Posts Tagged ‘diving’

  • A typical Belizean holiday at Hopkins A typical Belizean holiday at Hopkins
    Hopkins is a small village on the eastern coast of the nation of Belize. Part of the Stann Creek district, this town is home to the Garinagu group and the total population is around 1,300 residents. Hopkins is broken into two major regions, the Northside, which consists of Baila and the Southside which is made of False Sittee.  The town is set amidst the Cockscomb Range inland along with the ever so popular Maya Mountains and the Caribbean ocean. The economics of the town is pre-dominantly fishing and agriculture. However, there seems to be new bread earner for the locals in the form of the booming tourism industry. Hopkins is rich in long white-sand beaches and diving activities are also very popular here. The town is very small and just around  [...]
    February 11th, 2010
  • A quite holiday at Exuma A quite holiday at Exuma
    Exuma is a district in the marvelous Bahamas. This district is made of 360 small islands and the largest of the lot is the Great Exuma at 37 miles, which is joined via a bridge with Little Exuma.  The capital of the district is George Town.  For the record, the noted Islands magazine had voted Great Exuma as one of the top 5 islands to live on. Like the rest of the Bahamas, the Exuma islands are all about tourism. The islands are known for sailing, cave exploring, diving, and yachting. Another feature of the islands is the unnamed beaches and offshore reefs and coves are protected in the Exuma National Land and Sea Park. Some of the populous islands include Fowl Cay, Iguana Cay and Stanley Cay.  Stanley Cay is quite popular as it houses the  [...]
    February 9th, 2010