Barbados | Ryan C.

The company I work for, Automattic, is a distributed company. That means our employees live and work all over the world. A few times each year, we meet up to spend time working and having fun together. I’ve just returned from a meetup in Barbados, where we worked on the email subscription feature of WordPress.com and Jetpack.

The Portugese came to Barbados en route to Brazil. It was at this time that the island was named Los Barbados (bearded-ones) by the Portugese explorer Pedro a Campos.
— Barbados.org

We spent most of our days working at the hotel, taking breaks to go swimming, and venturing into town in the evening for dinner. On our last full day, we spent a few hours on a small catamaran and then toured the Mount Gay Rum Distillery. Here are ~~some~~ a ton of photos from the trip!

+t +d adorbz

Shipwreck

Bridgetown

El capitan

Back to the hotel

Grim reaper

Fitting in with the locals

Waves, etc.

Oh hai

When in Rome…

Bridgetown

“Are we there yet?”

Lunch at MIA

Twinsies

Break time!

Sea turtle

I hope that was “wins”…

Hotel restaurant

Fish fry festival

Business meeting

I spy…

To Bridgetown

Lunch!

Just hanging out here in Canada…

Relaxamatticians

Until next time…

(poolparty)

The hotel

Oh hai

Breakfast

Diving

$TXTing lol jk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯$

TXTing lol jk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Diving

Exploring

Pra$ath

Swimatticians

“Roger, Roger, what’s our vector, Victor?”

Sunset

Kayakamatticians

ʇnʍ

Shipwreck

Did somebody say, “Rum?”

Broken sunglasses

Ugh, another meeting

Some more waves

Hose selfie

Last night

Celebrity onboard

Horrendous work conditions

Fresh pineapple

Watching some cricket

In deep thought

Bajan fish fry

Oh hai

“Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”

wut.

Bridgetown

I’m incredibly graceful

The locals

Back to the boat

Fish fry

Miguel in his natural habitat

Break time

Catching a wave

Moment of impact

Oh, Canada….

Hotel from the sea

Mt. Gay Rum Distillery tour

Tortuga

Clicky en la agua

O hai.

Great hat, Kidder!

Elegance

Ocean selfie: Failure

Another Canadian flag…

Back at work

Onboard

Ocean selfie: Success

La playa

Sunset

Stylin’ at BGI

Working

Want to see some more? Check out my coworker/friend Steve’s photos here. Want to be a part of this, and help make the web a better place for more than a billion people each month? We’re hiring.

11 thoughts on “Barbados”

John Conners April 26, 2014 — 3:55 pm

I’m getting a real case of beard envy – never been able to grow a proper one. Excellent beardmanship! Oh yeah, and a touch of job envy too! 😀

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Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 4:13 pm

Thanks, John. I can’t really help with the beard… but I’ll just leave this here.

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1. John Conners April 26, 2014 — 4:20 pm
  
  You do make an excellent point! 🙂
  
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Steve April 26, 2014 — 4:44 pm

Reblogged this on clickysteve and commented:

Some awesome pictures from my pal/colleague Ryan Cowles of the Barbados trip.

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Steve April 26, 2014 — 4:48 pm

Are these all from the GoPro? They look so cool. Tempted to get one

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Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 4:52 pm

Some are from the GoPro, and some from my S4. The video came out better than the pictures under water, but I have yet to upload those 🙂

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Lena April 26, 2014 — 4:52 pm

gosh, i miss this place .. great pics!

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Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 4:52 pm

Thank you! It was beautiful.

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Richard A. April 26, 2014 — 7:11 pm

We had a decent amount of fun, sun and rum (that *almost* rhymed!). It was a blast hanging out with you and the rest, Ryan. Hasta la próxima!

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Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 7:30 pm

I’m going to allow the rhyme. Thanks for putting everything together, Richard! Y sí, hasta la próxima!

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Dustin Hartzler April 27, 2014 — 11:01 am

Reblogged this on Dustin Hartzler and commented:
Had a great time last week with some of my Automattic coworkers!

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John Conners April 26, 2014 — 3:55 pm

I’m getting a real case of beard envy – never been able to grow a proper one. Excellent beardmanship! Oh yeah, and a touch of job envy too! 😀

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  Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 4:13 pm
  
  Thanks, John. I can’t really help with the beard… but I’ll just leave this here.
  
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  1. John Conners April 26, 2014 — 4:20 pm
    
    You do make an excellent point! 🙂
    
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Steve April 26, 2014 — 4:44 pm

Reblogged this on clickysteve and commented:

Some awesome pictures from my pal/colleague Ryan Cowles of the Barbados trip.

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Steve April 26, 2014 — 4:48 pm

Are these all from the GoPro? They look so cool. Tempted to get one

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  Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 4:52 pm
  
  Some are from the GoPro, and some from my S4. The video came out better than the pictures under water, but I have yet to upload those 🙂
  
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Lena April 26, 2014 — 4:52 pm

gosh, i miss this place .. great pics!

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  Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 4:52 pm
  
  Thank you! It was beautiful.
  
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Richard A. April 26, 2014 — 7:11 pm

We had a decent amount of fun, sun and rum (that *almost* rhymed!). It was a blast hanging out with you and the rest, Ryan. Hasta la próxima!

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  Ryan Cowles April 26, 2014 — 7:30 pm
  
  I’m going to allow the rhyme. Thanks for putting everything together, Richard! Y sí, hasta la próxima!
  
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Dustin Hartzler April 27, 2014 — 11:01 am

Reblogged this on Dustin Hartzler and commented:
Had a great time last week with some of my Automattic coworkers!

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