4976 x 3317 px | 42,1 x 28,1 cm | 16,6 x 11,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
25 aprile 2013
Ubicazione:
Palm Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Altre informazioni:
This Caribbean island, shaped rather like a whale, was renamed in the mid 1960’s. It was originally called Prune Island and had been a swampy uninhabited anchorage for yachters. The devastation of a once beautiful island can be traced back to the seventeenth century. A French entrepreneur realised that he could make a fortune by providing lime for cement. He blew up the coral reefs and felled the indigenous forest to fuel the kilns. The Texan John Caldwell, known locally as ‘Johnny Coconuts’, took out a 99-year lease from the government and began to fill in the swamps and plant palm trees. This small resort is a ten-minute boat ride from nearby Union Island, a southern island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Palm island covers an area of about 130 acres and is now a secluded resort and remains a popular overnight stop over for yachts cruising these islands. The main beach, Casuarina Beach, has a rose hue, the sand being made up of from small bits of white shells and pink coral. These Caribbean islands belong to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and apart from the small airports on Union Island, Canouan, Mustique and Bequia, can only be reached by boat. Mayreau has only one village which has no name. Visitors often call in here on a visit to the Tobago Cays Marine Nature Reserve.
