you 😊

[@sarahgordino6695]

Hiii! Great videos. I’m from Toronto. My parents are Bajan. I’m traveling there for 5 weeks tomorrow to stay and work. Looking forward to it.

[@milly9551]

Love it, so much helpful information! I am Chinese too, so really glad to hear what Chris shared. Do you have any information about the Chinese association in Barbados?

[@jamierocke]

I'll ask Chris if he can share more with you :) Thanks for watching Milly!

[@chineygallis]

Hi there! Thanks so much for watching! Yes we have a Facebook page. If you search “ The Chinese Association of Barbados” you can see a bit about what we do. Also feel free to add me on Facebook as well “facebook.com/christopher.lee.7946281“

[@jenniferc6285]

I feel like the Asians here are a very close knit community like the other races. 94 percent of Barbados is black about 3 mixed, 2 white and 1 is just categorised as other. They'll probably make themselves known to you at some point.....

[@jamierocke]

I think all the communities are close knit, even Black communities. Integration doesn’t seem like it’s something that comes naturally for any of the various ethnicities, but I think that’s more so a human thing rather than an ethnicity thing.

[@fragilexaviera]

So informative... makes me want to visit. 😍

[@alansjf33]

Great video. Barbados 🇧🇧 is a great place . Can’t wait to be in Hole Town at the end of the week. I remember being in Barbados as a child and I wouldn’t see anyone except black people unless I was in Bridgetown. The population is very homogeneous in many parts even today. I am glad Barbados is opening up to the world . What I am grateful for is the fact that I have so much family and people I have known in St. Lucy , that I think I should have a nice year in Barbados. I am glad that my kids will get the opportunity to experience Barbados as well.

[@jamierocke]

Love this feedback! I’m glad your children will get to experience your home. Enjoy!

[@lorainecodrington5721]

It depends on the location in Barbados. They are white people all about but at your age, either their "servants" did the shopping or it was delivered to their homes. They only visited the town if they had to. Home deliveries was always a big thing in Barbados from back in the 60's maybe earlier. I grew up with white people living all around me and in my school.

[@jamierocke]

Interesting.

[@mariabarnes9197]

There were many more mixed race people decades ago, but they have immigrated to Canada, England & the US for opportunities, schooling & work.

[@harriettedawson7072]

Oh yes Chris, I had my first visit to the Mighty Grynner Highway and had the Soft Serve ice cream, it’s nice and flavorful. I had Sorrel and Soursop🍦✅

[@GreatDynasty]

Jamie thanks for your informative video. Please I need help on how to get a job in Barbedos. Thanks.

[@makaidiy5716]

Chris!!!! I have not seen him since my uwi days wow. Imagine he in the island, i in the island and i got to see him on youtube. Lawd!!

[@journeyswithj246]

Same!

[@hildahdouglas]

Love these kind of videos ❤️

[@Gooneridgetv]

Great chat episode, Jamie I’m curious, is it mainly black bajan locals who assumed you were from abroad or mostly other ethnicities living or staying there? I understand totally how that made you feel and makes all the difference if it’s a place you were considering settling down in.

[@jamierocke]

Thanks for commenting! Yes, it was mostly the black locals who assumed I was a foreigner. White and other bajans weren’t as interactive.

[@patriciastaimee]

Well done...

[@cherianndoyle7503]

Hi there now stumbled across ur yt and ur seem very interesting and cool I'm a bajan and I'm also a chef and I would be more than happy to cook some dishes for u I absolutely love doing tacos 🤤🤤🤤and I love doing desserts also so we should link 🤗🤗🤗

[@jamierocke]

Thanks for watching Cheriann! I’m on LinkedIn, you can send me a message there and we’ll see what we can make happen 😊

[@Benwood1900]

It's the people, they are so beautiful and amazing 👏.

[@Mrbilly_Of_Africa]

Am from Nigeria base in Madagascar I want to recolate to Barbados, what can I do please....

[@lorainecodrington5721]

A great video. Very factual. Yes Barbadians are Reserved, but very friendly, just like English people are. That's why it's called "Little England".

[@jamierocke]

Thanks for your feedback Loraine!

[@makaidiy5716]

aka bimshire

[@lorainecodrington5721]

@@yvonnekinch6943 Give a comparison. Colonialism has long been dead and gone but the Britishness remains. Open your eyes

[@rudolphsimmonds1382]

Good video. Just a suggestion. If you are doing a video on an island and about an island wouldn't it be better to shoot Outside where people who are interested in learning more about the island can see its beauty as well as the information that you provide.

[@glambyshernelli]

loving your videos

[@jamierocke]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@marymills7116]

I’m in Barbados now woohoo

[@jamierocke]

Hope you have the best time!

[@terrisweamie1851]

Wow, Barbados sim to be interesting that's great , well I will like to travel to Barbados ,I am a Librarian 🇱🇷 do I need a visa before traveling to Barbados?

[@jamierocke]

Hi Terris 🙋🏾‍♀️ Liberian visitors don’t need a visa to visit. You can stay for up to 90 days as a tourist.

[@ajwatson9974]

Terris Weamie not many libraries here the Oistins branch has been closed for some years!! No visa

[@norareid-balch4219]

This is a great informative conversation! Well done!👏👏👏 Does Chris have a youtube channel?

[@jamierocke]

He doesn’t! I’ll try to convince him to start one. 😊

[@patthompson4678]

Thank you for this informative video. I am hoping to visit Barbados within a few months. Is it possible to DM you?

[@tashanitoussaint3443]

Hii love your vlogs, do you live in barbados still?

[@jamierocke]

Hi, thank you! Nah, I don’t live in Barbados anymore

[@mariabarnes9197]

@@jamierocke oh what a pity

[@nicholasmaxim3079]

Hi Jamie how do find you on any social media?

[@jamierocke]

Hey! This is the only platform I have... not on FB, Insta Snap, etc.

[@godwindei1471]

Good interview

[@jamierocke]

Thank you

[@brittanyalleyne9760]

I need help making friends in Barbados. I am from Canada.

[@jamierocke]

Making friends can be easy if you join social groups. Because of Covid it’s kind of hard, but there are still organizations and groups that organize events like hikes, charity drives, movie limes etc. check out whatsoninbarbados.com. A lot of groups post their activities there. Good luck!

[@matthyblessings5559]

Very good content !! 💪🏾 I'm bajan

[@ajwatson9974]

This young man wouldn't be experiencing the same things as a black born Barbadian!! Different cultures experience different things

[@jamierocke]

So only Black Bajans are allowed to talk about life in Barbados?

[@mariabarnes9197]

And that depends on class does it not?

[@ajwatson9974]

@@jamierocke No of course not anyone can talk about Barbados😄

[@BlUESKIES1178]

I don’t even understand why she this Asian man,he is not atypical Bajan… he wasn’t even born-in Barbados.. wrong message.

[@patriciastaimee]

We are one people lighten up on the comments.there is a you tuber with a child Korean husband. Her fad is Bajan. .her mom is Jamsican..he vould have been here from a kid. People circulate quickly around the caribbean...lets get together and feel ire...

[@standelasanantone2180]

I intend to relocate to Barbados after the holidays on the Welcome Stamp --- and planning to stay much longer than 12 months, and hopefully buy a home there. But, how difficult is it to bring pets to Barbados? I am retired military and have a medium sized dog that I plan to bring.

[@jamierocke]

Bringing a pet shouldn’t be an issue. I would say the challenge would be finding an apartment that allows pets in the interim while you find a home to purchase. For some reason apartments aren’t very pet friendly, so make sure to make this know to the rental agent or check for “pet friendliness” on the listing. Good luck!

[@standelasanantone2180]

@@jamierocke Thanks for confirming...!!! I have contacted many of the condo/apartment/house estate agents (for long-term rentals in my price range) and they seem seriously resistant to pets --- even after I offered a substantial pet deposit.

[@jamierocke]

I’m sorry that it’s been difficult. Hopefully you find somewhere soon. Depending on where you’d be open to live, and if you’ll have transportation, there are many affordable full homes on the East and South Coast. That way you’ll have a yard and be able to have a pet. Try www.cariblist.com.

[@PeterZLogan]

What's the process for relocation

[@nadirshah6230]

Hello

[@orrysmith2889]

we are all one ppl

[@BlUESKIES1178]

Barbados is an island that’s 90 something percent African decent the idea of you using an Asian man that’s was born in Canada as a local to gain basic information about the island is confusing and worrisome and disturbing. Are you telling me you couldn’t find a black Bajan who lives there to give you a better commentary and very local perspective. You’re sending the wrong message. It says a lot about your mindset also.. I’m an a black Bajan , born in BIM🇧🇧and living in NYC.

[@patriciastaimee]

Errors haha...

[@zolakhadijah7634]

WHERE where you born? I think CHINA WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU A CHINESE AND NOT A BARBADIAN.

[@chineygallis]

Hi there. So I’m Caribbean Chinese . There has been a Chinese community in the region since the 1800s. The Caribbean is a melting pot of people and cultures. If you come you will see.

[@zolakhadijah7634]

@@chineygallis you said you were born in CANADA SO YOU ARE CANADIAN RIGHT.

[@zolakhadijah7634]

Yes there is a Asian community in Trinidad but not bim

[@zolakhadijah7634]

However welcome to my country we are happy to have you and do enjoy your stay you are a guest and all visitors are welcome to Barbados .

[@makaidiy5716]

@@zolakhadijah7634 In many commonwealth countries (former British colonies) "dual" citizenship and multi-nationalism exists. So taking Chris as an example, He was born in Canada making him a Canadian national by birth. However, one of his parents is a Barbadian national. Barbados' law on nationality provides that if one of your parents or grandparents is Barbadian you can be considered a Barbadian national even though you are born outside of Barbados. In that regard Chris is Canadian by birth and Barbadian by descent. Using the example of another young lady who i heard of, she has 4 or 5 nationalities. This lady was born in the UK to a Barbadian mother and Jamaican father (Jamaica's law on nationality mirrors that of Barbados) this young lady had 3 nationalites at birth; British cuz she was born in England and Jamaincan and Barbadian because of her parents. Then while still a toddler the family moved to the USA and she gained US citizenship by naturalization. Finally (I stand corrected) but i think when i met her she was married and thus gained her 5th nationality through marriage. In all the young lady is the holder of 5 passports. Finally I would add that in the Caribbean identity is defined in 3 ways; national identity, cultural identity and ethnic identity. Using American hopeful for VP of the USA, Kamala Harris, Kamala's national identity is American because she was born in the USA (I am not sure if she applied for Jamaican citizenship but as her father is Jamaican she could if she wanted to), her cultural identity is Indian because she was by and large raised by her East Indian mother as opposed to being raised with her Jamaican father and finally ethnically she is a mixture of Est Indian (from her mother's side) and African and European (from her Jamaican father's side). The prescence of many different people's groups in the Caribbean means that we look at the concepts of nationality and identity a bit differently that other countries in the world. I hope I helped.