I have generated this report, which is actually just a list of facts about each of the listed Caribbean islands, just something interesting for everyone.
Antigua has become a big tourist resort but do you actually know what the word “Antigua” means? Antigua literally means ancient in Spain, Christopher Columbus named this island so in testament to a cathedral in Santa Maria!
Could you tell what the national flower of Barbados 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 was pillaged many times by many countries, but served as an outpost of war for many years. The British and the French went to war over this island at least 14 times, earning it its name “Helen of the West Indies”.
How many people do you think live on Jamaica, just a rough guess, and I bet that you get it completely wrong. Trust me it is more than you would have thought, were you thinking around 600,000? Well you weren’t really that close, it’s more like 3 million!
Cuba isn’t exactly how the western countries have depicted it. This is interesting to note especially when you consider the strong regime that is being enforced in Cuba, to find out that it is the most culturally diverse countries in the Caribbean!
Grenada is a sovereign state, and has taken advantage of its natural beauty as much as possible to exploit tourism heavily. However Grenada has another name like Zanzibar, it is known as the Spice isle. This island produces much of the spice in the whole of the Caribbean, including items like Nutmeg from mace.
Finally we have Bermuda, well without stating the obvious superstitious stuff about this place, let’s find out something else. Bermuda may be referred to as the singular, but it is in fact made up of more than 130 smaller islands, the mainland is usually called Bermuda.
So what do you think, inspired to try Caribbean holidays, with new knowledge you could try St Lucia holidays or Cuba holidays!