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Bimini Sunset Art Print

Aug 13th, 2011
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Bimini Sunset Art Print

Bimini Sunset Art Print
Susan Bryant
38 in. x 19 in.
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Bimini Island (Bahamas)

Bimini is the westernmost district of the Bahamas composed of a chain of islands located about 53 miles (81 km) due east of Miami, Florida. Bimini is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland United States and approximately 137 miles (209 km) west-northwest of Nassau. The combined population for the islands is estimated to be about 1600.

The largest islands are North Bimini and South Bimini. The District of Bimini also includes Cay Sal Bank, more than 62 miles (100 km) further south, which is geographically not a part of the Bimini Islands but a separate unit. North Bimini is about seven miles (11 km) long and 700 feet (210 m) wide. Its main settlement is Alice Town, a collection of shops, restaurants, and bars surrounding a single road known as “The King’s Highway”.

South Bimini houses an airstrip, South Bimini Airport, and offers a quiet alternative to the slow bustle of North Bimini. There is a small community of homes on South Bimini known as Port Royale. For many years, South Bimini tourists were limited to boaters because there were few accommodations other than private homes.

The ocean surrounding the islands is considered to be one of the world’s top big-game fishing spots. Because Bimini is close to Miami, Florida, many American anglers go to the island by boat to fish or to enjoy the local nightlife. Scuba diving and snorkeling are also popular activities, as there are many shipwrecks in the area, such as the wreck of the SS Sapona, which ran aground in 1926 during a hurricane. The top of the ship is exposed to the air while the bottom half is submerged. Parts of the wreck were stripped over the years and some of the wood was used in the construction of the Compleat Angler Hotel and bar on North Bimini.

Cuban Street Scene Art Print

Aug 13th, 2011
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Cuban Street Scene

Cuban Street Scene
Samuel Toranzo
31 in. x 24 in.
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Caribbean Photos: Sunset in the British Virgin Islands Poster

Aug 2nd, 2011
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Sunset in the British Virgin Islands Poster Print print
Sunset in the British Virgin Islands Poster Print by TrevorStar

The 16 inhabited islands in the group are favored by yactsmen, divers and nature lovers. One is Treasure Island, after which R. L. Stevenson named his famous novel and still believed by some to be the hiding place of buried treasure.

Climate is sub-tropical – very little varation in temperature throughout year. Best time to visit British Virgin Islands is December – April.

Fly to San Juan, St Croix or St Thomas, then by connecting flight to Beef Islands, Tortola Airport or to Virgin Gorda. Flying time from St Croix to Beef Island is 1/2 hour. Flying time from St Thomas is 1/4 hour to both Beef Island and Virgin Gorda.

Cayman Islands Beach Tropical Palm Trees Posters

Aug 2nd, 2011
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Palm Trees Posters print
Palm Trees Posters by made_in_atlantis
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Las Tortugas, the islands of the turtles, were first sighted by Columnus in 1503. And today turtle soup and turtle steaks are the specialty of the islands’ chefs. These charming little islands, with their lovely beaches, open bays and ragged coastlines are almost surrounded by a treacherous ring of coral reefs, the graveyard for over 300 ships. Lying all around the islands are the hulls of old sailing ships and not so old steamers. The notorious ‘Wreck of the Ten Sails’ was in 1796 – ten ships went down at Gun Bay on Grand Cayman. These sunken vessels are now an attraction for underwater divers. Tales of buried treasure and buccaneers form a romantic history to the Cayman Islands.

Climate in Cayman Islands is very mild throughout the year; average winter temperature 75; average summer temperature 80. Rain rare.

Kingston Jamaica Travel Posters – City Panorama Photo

Jun 21st, 2011
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Kingston, the capital, is a good base for trips into the Blue Mountains, Port Royal and Spanish Town. If you can get up early enough to be on Blue Mountain Peak at dawn, you will be rewarded by a most spectacular sunrise. Port Royal, once the ‘wickedest city in the world’, when Henry Morgan’s buccaneers caroused in its taverns and brothels, was duly punished when in 1692 an eartquake caused it to sink into the sea. You can get there by water taxi across the harbor and skin dive to see the ruins. Spanish Town is 13 miles west of Kingston, has a fine square and cathedral and its Folk Museum is worth a visit. To the northern of the capital are the Royal Botanical Gardens at Hope. In the town there is the Straw Market for handicrafts and, if you are interested in the history of the island, you can see relics of the Arawak people in the Jamaica Institute.

City at Sunset from Blue Mountains, Kingston, Jamaica

City at Sunset from Blue Mountains, Kingston, Jamaica
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Montego Bay on the north shore is one of the world’s great resorts. The phenomenon started at the Doctor’s Cave where the beach was thought to be fed by spring waters of therapeutc value. The Doctor’s Cave Beach Club is still social center.

Haiti Map Poster Print – Haiti Travel Posters

Jun 21st, 2011
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Haiti was once one of the most productive countries in the world but the soil became exhausted, too many trees were chopped down and the land was eroded. Now the Haitians are trying to get agriculture back on its feet, but apart from many poltical ups and downs, the economy contains extremes of rich and poor. Coffee is the main export, but the low rates paid to local labor means that light industry, geared to the American market, is growing; they make or assemble brassieres, baseballs and simple electronic equipment. The tourist industry is growing too.

Map of Haiti, Caribbean

Map of Haiti, Caribbean
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Spend Your Holidays In Jamaica Vintage Travel Art Print

Jun 10th, 2011
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The Arawak word for Jamaica is Xaymayca, and it means ‘land of woods and streams’. You could add mountains, long white beaches – and hotels. Streams pour down from the mountains, over 6,000 feet high, through forests so green it hurts the eyes, to the beaches. And the tourists pour into the hotels. Understandably, because Jamaica might have been made for holidays. You can bathe in emerald-blue, still clear waters; be rafted over the torrents and through the ferns; eat barbecues by torchlight and share your balcony breakfast with brilliant-colored tropical birds. And there are relics of the English – tea at four and polo on green lawns.

Holidays In Jamaica

Holidays In Jamaica
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Climate is warm and sunny all year round; little seasonal variation in temperature. Inland mountainous regions cooler and much wetter than the coast. Normally, wettest months are May and October.

Island of St Lucia Travel Posters – Sunset Through Palms Print

Jun 10th, 2011
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St Lucia, Sunset Through Palms on the Island of St Lucia, Caribbean

St Lucia, Sunset Through Palms on the Island of St Lucia, Caribbean
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The beauty of St Lucia’s scenery can be judged from the fact that Hollywood made it the setting for Dr Doolittle, the Rex Harrison masterpiece. It has picturesque harbor towns; white sandy beaches and clear blue sea; orchids, fruit trees and vast banana plantations and volcanic peaks. It is a real holiday island which on 1 December every year celebrates Discovery Day; according to legend St Lucia was discovered by shipwrecked French sailors in 1502 and after that was ruled seven times by the French and seven times by the English.

Martinique is the most exotic of the West Indian Islands

Mar 24th, 2011
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Tropical Landscape, Martinique, 1887

Tropical Landscape, Martinique, 1887
Gauguin, Paul
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Martinique is the most exotic of the West Indian Islands. Overshadowed by a volcano, the country ranges from lush rain forests to a desert of petrified wood. Her people are distinctly French and delightfully Creole. The women have become consorts to kings, emperors and shahs. The former capital, once the most cultured city in these seas until a volcanic eruption laid it to waste, is a new Pompeii. Tourism has come late and the old life makes few concessions to it. Martinique is not a ready-made holiday island, but you can eat as only the French know how, or shop as you would in Paris, for perfume, jewelry, lingerie and art. Then there is the music – the beguine, the mazurka and, on Ash Wednesday, the frenzy of the diablesses.

Climate is the warm the year around. Rainy season from July – November. The capital is rather hot at this time. Language is Frebch and Creole French. Flying time from New York is 4 hours and Antigua 1 hour. Fly direct to Fort-de-France, Lamentin Airport, from New York via Antigua. Lamentin Airport is about 7 miles from Fort-de-France.

In general, there is not the enormous variety of hotel accommodations here you expect to find on other West Indian Islands. It is not developed in the same way – which is a large part of its charm. But the serious traveler will find what he wants. Go first to the Tourist Bureau at the airport or on Boulevard Alfassa by the harbor. They have a complete list. For off-season discounts make arrangements with the hotel advance.

Vintage Jamaica Travel Poster – Delta Air Lines Advertisement

Mar 24th, 2011
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Jamaica

Jamaica
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Jamaica has accommodations at every level. Many hotels are expensive, but there are plenty of more moderate establishments. Good, inexpensive accommodations in many guest houses – small, but clean and friendly, they are ideal for travelers on a budget. Hotels rates in Jamaica are up to 50% less expensive in summer, but some hotels close then, or offer restricted facilities. Reserve accommodations as far ahead as possible. For help, ask the Tourist Board or Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association.

Hotels and many excellent restaurants provide standard international cuisine, but sample the Jamaican specialties with names like Jerk Pork, Run-Down, Stamp-and-Go and Pepperpot Soup. Salt fish and ackee is the national dish – a combination of cod and a uniquely flavored red fruit. There are all sorts of exotic fruits and vegetables – tamarinds, rose apples, soursops, ortaniques, jackfruit, callaloo, yampies, tannias, susumbers. Try Bombay mango in cocnut cream for dessert. FOr a snack, there is a guava cheese, a plaintain tart or the Jamacians’ own favorite, a patty (pastry filled with spicy ground meat).

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