The Bahamas is the richest country in the Caribbean and is made up of over 700 low lying islands and 2500 cays Located in the Atlantic in-between Florida and Cuba.

Wait, I’m not sure I actually know what a “cay” is… Apparently a cay, is a small, low-elevation sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Basically an archetype of a desert island then.

The Bahamas were the first islands Columbus spotted on his first voyage to the New World in 1492. Sadly the native Lucayans were enslaved by the Spanish leaving the Bahamas mostly deserted until it became a British colony in 1718 when the British clamped down on piracy. It remained a British crown dependency until 1973.

The Bahamas has a very well deserved reputation as an American playground. 80% of Bahaman economic activity is tourism, and 85% of those tourists are from the USA.  On a personal note, the monstrous Atlantis Paradise Island ranks very highly on the list of tourist destinations I absolutely don’t want to go to. 

Finally, I’ll leave you with the fact that it is probably the only place in the world where you can go swimming with feral pigs if that’s your kind of thing.