Iziqhingi ezingu-7 zaseCaribbean awukaze uzizwe

01 ngo-08

I-Quiet Caribbean Lives On Iziqhingi Ezibucayi

Kuneziqhingi ezingaphezu kwezingu-7,000 zaseCaribbean: amanye amagama angamakhaya afana neJamica , ePuerto Rico , nase- Aruba , kuyilapho ezinye zingaphezu kwamadwala avela olwandle.

Phakathi nanobe kunjalo, kuneziqhingi ezinkulu futhi ezithakazelisayo okungezivakashi ezimbalwa ezake zizwa ngazo, zihambele kancane. Nazi ezimbalwa zeziqhingi zethu ezithandayo ezithuthukile zaseCaribbean:

02 ngo-08

ITurneffe Atoll, eBelize

Uvame ukuzwa i-atoll yegama-okusho isiqhingi se-coral esihlotshiswe ngendandatho, umkhombe, noma i-chain of iziqhingi - ezihlobene ne-South Pacific, kodwa i-Caribbean inomonakalo wayo owodwa ogwini lwaseBelize . I-Turneffe Atoll ingamamitha angaba ngu-30 ubude futhi ubude bamamayela angu-10, ehlezi eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye- Ambergris Caye neCaye Caulker eyaziwa kangcono. Iziqhingi ezingaba ngu-150 zama-mangrove zihlelwe ezungeze igoli eliphakathi; abagibeli bajwayele uMauger Caye ngenxa yokukhanya kwayo, kanti iTurneffe Island Resort ne-Blackbird Caye Resort zihlala ezinqabeni ezimbalwa ze-atoll. Emakhilomitha angaba ngu-20 kuphela ukusuka ogwini lwaseBelize, i-atoll mhlawumbe iyaziwa kakhulu kubantu abahlukahlukene.

03 ngo-08

Isle of Youth (Isla de la Juventud), eCuba

Eyaziwa ngokomlando ngokuthi i-Isle of Pines, i - Isle of Youth yaseCuba ingaba isiqhingi esikhulu kunazo zonke esiqhingini saseCaribbean, ngokubonga ngokuyingxenye emingceleni (kodwa ekugcineni ishintshe) ekuhambeni kweCuba. Isiqhingi sesibili ngobukhulu eCuba nesiqhingi sesikhombisa ngobukhulu eN West Indies, i-Isle of Youth ihamba ngamamayela angu-850 eningizimu yeGulf of Batabano eCuba futhi ihlala nabantu abangaba ngu-100 000.

"Kutholakale" nguChristopher Columbus, lesi siqhingi sinobudlelwano obude nobuqhawe futhi kucatshangwa ukuthi siyisiqhingi se-Treasure esivela kuRobert Louis Stevenson classic of the same name. UFidel Castro wayekade eboshwe e-Presidio Modelo enhle kakhulu yesiqhingi, futhi ngaphambi kweCuban Revolution kwakuyindawo yokuvakashela abantu baseMelika, ephelele ngehhotela laseHilton. Namuhla, umnotho wezokuvakasha kuleli siqhingi uyisithunzi somuntu wasendulo, kodwa iBibijagua Beach isamnandi, isiqhingi sinomlando womlando, futhi kunezindawo eziningi zokudibela.

04 ngo-08

I-Isla de Providencia, e-Colombia

Ehlezi phakathi kweCosta Rica neJamicaica , i-Isla de Providencia iphakama ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-1 ukusuka eLwandle LwaseCaribbean futhi yayiyikholomu yasePuritan kanye ne-hidey pirate uHenry Morgan. Isiqhingi saseColombia esinezikhulumi eziningi zesiNgisi ezinezintambo ezicacile zaseCaribbean (amaRastafari amaningi amaningi ahlala lapha), lesi siqhingi sinepaki enkulu kazwelonke (i-Old Providence McBean Lagoon), iyisikhungo se-UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, futhi kubhekwa njengomzala osondelene ukuya e-Isla de San Andres, eyisiqhingi saseCaribbean eduze kwaseColombia.

Isiqhingi asinqalasizinda engakabonakali yokuvakasha, kodwa uzothola ama-villas amancane, izindawo zokudlela, imigoqo, kanye namabhishi angasese, ukudilika okukhulu, kanye nesiko lesi siqhingi saseCaribbean esisekelwe emuva.

05 ka-08

Isla la Roques, Venezuela

Ukudoba yiyona ndawo ekhangayo i - Los Roques archipelago yaseVenezuela, ihlathi elincane kakhulu (kanye nepaki kazwelonke) elisenyakatho yezwe elisemaphandleni yabiza ipaki kazwelonke ngo-1972. Kuyindawo evulekile yaseVenezuela, indawo yokudlala yaseMargarita Island .

Abahamba ngezinyawo ezimbalwa abaza lapha bahamba baye e-El Gran Roque, isiqhingi esilawulwa kuphela, ngaphambi kokudlulisela emaphoyiseni amancane noma ezindaweni zokudoba ukuze baye ku-bonefish, i-barracuda, i-tarpon, nezinye izinhlanzi ezinkulu zemidlalo. Yiziphi izinto zokuphila ebusuku ezitholakala ku-Gran Roque, kodwa cishe uzochitha izinsuku zakho zokudoba, ubeka ogwini, ukuhamba ngemikhumbi, nokuhamba ngomkhumbi, nobusuku bakho bedla i-lobster yendawo yangakini ngaphambi kokungena ukuze uphumule ngosuku olulandelayo izintandokazi.

06 ka-08

Isla la Tortuga, Venezuela

Lesi siqhingi esingamakhilomitha angu-60 ubuye saziwa ngaso sonke isikhathi ngenxa yezinhlanzi ezinkulu zasolwandle kodwa asizange sakhiwe unomphela. Ngaphandle kokuba ungumdobi, kungenzeka ukuthi uvakashele i-La Tortuga ngosuku oluhamba ngeCaracas noma e- Margarita Island oluzokuletha kwelinye lamabhishi angaphumelelanga noma ama-dive spots; umdobi wendawo uzokuthengisa ama-lobster amasha ukuze ukwazi ukupheka ukudla kwasemini.

07 ngo-08

I-Mayaguana, i-Bahamas

I- Out Islands ye- Bahamas iyindawo enhle kakhulu yokudoba, ukudoba kanye nokuhamba ngesikebhe, futhi eziningi zalezi ziqhingi zindawo ezihambela izindawo zokuvakasha - i-Exumas, Abacos, Bimini, Eleuthera, neCat Island, ukubiza ezimbalwa.

I-Mayaguana, i-easterly yeziqhingini zaseBahamas, ingomunye walabo abavakashelwa kakhulu futhi ababazi kangako. Njengoba kunabantu abangaba ngu-300 noma abantu abaningi, isiqhingi esingamakhilomitha-skwele angu-110 sivakashelwa yizihambi ezifuna izindawo zokudonsa ezindala (kufaka phakathi amaphekula aseNorthwest Point), ukudoba amathambo namabhishi. Izinhlobo ze-iguana eziqhingi zesiqhingi zinika uMayaguana igama layo lesi-Arawak.

08 ngo-08

I-Navassa Island, US

Ukukholelwa noma cha, izivakashi ezingavamile kule siqhingi ezimbili-square-miles ukusuka ogwini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeHaiti zimi emhlabathini wase-US: I-Navassa Island insimu yase-United States futhi ibizwe ngokuthi i-National Wildlife Refuge, nakuba iHaiti iphinde ithi lesi siqhingi saso. Ukuhlala phakathi kweHaiti neJamaica, lesi siqhingi sinendawo yokukhanya emlandweni kanye nezinyoni eziningi zasolwandle, kodwa akukho izakhamuzi zomuntu ezihlala njalo (ama-guano mines once asebenza lapha, kanti izinsalela ezincane zeLulu Town ezidumile zihlala eduze neLulu Bay).

I-National Wildlife Resfuge ivikela isiqhingi, isibalo sabantu abahamba ngezinyawo ezinobomvu nezilonda, nezindawo zasolwandle ezizungeze amanzi, kodwa ivaliwe emphakathini.