Monthly Archives: November 2019

Guadeloupe, known as Gwadloup in the local creole, and sometimes known as the Butterfly Island (French: l’île Papillon) on account of the shape of two of its major islands, is a group of islands in the eastern Caribbean, and is a French overseas department, southeast of Puerto Rico. … Continue reading →

Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean. With 2.8 million people, Jamaica is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. It remains a Commonwealth realm and is a completely independent and … Continue reading →

Sint Eustatius, locally known as Statia, is a small Dutch island in the Caribbean. Statia is a very small island, and it’s very laid back and quiet. Do not come to Statia expecting nightlife, shopping, etc, or you will be … Continue reading →

LATAKIA (384,000 in 2004, now 1.5million with all the immigration from the rest of Syria) Latakia is the principal port city of Syria. Its population greatly increased as a result of the ongoing Syrian Civil War due to the influx of refugees from rebel and … Continue reading →

Saba, known as “the Unspoiled Queen” due to the protection of its unique ecosystem, is a 13-km² (5 sq mi) volcanic island in the Leeward Islands. Since it is not a reef island, it does not have the sandy beaches … Continue reading →

Curaçao is an island in the Caribbean, among the group known as the ABC Islands alongside Aruba and Bonaire. This trio is located near Venezuela, and is considered to be outside the Caribbean’s so-called “hurricane zone”; vacations to the island … Continue reading →

Bonaire is a Caribbean island just north of Venezuela, politically part of the Netherlands. Along with its neighboring Dutch islands of Aruba and Curaçao, it forms the ABC Islands, though it is much quieter. It is a mostly flat, riverless … Continue reading →

Aruba is a tropical Caribbean island, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Located off the coast of Venezuela, this flat, river-less island is renowned for its white sand beaches. Aruba is divided into the northeast and southwest … Continue reading →

Barbados is in the Caribbean region, but out in the Atlantic 100 miles east of Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia, part of the arc of partly-submerged mountains in the Lesser Antilles that separate Atlantic and Caribbean. By contrast Barbados has … Continue reading →

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation north of Trinidad and Tobago. Bananas and other agricultural products remain the staple of this lower-middle income country’s economy. Although tourism and other services have been growing moderately, the government has … Continue reading →