‘Eating’ Local Culture—Experiences Outside Small Hotel

I’m one of the many people who believe that a great way to experience and intimately familiarize oneself with a foreign country is through its local cuisine. You get to use majority of your senses—sight, smell, touch, taste. My friends call it cultural food porn; I firmly insist that it’s an out-of-this-world pigging out experience!

I recently went to Barbados with a couple of closest friends and we checked in a Barbados small hotel. I must say that our accommodations were more than extraordinary as it offered many different kinds of amenities as well as its own restaurant. My friends may have found the little nook to be convenient and satisfying, but I did not allow my taste buds to be limited to just one place (although their food was quite excellent, indeed).

And so, I constantly left our Barbados small hotel in search of my out-of-this-world pigging out experience. I am happy to say that I discovered authentic Bajan cuisine and fell instantly in love with it! The color, flavor, and texture were so intensely delightful that every bite sent me on gustatory overdrive.
Some of the best dishes I had were from the local restaurants and cheap eateries. The more upscale establishments had tasty versions of local food as well, but I think the Bajan taste was infused with international flavors, so I wasn’t entirely convinced that I was wolfing down a bowl of authetic Cou Cou.

And yes, my favorite food there is their national dish—the Cou Cou. The lady in one of the eateries happily informed me that it is easy to make. It consists of okra, corn meal and other easy-to-find ingredients in various supermarkets. The mashed potatoes-like dish is usually eaten with flying fish and beef stew. What I loved about it was its simplicity and heartiness.

The national dish pretty much reflects the island itself: simple, laidback and hearty. I highly recommend everyone to check in a Barbados small hotel and explore the island for a chance to experience a wonderful culture.

Software Rollout – Elearning Solutions

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There are just a few elearning solutions companies that are able to provide real quality services for employee development. It can really be a painful process since trial and error is something that cannot be if the risks are too high. In the end, if the company chooses a an electronic learning solutions provider that is not able to comply with the high level of standards necessary to create good results, then such a decision could cause major losses.

This is what happened to our company a couple of years ago. We were really in need of an immediate answer to our problem and we decided that contracting an elearning solutions provider would be best, if not perhaps the only answer. The problem was that our company was in immediate need of new software training. There are perhaps only a few companies that are capable of the solution that we need. Researching was the hardest part since we did not try to go online first.

However, we finally chose to go online and found what appeared to be a great company called Intelladon that offered the exact services that we needed. It was easy enough to contact them and we met right away with their people. It turns out that they are capable of just the task we needed.

Our problem was that our old software for a business process, which I cannot name here, is no longer up to date. It was more than just that, it was suddenly made obsolete because of a change in the technology platform standard that was being used in the industry. And of course, such technological advancements, especially in the field of computer software development, move at such a break neck speed. Of course a company in that industry would have no choice but to keep up with the fast pace.

Alexander John.