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Caribbean islands
Caribbean islandsThe '''Caribbean islands''' or '''West Indies''' have long been known as a vacation destination for honeymooners and retirees, but a small movement towards eco-tourism and backpacking has started to open the Caribbean up to '''independent travel'''. With year-round good weather (with the minor exception of '''hurricane season''' in the late summer and early fall), promotional air fare from Europe and North America, and hundreds of islands to explore, the Caribbean offers something for everyone.
==Understand==
The Caribbean islands were first inhabited by the Arawak Indians, then were invaded by a more warlike race, the Caribs. Unfortunately, the Caribs could not appreciate their victory for long, for the Spanish, French, British, and Dutch colonized their lands. The islands have had many historic battles and lots of pirate stories.
==Greater Antilles==
*Puerto Rico
*Cuba
*Hispaniola -- shared by The Dominican Republic and Haiti
*Jamaica
*Navassa Island -- Uninhabited wildlife refuge.
==Lesser Antilles==
*Saint Kitts and Nevis
*Saint Lucia
*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*Trinidad and Tobago
*Antigua and Barbuda
*Barbados -- the "little England" of the Caribbean
*Grenada
*Dominica
*Anguilla
*Aruba
*British Virgin Islands
*Cayman Islands
*Guadeloupe
*Martinique
*Montserrat
*Netherlands Antilles
*Saint Martin
*St Barthelemy
*Turks and Caicos Islands
*Virgin Islands
==Bahamas==
*The Bahamas
Parts of Central America, Mexico, and United States of America | the United States also border on the Caribbean Sea.
==See==
==Do==
==Sleep==
* '''Hostel Happy''' offers a Hostels#Sailboat hostels|sailboat hostel (quite possibly the only one of its kind) for hosteling and chartering all over the greater Caribbean. The boat will be in Clarkes Court Bay, Grenada, from December 2004 through February 2005. http://www.hostelhappy.net
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