Page 176: As the main house at the Cobblers Cove resort helps illustrate, "going to Barbados can be as much a voyage into a lost ideation of Englishness as it is a trip to the Caribbean."
Page 177: Cobblers Cove is a quintessential part of the beach tourism industry that has come to dominate life for Barbados' 280,000 people.
Page 177: A road near Speightstown, in Barbados, became a victim of the overbuilt shoreline and climate change.
Page 184: Barbados' Sandy Lane Hotel manages to make access to its beach nearly impossible, despite laws ensuring that all beaches remain public.
Page 184: Public beach access in Barbados can be tricky to find in some places.
Page 185: This "sea window" near Freights Bay gives locals and visitors a rare open view onto the water from the road.
Page 185: Another view of the "sea window."
Page 187: Both staff and guests ignore the ugly rock breakwater in front of Cobblers Cove. After a while, I found myself ignoring it, too.
Page 188: My enjoyment of Barbados' empty beaches during the Covid pandemic was not guilt free, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.