Tag: Travel leisure
Did you know this about one of these Caribbean islands?
by admin on Feb.04, 2010, under Uncategorized
If you are looking for a holiday, this may just help to provide some useful (useless) information to help you decide, or at least you will have something to impress your mates with.
Antigua has become a big tourist resort but do you actually know what the word “Antigua” means? Antigua is a Spanish word and means Ancient, it received its name thanks to Columbus, who named it after a church in Santa Maria!
Barbados has a very rare national flower, but do you know what it is? This flower was thought to only grow on Barbados, and it is called the “Pride of Barbados” it is a form of Hibiscus flower.
St Lucia wasn’t always the luxury holiday location it is today, it was an island of war. This was an island of war with the French and the British fighting over it for many occasions earning its name “Helen”.
How many people do you think live on Jamaica, just a rough guess, and I bet that you get it completely wrong. Odds are that you are completely wrong, after all it is hard to guess anyway, but it more than 500,000 lets put it that way? Well, if you got this i would be surprised, it’s more like 3 million!
Cuba isn’t exactly how the western countries have depicted it. Bearing in mind the regime and all the restrictions set on this island, it is by far the most culturally diverse of all the Caribbean islands!
Tourists have been intoxicated by the beauty of this island, and it has become a very popular holiday destination. One thing you probably don’t know is that Grenada has an attribute much like that of Zanzibar, it is a Spice Isle. This island produces much of the spice in the whole of the Caribbean, including items like Nutmeg from mace.
Bermuda may be the place where planes and boats are rumored to go missing, but lets not talk about this. Everyone assumes that Bermuda is one island when in actual fact they couldn’t be more wrong, this “area” actually consists of 138 small islands and 1 main land.
So what do you think, inspired to try Caribbean holidays, with new knowledge you could try St Lucia holidays or Cuba holidays!
