barbudaful.net site information

barbudaful.net is a web site which features the island of Barbuda. It is being designed by Lesley Watkins, who is doing the technical design and writing content, and Claire Frank who is writing content and dealing with administration. Other people will contribute in different ways.

The web site originated in an idea we had that Barbuda should have its own web site where visitors, Barbudans overseas, tourists, and other interested people could go to find information about the island.

our philosophy

This is a community web site where anyone who is in business or who wishes to be involved will take part. We hope that Barbudans around the world will visit www.barbudaful.net to catch up on news from home. The web site shows Barbuda as the lively and enterprising place that it is. We include information on the history and geography of the island, facts and figures about Barbuda, and places of interest. We have much-needed pages for visitors to find accommodation, transport, food, and so on.

an invitation

We invite anyone in Barbuda to add their details to the site. There are charges for this service to cover the costs of launching and maintaining the web site on the Internet. A rate of EC$50 (US$19) per year applies to Barbudans resident on the island and EC$100 (US$38) to Barbudans resident overseas.

Other advertisers we accept pay the full commercial rate of US$120 per entry per year. We have special rates for anyone who would like their own page.

We are asking if you would be interested in participating in this venture; contributions from Barbudans overseas are especially welcome. Details of upcoming events or activities, for example family reunions, anywhere in the world will be advertised free on our community news page. For those making a living from tourism, this website is an excellent way to advertise to the world, to have customers come directly to you by phone or by email.

what we need to know...

The information you provide will be included under different headings, these are -

• clubs
• churches
• sports groups
• hotels
• guest houses
• houses for rent
• restaurants
• bars
• snackettes
• day tours
• car hire
• bike hire
• taxi services
• shops
• fish or lobster sellers
• fishing and boat tours

If you would like to be included on the web site please contact Claire Frank or Lesley Watkins for a registration form and fill in your name and business details.

...and then

As soon as your entry appears on barbudaful.net, you will be informed so that you can check the details. The site is updated regularly to allow you to remove or change your listing. Please inform us of changes, e.g. new telephone numbers or email addresses, so that we can be up-to-date with your information. The charges apply once a year, and each year you will be asked if you wish to be included again. Your listing will be removed if you do not wish to continue.

You are able to give the website address “www.barbudaful.net” to your relatives, friends, and customers all over the world.

Please contact Claire Frank or Lesley Watkins if you have any questions and for further information.

acknowledgements

Claire Frank and Lesley Watkins wish to thank the following people.

web site host

This web site is hosted by Graham Talbot at Turquoise Net; a travel site for the Caribbean, Central America, and beyond. Graham has featured Barbuda on www.turq.com for over five years.

photographers

We are proud of the photographs on barbudaful.net. If your web browser supports showing alternative text as a tooltip, the photo descriptions can be viewed by passing the mouse over the image. They have been taken by amateurs and professionals who have visited Barbuda or live here, namely Chris Doyle, Robert Dyball, Claire Frank, Fiona Jack, Fabio Pettinari, Mohammed Walbrook, and Mark Williams. We welcome photographs from visitors and Barbudans. The photographs need to have strong contrast as they are reduced in size considerably and should be copied to a CD.

Chris Doyle

Chris Doyle is an international yachtsman and writer. Chris is a resident of Grenada and has been sailing in the Caribbean for over 30 years. He is the author of The Cruising Guide to the Leeward Islands, which features information about Barbuda for sailors. Chris contributes articles to Caribbean Compass, the Caribbean's on-line monthly marine magazine, while he has his own web site at www.doylecaribbean.com.

Robert Dyball

Robert Dyball is a farmer in England. Every year Robert and his family visit his sister, who lives in Barbuda. They stay at the Carriage House.

Fiona Jack

Fiona Jack is an artist and photographer, who visited Barbuda in May 2003. She has published her beautiful photos in many international magazines and travel guides. For more information contact Fiona Jack herself and visit her web site at www.fionajack.co.uk.

Fabio Pettinari

Fabio Pettinari is a fashion photographer from Milan. He covers the haute couture shows in Paris, London, and Milan. Fabio came to Barbuda several years ago to photograph the Palmetto Hotel. He has contributed to the lifestyle magazine Condé Nast Traveller.

Mohammed Walbrook

Mohammed Walbrook is a Barbudan photographer. He became interested in photography while a student at the Holy Trinity School. He is working on a book of photographs of Barbuda and compiling a photographic archive of the island.

Mark Williams

Mark Williams and his family came to Barbuda for a week in 2002. They stayed at the Carriage House, hired a vehicle, and took many interesting photos.

those behind the website

Claire Frank

Claire is one of two partners in barbudaful.net. Claire is a writer, who has contributed articles about Barbuda to various Caribbean websites. She is also an artist; view her work on the artcafe page. Claire has taken many of the photographs for barbudaful.net. Claire moved to England in July 2004, but still maintains an interest in this website.

Lesley Watkins

Lesley is one of two partners in this website. After Lesley gained a masters degree from London University, she worked in publishing in England and as a teacher in Barbuda. A few years ago Lesley took a diploma in computing with Oxford University and is now a writer and the original designer of barbudaful.net.