Barbuda after Irma

The unprecedented hurricane Irma has destroyed our beautiful island community. This information here on barbudaful is no longer relevant as all guest houses, bars, shops, homes and businesses have been torn apart by a hurricane so enormous that the world has never witnessed anything like it before. It has almost destroyed an entire area of the world – the Caribbean, so we are not alone in this. All our recent updates have and will be on facebook and we can only try to recover from the trauma of it slowly, and then rebuild.

We are so comforted by the immediate support we have received from Antiguans and Barbudans who risked dangerous conditions to evacuate everyone from Barbuda, before we face the next one – Jose. There is nothing left to destroy but we have left unsecured homes, pets and our remaining possessions to find temporary shelter in Antigua. The support we have received from our Barbuda friends and family around the world has been bigger than any hurricane. People who have visited Barbuda once, long term guests to our hotels, individuals, organisations and many many others have demonstrated their love and respect for us by donating to the various funds to assist us in our immediate crisis and in our long term rebuild. We want to say thankyou to all of you; thankyou soooo much, and we will be back.