Map Monday and art

US-4118413

 Caribbean

travel time 10 days

distance travelled 8,562 km

sent by Carlos; Texas, U.S.A.

Student Art Project, The Princess Elizabeth School for Physically Handicapped Children.
 Port of Spain, Trinidad
Direct swap sent by Roy, Trinidad and Tobago

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic, 1999

Dominican Republic is the second largest and most diverse Caribbean country. It is located in the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with the nation of Haiti.

Curacao

Direct swap sent by Monique in  Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

Curaçao, island in the Caribbean Sea and a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Although physiographically part of the South American continental shelf, Curaçao and neighbouring islands off the northern coast of South America are usually considered to constitute the southwestern arc of the Lesser Antilles. The capital is Willemstad.

Trinidad and Tobago

Mists over high mountain valleys in Trinidad Northern Range rainforest. 

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island country that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.

TT- 4064

travel time 17 days

distance travelled 8,620 km

sent by Ray in Port of Spain

Have a nice Thursday with..
 Soca music from Trinidad 

Soca or soul calypso is a form of dance music which originated in the Islands of Trinidad and Tobago from calypso music.  Soca was initially developed by Lord Shorty in the early 1970s.

Cocoa pods, Guadeloupe

GP- 1327

travel time 8 days

distance travelled 8,094 km

set by Murielle in Guadeloupe 

Cocoa pods, Pod breaking, Fermentation and drying, Crushing and roasting of cocoa bean. Guadeloupe is an insular region of France located in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

Music from Guadeloupe by Kassav'.  
Kassav' is a Caribbean band formed in Guadeloupe in 1979. The music of Kassav is an extension of cadence-lypso or compas bands.