Iziqithi ezingama-7 zaseCaribbean Awuzange Ulive

01 ngo 08

I-Quiet Caribbean Lives On Iziqithi eziqhekezayo

Kukho amaqithi angama-7,000 eCaribbean: amanye amagama angamakhaya afana neJamaica , ePuerto Rico , naseAruba , ngelixa abanye bebancinane ngaphezu kwamatye aphuma ngaphandle kolwandle.

Phakathi, nangona kunjalo, kukho inani elimangalisayo leziqithi ezinkulu kunye nezityebileyo abahambayo abahambahambayo, abavakalisi kakhulu. Nazi ezinye ezimbalwa zeziqithi zethu ezizithandayo zokuhlala ezihlala eCaribbean:

02 ngo 08

I-Turneffe Atoll, eBelize

Ngokuqhelekileyo uva ilizwi le-atoll-elithetha isiqithi sase-coral esiyi-ring, umkhombe, okanye ikhonkco yezilwanyana ezinxulumene neSouth Pacific, kodwa i-Caribbean inokwakhe iinqwelo ezikulo lonxweme lwaseBelize . I-Atnetic Atoll ingamalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-30 ubude kunye neekhilomitha ezili-10 ububanzi, ehleli ngasempuma-mpuma ye- Ambergris Caye neCaye Caulker eyaziwayo. Iziqithi ezingaba ngu-150 ziqulunqwe ngeenxa zonke; Abanqwelisi baqhelana noMauger Caye ngenxa yendawo yokukhanya, ngelixa i-Turneffe Island Resort kunye ne-Blackbird Caye Resort zihlala ziqithi ezimbalwa zesiqithi. Iimitha ezili-20 ukusuka kuLwandle lwaseBelize, i-atoll mhlawumbi iyaziwa ngokubanzi kubantu abahlukahlukeneyo.

03 we-08

ISle of Youth (Isla de la Juventud), eCuba

Imbali eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Isle of Pines, i- Cuba ye- Isle yoLutsha ingaba isiqithi esincinane kunazo zonke e-Caribbean, siyabonga ngokuyinxalenye kwimimiselo emide (kodwa ekugqibeleni ishintsho) kwihambo laseCuba. Isiqithi sesibini-esikhulu kunazo zonke eCuba nesiqithi sesisixhenxe kunazo zonke e-West Indies, i-Isle of Youth ihlala kumayela angama-850 eekhilomitha ezantsi kweGuba yeBatano kwaye ihlala nabantu abayi-100,000.

"Ufunyenwe" nguChristopher Columbus, isiqithi sinobudlelwane obude kunye nobuqhetseba kwaye kucatshangwa ukuba yiSiqhamo se-Treasure esichazwe kwiSiqendu sikaRobert Louis Stevenson. UFidel Castro wayekhe wabanjwa entolongweni ye-Presidio Modelo kwisiqithi, kwaye ngaphambi kweNguqulelo yaseCuban kwakukho indawo yokutyelela abantu baseMelika, epheleleyo ngehotele yaseHilton. Namhlanje, uqoqosho lwezokhenketho luyisithunzi somntu wasendulo, kodwa iBbibiagua Beach isaphilile, isiqithi sinomxholo wembali, kwaye kukho ezinye iindawo zokuthunga ezinkulu.

04 we-08

Isla de Providencia, eColombia

Ukuhlala phakathi kweCosta Rica kunye neJamaica , i-Isla de Providencia iphakama ngaphezu kweenyawo ezili-1 ukusuka eLwandle lwaseCaribbean kwaye yayisakuba yiKoloni yasePuritan kunye ne-hidey ye-pirate uHenry Morgan. I- colpost yangaphandle yeColombia eneentetho zesiCribean ezixhomekeke ngokuqinisekileyo (amaninzi amaRastafari ahlala apha), isiqithi sinendawo enkulu yesizwe (i-Old Providence McBean Lagoon), iyindawo ekhuselekileyo ye-UNESCO i-Seaflower Biosphere Reserve. ukuqhubela phambili iSla de San Andres, esinye isiqithi saseCaribbean eColombia.

Isiqithi asinasiseko sotyelelo olusesikweni, kodwa uya kufumana iindawo ezincinci zendawo yokuhlala, iindawo zokutya, imivalo, kunye neelwandle ezifihliweyo, ukudilika okukhulu, kunye neenkcubeko eziqhelekileyo zaseCaribbean.

05 ka 08

Isla la Roques, Venezuela

Ukuloba yiyona nto inqabileyo ye- Venezuela yaseLos Roques, i-park (kunye nepaki kazwelonke) malunga neekhilomitha ezili-80 kumntla welizwe livakalise ipaki kazwelonke ngo-1972.

Abahambahambayo abambalwa abaza apha beza ku-El Gran Roque, isiqithi esisodwa kuphela, ngaphambi kokuba bathuthele kuma-posadas amancinci okanye kwiindawo zokuloba zokudoba ukuya kwi-bonefish, i-barracuda, i-tarpon kunye nezinye iintlanzi ezinkulu. Ubomi bobubusuku obunokufumaneka bunokufumaneka kwiGran Roque, kodwa uya kuchitha ixesha lakho lokuloba, ulala elwandle, uhamba ngokuhamba, uhamba ngomkhumbi, kunye nobusuku bakho udla kwi-lobster yendawo yangaphambili ngaphambi kokungena ukuze uphumule ngosuku olulandelayo. kwiintlanga.

06 we-08

Isla la Tortuga, Venezuela

Esi siqithi-sikhilomitha esingama-60 sisoloko siyaziwa ngabantu balo abaninzi basolwandle kodwa abazange bahlale ngokusisigxina. Ngaphandle kokuba ungumdobi, unako ukutyelela iLa Tortuga ngosuku lokuhamba ngeCaracas okanye kwisiqithi saseMargarita esiza kukuzisa kwelinye lamabhantshi angaphiliweyo okanye iindawo zokuhlalisa; Umlobi wendawo uza kukuthengisa ii-lobsters ezitsha ukuba unokupheka ngokuhlwa.

07 ka 08

I-Mayaguana, iBahamas

Iziqithi ze- Out of the Bahamas zindawo ekulobayo, ukudilika kunye nokuhamba ngeenqanawa, kwaye ezininzi zalezi ziqithi ziindawo ezithandwayo zokuvakasha-i-Exumas, Abacos, i-Bimini, i-Eleuthera, neCat Island, ukubiza ngambalwa.

I-Mayaguana, ininzi kakhulu e-easterly yeziqithi zaseBahamas, yenye yezona zizitye-ncinane kwaye ziyaziwa kakhulu. Ngabantu abanabantu abangama-300 okanye abantu, isiqithi esingama-110-square-miles sivakatyelwa ngabasemzini abafuna indawo yokupaka iindawo eziphambili (kubandakanywa nemihlaba yolwandle yeNtshonawest Point), ukuloba amathambo kunye namabhenke. Iintlobo zendalo zesiqithi ze-iguana zinika iMayaguana igama layo lesi-Arawak.

08 ka 08

I-Navassa Island, US

Ukholelwe okanye cha, iindwendwe ezingavamile kule siqithi ezizii-square-mile ezikulo lonxweme olusentshona-ntshona yeHaiti zimi emhlabathini wase-US: i-Navassa Island yintsimi yase-United States kwaye ivakaliswe yiNational Wildlife Resfuge, nangona iHaiti iphinda ithi kwisiqithi njengaso. Ukuhlala phakathi kweHaiti neJamaica, isiqithi sinendawo yokukhanya kwimbali kunye neentsholongwane ezininzi zolwandle, kodwa akukho nabemi basekuhlaleni abanomdla (izimbiwa ze-guano eziye zaqhutyelwa apha, kwaye iindawo eziseleyo zeLulu Town zihlala kufuphi kufuphi neLulu Bay).

I-National Wildlife Refuge ikhusela isiqithi, isibalo sabantu abanobubomvu obuhamba ngamagqabi obomvu kunye neelzards, kunye nemifula yamanxweme ecaleni, kodwa ivalwe kuluntu.