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Trinidad and Tobago
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Sugar cane was brought to Barbados in 1640, ‘to make some kind of drink that would be refreshing in a hot climate.’ The result was rum; it has been made and drunk n Barbados ever since and is the outstanding drink. Try all the concoctions; rum punch, planter’s punch, rum on the rocks and sangaree (with Madeira and Curacao). Try Bentley too, a fruit punch named after the bishop who invented it in an effort to stop his parishioners drinking rum. The attempt failed but Bentley is still worth drinking. Imported liquors are sold at low duty-free prices. There are no controls on drinking hours and hotel bars are open to all.
Carlisle Bay, Barbados, Caribbean
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Barbados offers a wide choice of good meals. International, continental cuisine of high standard available, outdoor barbecues provide hearty steaks for holiday appetites, but the great charm of Barbadian cooking is the exciting use of local foods – fish, meat, fruit and vegetables. The flying fish, emblem of the island, is eaten baked, steamed, fried or in a pie. Roast suckling pig, sea urchins, green turtle steak, coconut bread are other exotic specialities. Cou-cou (corn meal pudding), jug-jug (peas and ground meat – a traditional Christmas dish) are worth trying. Local fruit includes sweet potatoes, yems, breadfruit, okras, plantains, paw-paws, mangoes, bananas and coconut – their scent and flavor seem to float on the warm Caribbean breeze. Hotel restaurants are good, and many hotels have an arrangement for visitors to dne at other hotels at no extra cost.
Blue Water Beach Hotel, Boon Point, Antigua, Leeward Islands
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There are good hotels in the most attractive beauty spots and beaches and they are the centers of social life. Information can be obtained from the Antigua Tourist Boars, and from the Antigua Hotel Association. Considerable reductions made in hotel prices from mid-April to mid-December. There are a limited number of small guest houses and boarding houses where accommadiations cost little prices. The Tourist Board will give further information.
Palm Trees on Galley Beach in Leeward Islands, Antigua & Barbuda
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A holiday island with a beach for every day of the year, luxurious resort hotels and facilities for sailing, swimming and ll water sports – that is Antigua, once an important British naval base (Admiral Nelson was stationed there for a couple of years) and the key to the Caribbean. Today the forts and gun emplacements of the 18th century are in ruins and what was Nelson’s dockyard is now one of the Caribbean’s finest yachting harbors. And then 40 miles north there is the island of Barbuda, part of the state of Antigua, which again is a paradise for the vacationer. Antigua’s climate is dry and pleasant all year round; September and October the hottest months.
Bermuda – Sea Turtles
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St George is the most enchanting part of the Bermuda island. Its sleepy lanes are so narrow that even Bermuda’s little cars have difficulty entering them, and it is much more rewarding to explore quiet St. George on foot. It was founded in 1612 and its old world charm has been preserved. It was the capital until 1815, when the government moved to Hamilton. St Peter’s church, the oldest Anglican church site in the Western Hemisphere, houses a set of communion silver which was a gift from King William III. St George and St Catherine are old rambling forts guarding the ancient town.
From Hamilton to St. George is forty-five minutes by taxi. It is best to spend at least a day in St. George, but you can capsule its sights if you must. A popular schedule is to start at King’s Square on the waterfront, ramble through the lanes and visit points of interest in the morning, and then lunch at the St. George Hotel overlooking the beautiful Harbor. Visit the Confederate Museum, Carriage House or St George’s Historical Society Museum. At Hamilton, visit the lovely Botanical Gardens, Camden Museum and 17th century Verdmont House, which has been restored by the Historic Monument Trust. Other attractions of the island are Devil’s Hole, a tidal pond full of fish and turtles, the Leamington and Crystal Caves, and the Blue Grotto, for delightful entertainment by performing dolphins. You can cruise in a glass bottomed boat and see ancient shipwrecks and marine life. Or you may prefer to visit the smaller islands for a picnic on one of the many cruise boats. If you can manage it, take the St. David’s ferry that crosses St. George’s Harbor to St. David’s Island. It is a delightful trip and inexpensive. While you are on St. David’s visit the lighthouse, from which there is a wonderful view. The United States Air Force Base occupies most of what was St. David’s in addition to the “made land” pumped from the sea.
Bermuda by Clipper Vintage Air Travel Poster
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Blue Seas of Barbados
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Barbados is the most easterly of the West Indian islands of the Caribbean, so that its eastward coasts meets the rolling breakers of the Atlantic and the island is cooled by refreshing breezes, while the western shores meet the warm tropical waters of the Caribbean. Overhead the sun shines and shines – a permanent invitation to relax and enjoy the beautiful silverly beaches.
Recommended Restaurants: Josef’s, St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church; The Round House Inn, Bathsheba, St Joseph; The Restaurant at Southsea, St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church; Waterfront Cafe, The Carenage, Bridgetown.
Hotels in Barbados
Golden Sands Hotel Christchurch, Maxwell
Silver Sands Resort Barbados
Time Out At The Gap Christ Church, City
Blue Orchids Beach Hotel Christchurch, Worthing Beach
Allamanda Beach Hotel Christchurch, City Centre / Hastings Plaza
Blue Horizon Hotel Barbados, Rockley Beach
Amaryllis Hotel Christchurch, Palm Beach
Coconut Court Hotel Christchurch, Hastings Beach
The Savannah Barbados, Rockley Beach
Pirates Inn Christchurch, City Centre
Coral Mist Hotel Christchurch, Worthing Beach
Divi Southwinds Beach Resort Christ Church, City
Nassau And Bahama Islands, Magazine Advertisement, UK, 1950
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Nassau on New Providence Island is small enough for a few pleasant rambles but full of color. Rawson Square, almost on the waterfront, is the heart of the city. At Woodes Rogers Walk, to the west of the square, you can see Bahamians unloading catches of conch, crabs and other fish, which are on sale at the streetside stalls. Up on the hill there is Government House where the guard is changed in the English manner on alternate Saturdays at 10 am. the Bahamian Museum on the corner of East and Shirley Streets, gives an excellent picture of the Bahamian way of life and its crafts and there is Angelo’s Art Center on Harold Road. Do not miss reminders of the islands’ past – Forts Montagu, Charlotte and Fincastle, or the beautiful Adastra Gardens and Versailles Cloister.
Abaco is a group of smaller islands and cays, clustered round the major islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco, on the northern edge of the Bahamian archipelego. The mainland is dotted with lakes, great pine forests of cedar and cypress. Marsh Harbor is the main shopping area and Treasure Cay a large new tourist development. Hotels in Abaco: Bluff House Club (Green Turtle Cay), Elbow Cay Club (Hope Town), Fin & Tonic Inn (Elbow Cay), Green Turtle Club (Green Turtle Cay), Hopetown Harbor Lodge (Hope Town), Treasure Cay Inn & Villas (Treasure Cay).
Seashore I, 1887, Island of Martinique
Paul Gauguin
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The most important sight of the island is the lava drowned town of St Pierre, once the most cultured city in these seas, but only 70 years ago its 30,000 inhabitants were overwhelmed by the eruption of Mont Pelee. The ruins today are a poignant sight and the museum of pathetic and tortured remmants evokes a Caribbean Pompei. The drive and back (excursions are easily reserved) is a circuit touristique in itself, revealing the extensive savannahs, the slopes of the smoking volcano and the tropical rain forest of the interior.
To the south of the island are the good beaches, the dry savannah with its prehistoric pertrified wood and Diamant Roc, where British sailors from Nelson’s Fleet once created a minature Gibraltar. You may also want to visit the childhood home of the Empress Josephine, a ruin with a small museum in Trois Ilets, only a short distance from Fort de France. Her statue dominates La Savane. In the capital you should go to Centre des Arts, and to the museum with its Carib and Arawak artifacts. The library is an interesting building to the memory of Schoelcher, the man who freed the slaves and who, in doing so, probably freed the creative spirit of Martinique.
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