adventure guide to st.vincent, grenada and the grenadines

[...]... scars across the landscape and stories that pass from one generation to the next S 18 n Introduction Snorkeling n 19 Entering Kingstown, you are swallowed up by an energy not found on the other Grenadines Human waves move up and down the streets like the ebbing and flowing of the tide The trick to Kingstown is getting into the current and riding the wave Stone archways and cobblestones mark the city’s... Dominica Heading north, they sailed on the leeward side of the islands; turning south they sailed to the windward side As early as 1500, they were known as Islas de Sotavento (leeward) and Islas de Barlovento (windward) St Vincent & the Grenadines and Grenada belong to the Windward Islands, along with Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia With the exception of the Grenadines, the larger islands are all lush... on the planet Choose to island hop or take root on one isolated beach; the adventures are as varied as the islands and the travelers themselves While each island has its own distinctive personality, they all share common threads Their histories directly affect what they are today For an overview, read the introduction to each island and the pieces on island life – flora, fauna, sea life Also, read the. .. islands in the night with the stroke of a canoe paddle When incidents occurred on Guadeloupe and Trinidad, the consequences were felt on Grenada and St Vincent Development n 3 St Vincent & the Grenadines and Grenada form the last hundred miles of the Windwards They were the final stronghold of the Carib Nation and, thus, the last to be settled by Europeans and assimilated into the plantation system Today,... islands to the north Size has been downscaled, allowing them to be more secluded for high-profile or high-stress clients After emancipation and until the 1960s, these islands remained a backwater in global events While the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands and Jamaica were under heavy development, only sailors and a handful of eccentric entrepreneurs ventured into St Vincent & the Grenadines and Grenada These... Antilles included those islands southeast of Puerto Rico and arching 700 miles down to Trinidad Together, the Greater and Lesser Antilles make an impressive land mass of 91,000 square miles T For colonial administrative purposes, the Lesser Antilles were further divided into the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands The most probable derivation of these names dates from the earliest Spanish explorers... discovered the western gateway to Asia On his second voyage he named the islands Antillia, for the possibility that these could indeed be the lost islands of Atlantis Mapmakers took the liberty of changing the spelling to Antilles History n Early Peoples The earliest known inhabitants of the Caribbean Basin were the Ciboney Indians, who arrived around 5000 BC They lived in caves and ate fish and shellfish They... from the Caribbean Sea All of the n Water Adventures 13 15 islands lie south of the Tropic of n Land Adventures Cancer, and offer a consistently warm climate throughout the year The farther south you go, the less change there is in daily temperature from one season to the next H The name, Caribbean, derives of course from the Carib people It was Columbus who labeled the area Las Yndias Ocidentales, the. .. Carib-infested lands The British began settlement in St Kitts in 1624, with the French hard on their heels With these two nationalities and the Caribs trying to share one island, conflict was bound to arise People eyed other islands, and so started the age of colonial expansion in the Caribbean Islands with a more vertical landscape – Dominica, St Vincent and Grenada – had a stronger Carib element French and British... crook in the wrist A better signature is the forked or scissor tail He’s continually soaring as he rides the thermals, gazing down on the water for fish Frigate birds do not land on the water, nor do they dive in They rely on their speed and agility in snatching fish from the surface with their long, sharp bills They also resort to piracy, stealing the booty of other seabirds Another common bird is the . the final stronghold of the Carib Nation and, thus, the last to be settled by Europeans and assimilated into the plantation system. Today, they are the last stretch of the Ca - ribbean to be absorbed. Trinidad, the consequences were felt on Grenada and St. Vincent. 2 n History n Development St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Grenada form the last hundred miles of the Windwards. They were the final. 67 Restaurant Directory 67 Kingstown 68 South Coast 70 Leeward Coast 74 Windward Coast 75 Where to Stay 76 Accommodations Directory 76 Kingstown 78 South Coast 80 Windward Coast 86 Leeward Coast