HFT 2716 International Travel and Culture Professor Angel Gonzalez Caribbean Greater Antilles consist of Cuba Cayman Islands Jamaica Haiti Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico Windward Islands consist of Martinique St Lucia Barbados Grenada Trinidad and Tobago A lot Wind Leeward Islands consist of Virgin Islands Anguilla St Martin St Bart s Antigua No Wind The environment and its people A The land B The climate C The people and their history The Islands of the Caribbean Bermuda the worlds most northerly group of coral islands A The Towns 1 Hamilton is the capital Known for the nightlife 2 St George was the first capital More pubs and shops Bahamas a chain of 2400 keys and 700 coral islands A New Providence is the sight of Nassau 1 Nassau is the capital 2 Paradise Island is where the Atlantis Resort is located 3 Cable Beach Major development area 4 Festival named Goombay June August gained tourist attention B Grand Bahamas Island 60 miles from Florida Next best destination in the islands 1 Bimini is the fishing capital of the world 2 Eleuthera 3 Andros is the largest uninhabited island The Greater Antilles Cayman Islands consist of Grand Cayman Cayman Brac and Little Cayman Cayman Islands are known as the underwater capital of the Caribbean These are all considered coral islands 1 Georgetown is the capital known for Million dollar Month its seven mile long beach and its String Ray City Jamaica is largest island in Caribbean with English speaking people Most tourism occurs on North side of the country 1 Kingston 2 Port Antonio 3 Ocho Rios has Dunns River Falls 4 Montego Bay 5 Negril Dominican Repubic 1 Santo Domingo is the capital Haiti 1 Port Au Prince is the capital 2 This is the only country in the Caribbean that speaks French Creole 3 Together Haiti and Dominican Republic make Hispaniola Puerto Rico 1 San Juan is the capital 2 El Yunque the only tropical rainforest in the US 3 Ponce second largest city Rio Camay cave park worlds largest system of caves The Lesser Antilles A Leeward Islands were ruled by Denmark for 300 years It was sold to United States in 1917 1 US Virgin Islands St Thomas Most developed of the three islands St Croix St John 2 British Virgin Islands 1 Anguilla 2 St Martin St Maarten Martin is French France Maarten is Dutch Netherlands STUDY THE MAPS The Leeward Islands 1 St barthelemy St Barts Used to be property of Sweden for many years 2 Saba part of the Netherlands Antilles This is the capital and it is in the bottom of a volcano s crater 3 St Kitts and Nevis these are England s mother colonies from the West Indies 4 Antigua and Barbuda they are of English background largest island on the leeward Antigua is most developed and called sanctuary for sailing British Virgin Islands and Antigua are famous for sailing The Windward Islands 1 Martinique the most northern islands first to flagship French culture in the Caribbean In 1902 a volcano destroyed most of the island killing 30 000 This island marks the windward and leeward separation 2 St Lucia this island is of British decent These beaches made from black volcanic sand Grenada Barbados St Lucia have English decent 3 St Vincent and grenadines Kingston is the capital 4 Grenada is the spice island and the worlds leading producer of nutmeg and the rum plant 5 Barbados Bridgetown is the capital Known for its sugar George Washington visited the island when tourism began in the 18th century The CROP OVER FESTIVAL is held the last week of July Islands of the South American Coast 1 Aruba The capital is Oranjestad 2 Bonaire known for the diving come here to dive eat dive sleep and dive Known for its beautiful waters and a diving destination 3 Curacao major tourist destination 4 Willemstad is the capital and administrative center of the Netherlands Antilles known for Old World atmosphere Other destinations in the Caribbean and facts 1 Turks and Caicos is located in the southeast Bahamas 2 Providenciales is the most developed for tourism with a conch farm 3 Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean Capital is Havana Travel between US and Cuba has been restricted 4 Haiti In West Hispaniola In 1804 Haiti became the first independent nation in the region 5 St Eustatius is part of the Netherlands Antilles 6 Montserrat was destroyed by volcano in 1995 7 Guadalupe is two islands connected by bridge 8 Dominica Roseau is the capital This island accommodates the most cruise ships It was known as the Caribs that s where they got the word Caribbean 9 Trinidad and Tobago Tobago is the destination location Trinidad is known for the oil Port of spain is the capital Carnival occurs in February The three itineraries sections in the Caribbean are Western Eastern Southern Mexico The environment and its people The land Rio Bravo Baja California Gulf of California Gulf of Mexico Pacific Yucatan The Climate Dry in the north Tropical in the South Rain in May October Cool in mountain region People and their history Mayan 600 800 AD Coastal areas towards the Caribbean are humid Aztec Tenochtitlan Mexico City Hernan Cortez Under French Control Colonial Period Spanish Rule Independence The cities 1 Mexico City Worlds second largest city over 7000 feet in altitude 2 Guadalajara Home of TEQUILA and mariachis Colonial Cities that are gaining popularity San Miguel de Allende Queretaro Morelia Guanajuato 1 Puebla 4th largest city in Mexico Center of the Catholic Church for over 300 years 365 Churches A church a day The most important tourist attraction in this town is the architecture University of the Americas is located here as well as Volkswagen offices 3 Major volcanoes 2 Cuernavaca City of Eternal Spring Palace of Hernan Cortes 3 Taxco City of silver city Silver mining is extremely important to this city s economy Serves as popular tourist attraction In close proximity to Mexico City Other destination in Mexico and facts The Rivera Maya also known as the Mayan Riviera is the body of water located on the East of Mexico near Cancun and Cozumel Know the Yucatan peninsula and that it s located on the East of Mexico Merida is the capital Oaxaca was discovered by the Aztecs and was originally a valley Mexico City is the second largest city in the world that inhabits 25 million people The original city was surrounded by lakes and swamps and is now having geographic and population expansion issues The Mexican Riviera is From Mazatlan to Acapulco Mazatlan has a festival carnival that attracts people worldwide This is a staple in this city Cabo San
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