The Bahamas

when someone intentionally leaves their home, state, or country it is typically for a good reason. An example of this might be a sports fan going to a Dodgers game to experience the thrill and joy of the game with fans alike, a nice vacation to the Bahamas with the added luxury of a first-class flight, and the possible enjoyment with being together with family which lives far-far-away only to be visited ever so rarely on special occasions. These all sound like brillant things to do because…

My mother was born in Bahamas while my father was born in Haiti. My grandmother on my mother’s side is Haitian while my grandfather on my father’s side is Dominican. Our primary language is Creole however, my father can speak a bit of Spanish and Jamaican Patois. My grandparents were religious however my parents were not as religious and them. My grandmother on my mother’s side past away when I was young. The only thing I could remember about her was that we were attached at the hip. My mother…

Five weeks later, Columbus and his men arrived at an island in the Bahamas, that he named San Salvador, he had believed he reached the Indies, as the lands of China, Japan and India were then known in Europe.They moved onward and landed in Cuba. When Columbus heard the native word Cuban, which means 'middle of Cuba,' he…

"A slow-moving Category three hurricane or larger will flood the city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water, and New Orleans as we now know it will no longer exist." —Ivor van Heerden, October 29, 2004. Hurricanes are natural disasters that cannot be prevented but can be prepared for. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005. Over the last hundred years, hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of United States of America. Hurricane Katrina has…

legitimate business with anyone. However, from what Thomas had heard talking with other shippers, the government there had quit catering to those that did not bring a profit into the city- pirates were more into taking than giving. Moreover, since the Bahamas were much closer than Jamaica or Cuba was, it would save time and money by making his turnaround time quicker and more profitable. He could even have one of his ships bring supplies to Nassau and swap them out there the way they had in…

Club lapsed in 1973. The Cuban government took advantage of this and registered the mark in the U.S. in 1976. The Bacardi family also moved from Cuba when Fidel Castro took over. They moved their operations of making alcohol to Puerto Rico and the Bahamas. By the 1990s, Bacardi had become the world’s…

Hurricane Andrew: Compare & Contrast Hurricane Andrew was no doubt, the most devastating natural disaster to hit Florida of its time back in August 24, 1992. “Blown away” by Thomas Vonier and “Blow-out” by Brad German & David A. Jones, both articles are based on Hurricane Andrew. The two articles dwells on how Florida and its people were affected by this natural disaster furthermore, they both discuss the cost in damages, and what all it took to recover and rebuild. These authors both shared…

1. The Spanish-American War in the Caribbean Sea contains a lot of bodies of water surrounding islands and lands, which shows that were many resources available in the Caribbean Sea. There is the Windward, Leewards, Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. There is the Atlantic Ocean that is surrounded by the countries such as Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The territorial outcomes of the Spanish American war solidify U.S. Naval control over the Panama Canal by the amount of trading routes and…

In 1984, John Schnatter made a decision to invest money into his father’s business. Mick’s lounge was not doing well, and on the verge of bankruptcy. Schnatter had just graduated college at Ball State University, so he did not have any money. He came up with a plan to sell his prized possession, his 1972 Camaro. The decision was not an easy one, but he knew this would allow him to save his father’s lounge. Schnatter knew the lounge alone was not sustainable over a long period of time, so he came…

In May 2008, I went on a cruise to the Bahamas with my family and my cousins. It was our annual family reunion and we decided to do something different this year. I remember it like it was yesterday; we woke up at the crack of dawn on a Thursday morning. When we got on the Carnival Paradise, after driving all morning to Florida. My sister Quantoria, and I were very excited to go on our first cruise. The best thing about the cruise to me is the unlimited about of food that you could eat. It…