The Islands National Museum aims to maintain, research and divulge the cultural heritage of the Cayman Islands. The museum was opened in 1990 in George Town’s former court house from the 19th century. A large proportion of the exhibits on display today were collected by hobby collector Ira Thompson in the 30s – in 1979 [...]
The landscape on Aruba is bare and desert-like. In fact, the island is anything but a paradise. That is, if it were not for the beaches, which stretch for miles along the coats, promising idyllic days by the turquoise ocean. That is the trump card for the island’s tourist industry, which has made a name [...]
The Five Blues Lake National Park is near the capital of Belmopan. It is ensconced in the wonderful, wooded foothills of the Maya Mountains, and hides a variety of unexplored cave systems plus fascinating fauna and flora.
The heart of the around 4,250-acre park opened in 1991 is, however, the Five Blues Lake. Here, five [...]
15 miles southeast of Belmopan, Blue Hole National Park has been open since 1972 and owes its name to the main attraction – the Blue Hole. This is a collapsed karst cave in which water collects on its way to the Sibun River.
This sinkhole is over 100 feet deep and 330 feet in diameter. The [...]
