Showing posts with label carribean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label carribean. Show all posts

April 11, 2011

Orient Beach St. Martin



Orient Beach is St. Martin's flagship beach and is often refered to as the "French Riviera of the Caribbean". Saint Martin is an island split between French Guadeloupe and the Dutch territory ofSint Maarten. The northern, French side of the island is known as Saint-Martin, and is 21 square miles. The southern, "Dutch side" of the island is known as Sint Maarten, and is 16 square miles. Although this island is controlled by two different countries, there is no real border. There are only monuments and signs that delineate the border. Dutch and French are the official languages on their respective sides of the island.

March 11, 2011

Vieques Island


Vieques, in full Isla de Vieques, is an island-municipality of Puerto Rico in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques lies about 8 miles (13 km) to the east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures approximately 21 miles (34 km) long by 4 miles (6 km) wide.