Sentences with phrase «sugar plantation»

The inn is set on an old sugar plantation, complete with a restored country house and mill.

I can happily sit here and type foul stuff which is false but hey... hating a nationality is fine so we should cage all you Jamaican people and put you to work on sugar plantations otherwise you would just get high and screw things up... Too far?

Nestled just outside of Lihu`e in the village of Hanama`ulu, KAUA`I BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES takes full advantage of its location on a magnificent parcel of former sugar plantation land with ZIPLINE RIDES and DITCH TUBING.

This is an interesting read for those interested in the full Japanese experience in Hawaii, from the early arrivals of sugar plantation workers to modern sports figures and politicians.

Waterfront cottages fronting 7 separate beaches on a former sugar plantation in Virgin Islands National Park, with one of the Caribbean's best wellness retreats: the spiritually minded Self Centre.

It was here that the first sugar plantation opened in the Hawaiian Islands.

On your way, yo'll visit the famous «Richmond Great House», a restored 10th century sugar plantation house.

This was the result of increased availability of sugar as sugar plantations spread throughout the Southern USA and Caribbean.

This is an interesting read for those interested in the full Japanese experience in Hawaii, from the early arrivals of sugar plantation workers to mod

The Shops emulate the relaxed ambiance of an old sugar plantation town while offering varied small locally owned shops and dining options.

Travel via Sancti Spiritus to Trinidad to visit a former sugar plantation at Manaca Iznaga.

One capuchin monkey inhabits only a single 200 - hectare slice of forest ringed by sugar plantations.

Within view of Henda's photographs, colourfully - clad men on stilts wander the grounds of an English country manor in Sonia Boyce's video Crop Over (2007), parading the regal finery of Barbadian carnival on an estate underwritten by Caribbean sugar plantations.

A former oceanfront sugar plantation on the western side of Hawaii's «Garden Isle» is a perfect base - camp for travelers who want to explore Kauai's... Read More

If you're keen to find out more about the history of St John, the place to do it is at the Annaberg Plantation, the most intact sugar plantation ruins in the Virgin Islands and also run by the Virgin Islands National Park Service.

At one time there were nearly 200 miles of narrow gauge railway track on Kauai, serving the numerous sugar plantations on the island, but as the plantations closed and the remaining plantations modernized, the railways disappeared.

Then walk through quaint Old Koloa Town, where Hawaii's first successful sugar plantation came into being.

Later, visit the local sugar plantation at Manaca Iznaga.

Then, visit to a 10th century sugar plantation house and the fishing village of Charlottesville, with Pigeon Peak, Tobago's highest mountain, rising just behind it.

While sugar production ceased in the 1950s, the ruins of many sugar plantations remain prominent structures at several of the premier resorts and others are scattered throughout the island.

Nestled just outside of Lihu`e in the village of Hanama`ulu, KAUA`I BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES takes full advantage of its location on a magnificent parcel of former sugar plantation land... Continue»

At one time, Nevis was divided into sugar plantations, where fortunes were made by British colonists on the backs of African slaves.

Deciding that it was best to avoid the conflict of the Civil War, the Avery family and the newly - wedded McIlhennys settled in at the Avery sugar plantation on Petit Anse Island, located 140 miles west of New Orleans.

This is augmented by the fact that in 2005, the Kittian govt paid the final sugar plantation incentives — without those, the sugar industry is dead.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, details of the project indicate the development of a sugar cane plantation of about 16,000 hectares or 160 kilometre square, longer than Lagos to Ibadan expressway which is estimated between 120 kilometres and 130 kilometers — more than 30 kilometres shorter than the proposed sugar plantation.

That cargo included 1000 breadfruit plants destined for the Jamaican sugar plantations, whose owners were clamouring for a cheap and reliable source of food for their slaves.

By 1800, that number had increased to 18 pounds as sugar plantations began to emerge.

In 1937, a schoolteacher on the island of Maui challenged a group of poverty - stricken sugar plantation kids to swim upstream against the current of their circumstance.

In The Three - Year Swim Club, Julie Checkoway explores the little - known story of Soichi Sakamoto, a Maui man who taught children to swim in sugar plantation irrigation ditches and turned them into champions.

Soufriere, founded by the French, was the original capital of St Lucia and retains an undeveloped, picturesque charm with the added benefits of access to Anse Chastanet beach and sights such as Diamond Botanical Gardens and Anse Mamin sugar plantation.

And the staff of the Montpelier Plantation — an 18 - room former sugar plantation perched on a hillside overlooking the coral - reef - studded sea — make sure your passage here is super-smooth.

The leg from Playa Giron to the port town of Cienfuegos also leads through a swamp area and along sugar plantations.

Join us for a festive 10 day celebration that honors Kauai's diverse sugar plantation heritage.

Join us as we honor the island's sugar plantation history with many popular Kauai events.

The old sugar plantations tell a story of an almost time - forgotten island with centuries old sugar mills to be discovered with weathered iron machinery from the original sugar works of the 1700's.

The ruins of Annaberg sugar plantation are part of the St. John National Park.

The Kilohana Estate is a former sugar plantation property on Kauai that features history, attractions and a popular luau.

KOLOA, the site of Hawai`i's first successful sugar plantation dating back to 1835, is now a popular stop for visitors who frequent the resorts and beaches of PO`IPU.

Take a tour of the Koloa History Center — a free outdoor exhibit showcasing Kauai's sugar plantation days.

The Old Manor Hotel is a converted sugar plantation only a few steps from the Five Star Guest House, but more tastefully cultivated to mesh with the rainforest that creeps down from the mountain.

At the center of the former sugar plantation sits the Georgian Great House with 13 Great House Villas which overlook the golf course and the Caribbean Sea.

The heir to a Filipino sugar plantation fortune, Ossorio was not only Pollock's peer as a painter, he was also one of Pollock's most important patrons.

The reenactment will unfold along a route where sugar plantations have been replaced by big box stores, trailer parks, refineries, and gated communities.

After environmental activists successfully stopped Ugandan government from allocating thousands of acres of Mabira forest to a private developer who had an intention of establishing sugar plantations, large areas of tropical forest in Kangala islands are being converted into BIDCO palm plantations, which will be used to produce biodiesel.

This means that rum producers are often forced to pay sugar plantations to limit refinement — in addition to the cost of the molasseses — just to acquire a high - quality base.

This small city of about 8,000 people was once known for its prosperous sugar plantations, but today it is home to businesses of all sorts.

Castro grew up on a 12,000 - hectare farm and sugar plantation near the village of Biran in Holguin Province in eastern Cuba.