Hear ye Hear ye!!! the famous "Bucket List is back" so please come and join us in the fun and help us all fulfill our listBucket List
Today on the list were going to the Bahama Island yippee all of my life this is where I want to go!!!
The Bahamas 
i/bəˈhɑːməz/, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets (rocks). It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States(nearest to the state of Florida). Its land area is 13,939 km2 (5,382 sq mi), with an estimated population of 330,000. Its capital is Nassau. Geographically, The Bahamas lie in the same island chain as Cuba, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands; the designation of Bahamas refers normally to the Commonwealth and not the geographic chain.
i/bəˈhɑːməz/, officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets (rocks). It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States(nearest to the state of Florida). Its land area is 13,939 km2 (5,382 sq mi), with an estimated population of 330,000. Its capital is Nassau. Geographically, The Bahamas lie in the same island chain as Cuba, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos Islands; the designation of Bahamas refers normally to the Commonwealth and not the geographic chain.Originally inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Tainopeople, The Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492. Although the Spanish never colonized The Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans to slavery in Hispaniola. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 to 1648, when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera.
The Bahamas became a Crown Colony in 1718 when the British clamped down onpiracy. Following the American War of Independence, thousands of pro-British loyalists and enslaved Africans moved to The Bahamas and set up a plantation economy. The slave trade was abolished in the British Empire in 1807 and many Africans liberated from slave ships by the Royal Navy were settled in The Bahamas during the 19th century. Slavery itself was abolished in 1834 and the descendants of enslaved and liberated Africans form the bulk of The Bahamas's population today.
In terms of GDP, the Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas, (following Bermuda, The United States, Cayman Islands, Canada, and The British Virgin Islands) and one of the richest in the world whose population is predominantly of African origin
The pictures are not ours we are only borrowing for the sake of the blog
Yippee BOB is taking me to the Bahamas :) he kept telling me there was a BIG Surprise coming and the cat slipped out of the bag tonight ....
Hope you will join in on the fun and make sure to put the linky on your profile so that others
link up with us
Blessings
Rainbow & Tiger
honey baby, the pictures are beautiful, and enjoyed them very much. words can't express how i feel about you. some believe love should be expressed in private, but i feel feelings in open are vital. gina, that's how i feel about you, and i pray god
ReplyDeletecontinues to keep us strong...and i miss you dearly. i love you~!!
(((((((bob~n~gina)))))))always~and~4~ever
ily vvvvvm
p.s. u are the bestest (ily)
Im a bit behind once again. Trying to catch up from being sick and then still have such a full schedule. But Im going to try and do this anyways. I may just pick one a week.
ReplyDeleteThis is good for me. Puts me in a mind set of things I want to do.
When things slow down once again.
Blessings