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BAHAMAS 
Geography
- Capital - Nassau. Caribbean, chain of Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, South-East of Florida, North-East of Cuba. Bahamas consists of an Archipelago of 700 islands and 2000 cays. Total Area - 13935 sq. km (5380 sq. mi).
Prohibited activities
- On Bahamas skin diving with the use of a
underwater gun and other hunting adaptations is forbidden. Conventional sports fishing is
otherwise authorized. A fishing license will
cost about 20 US dollars daily or 150 dollars for all year, provided that on
your vessel (yacht etc.) is established no more than six rods. The
catching a fish by automatic fishing machines is forbidden.
Climate and nature
- The climate in the Bahamas is tropical. The coolest season
occurs during the period from September till May, when temperature falls as low as
18-22 of degrees C above zero. All other seasons on Bahamas are quite warm with the
average temperature of the air between 22-30 degrees C. The western coast of
the islands are made warm by the Gulf Stream, and a soft equatorial
wind constantly blows from the Southeast. From May till October - the rains fall often, and occasionally there are great storms called hurricanes. Bananas, oranges, coconuts and pineapples grow on the islands. There are tropical and piney woods. The fauna is diverse and includes many birds and wild boar.
The mail and telephone
- Global telephone, facsimile, telegraphic and telex
communication services are possible. There are traditional
radio, TV and daily newspapers for local and global news.
Emergencies on Bahamas
- Major hospitals are located in Nassau, Freeport and on several Out Islands.
Electricity
- The power grid service supplies 120 volts, 60
hertz. The use of a plug adapter is necessary.
Religion
- Overwhelming majority of the local inhabitants - Christians.
Among them: 80 % - Protestants, 20 % - Catholics.
History of Bahamas
- As friendly and free as the islands of Bermuda seem today, their past is one of sadness, exploitation of labor, pirates and brutality. Following the 1492 voyages of the Great Navigator Christopher Columbus, the Bahamas were opened for exploitatioin and native Indian tribes were taken by the Spanish and enslaved and taken to serve and die in the brutal gold and silver mines of South America and Latin America. Combined with enslavement and disease epidemics, most of the earlier native inhabitants died and gradually were replaced by European settlers with various agendas - some sought refuge from religious persecution, some sought relief from debt and imprisonment into debtors' prisons, some were pirates seeking logistics support and refuge from bounty hunters. After the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War refugees called Royalists and Southern Sympathizers respectively retreated to Bermuda with their slaves. The slaves, actually, propagated much faster than their Masters, gained their freedom in various ways aided by the British abolishing the practice slavery in their Empire in the latter 19th century. Today Bermuda has a greater percentage of people related to slave ancestors than other population segments.
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