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.
Have you ever heard the word “Antigua”, well if you are Spanish you might have, but do you know what it means? Antigua literally means ancient in Spain, Christopher Columbus named this island so in testament to a cathedral in Santa Maria!
Barbados has a very rare national flower, but do you know what it is? This Hibiscus flower is very rare and it has been named the “Pride of Barbados” a very pretty yellow 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”.
What would be your guess if i asked you to estimate how many people lived on the small island of Jamaica, i bet you get it wrong. There are many more people living here than you think i bet? I doubt that you were very close, the number you are trying to find is somewhere in the region of 3 million!
Cuba, the state stuck in the 60’s, well I want to shed something more interesting on this place for you. Cuba is the country that can quite easily hold up its hands and say that it is the most culturally diverse in the Caribbean, which is interesting especially when you think about the strong regime in control!
Grenada has a lot of natural beauty, much like the island of St Lucia, and it has tried to use this to it’s advantage to exploit tourism. However Grenada has another name like Zanzibar, it is known as the Spice isle. It is a leading producer of many different spices, like; Cinnamon, cloves, ginger and Nutmeg.
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!