Impressions of Lessser Antilles

!!!Impressions of Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. They form a long, partly volcanic island arc between the Greater Antilles to the north-west and the continent of South America.

The islands are more remote than the Northern Antilles and many can only be visited by smaller cruise ships or even only using local ferries and boats. For this reason, they are particularly charming.

From a political point of view they are complicated: Some are independent small nations, others are either administered by the UK, France, the Netherlands, the US  or Venezuela (off-shore islands). The most important ones are shown on the map [{GoogleMap location='Martinique, Antilles', zoom='7', width='700' height='900'}], and are, on the map from top to bottom (with status and rough population shown in thousands in brackets): 
*Virgin Islands (US part,110 and UK part,27)
* Anguilla (UK, 14) 
* St Kitss & Nevis (independent, 55) 
* Antigua and Barbuda (independent, 87)
* Montserrat (UK, 5)
* Guadeloupe (France, 440)
* Dominica (independent,73)
* Martinique (France,400)
* St Lucia (independent,174)
* St Vincent and the Grenadines (independent, 110)
* [Grenada|Geography/America/Grenada] (independent, 100)
* [Trinidad and Tobago|Geography/America/Trinidad_and_Tobago](independent,1.350)
* Margarita / Porlamar (Venezuela, 400).

Thus, more than half of the population of about 2,2 million (this exludes Margarita, really a part of Venezuela) lives in Trinidad and Tobago, and about one third in islands administered by France.


The following impressions were compiled by Dr. Claudia Brandstätter in 2018 and made available to the Austrian Forum.
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[{Image src='01.jpg' caption='Barbados, with the most beautiful sunsets 360 time a year. Picture: © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 01' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='305'}]
[{Image src='02.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 02' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='309'}]
[{Image src='03.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 03' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='302'}]
[{Image src='04.jpg' caption='Barbados, Bridgetown and good drinks...Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 04' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='303'}]
[{Image src='05.jpg' caption='Barbados, South Point Lighthouse, Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 05' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='322'}]
[{Image src='06.jpg' caption='Barbados offers big waves. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 06' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='314'}]
[{Image src='07.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 07' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='322'}]
[{Image src='08.jpg' caption='Barbados offers also unusual sights, like this sort of replica of Fontana di Trevi form Rome. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 08' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='533'}]
[{Image src='09.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 09' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='311'}]
[{Image src='10.jpg' caption='Library in Martinique. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 10' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='327'}]
[{Image src='11.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 11' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='316'}]
[{Image src='12.jpg' caption='Statue of French trader and adventurer Pierre Belain d Esnambuc, Fort-De-France, La Savane. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 12' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='301'}]
[{Image src='13.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 13' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='332'}]
[{Image src='14.jpg' caption='Guadeloupe. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 14' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='324'}]
[{Image src='15.jpg' caption='Guadeloupe. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 15' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='299'}]
[{Image src='16.jpg' caption='Guadeloupe. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 16' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='320'}]
[{Image src='17.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 17' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='359'}]
[{Image src='18.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 18' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='309'}]
[{Image src='19.jpg' caption='Grenada is special. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 19' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='323'}]
[{Image src='20.jpg' caption='Grenada is special. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 20' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='343'}]
[{Image src='23.jpg' caption='Grenada. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 23' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='308'}]
[{Image src='24.jpg' caption='Bonaire. The Dutch ABC-Islands have something for everyone. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 24' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='322'}]
[{Image src='25.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 25' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='353'}]
[{Image src='26.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 26' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='320'}]
[{Image src='27.jpg' caption='Bonaire. The Dutch ABC-Islands have something for everyone. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 27' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='324'}]
[{Image src='28.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 28' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='307'}]
[{Image src='29.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. There is no escape from Starbucks. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 29' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='345'}]
[{Image src='30.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Queeen Emma Bridge. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 30' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='338'}]
[{Image src='31.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 31' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='314'}]
[{Image src='32.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Great places side by side. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 32' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='321'}]
[{Image src='33.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Great places side by side. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 33' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='356'}]
[{Image src='34.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Great places side by side. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 34' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='319'}]
[{Image src='35.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Great places side by side. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 35' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='337'}]
[{Image src='36.jpg' caption='Curacao, Willemstad. Great places side by side. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 36' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='309'}]
[{Image src='37.jpg' caption='Aruba, Oranjestad. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 37' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='360'}]
[{Image src='38.jpg' caption='Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 38' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='318'}]
[{Image src='39.jpg' caption='Aruba, Oranjestad. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 39' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='338'}]
[{Image src='40.jpg' caption='Dominikanischen Republik, La Romana . Mabe this is not a must! Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 40' 
alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='319'}]
[{Image src='41.jpg' caption=' St. Vincent, just great. No "Curse of the Caribik", but fertile and colourful, even if Jonny was missing. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 41' 
alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='331'}]
[{Image src='42.jpg' caption='St. Vincent, just great. No "Curse of the Caribic", but fertile and colourful, even if Jonny was missing. Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 42' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='326'}]
[{Image src='43.jpg' caption='St. Vincent, backdrop for the movie "Curse of the caribic". Picture © [Mag. Claudia Brandstätter|http://bmm.at/team], 2018 - 43' alt='Lesser Antilles' class='image_block' height='400' width='315'}]
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!!See also the many [360° Panoramas of Lesser Antilles|Geography/Pictures_and_Panoramas/Caribbean_cruises/Lesser_Antilles]










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