elliott aviation moline The park was the first natural region in the eastern Caribbean to be listed as a World Heritage Site

The descent from the summit is as hard as the ascent. elliott aviation moline Steep. Tricky. Slow. Muddy. Then, you come out into the floor of the Valley of Desolation. Whoever named this place did a fitting job. The entire valley bubbles and spits and hisses and stinks. The only better name would be Valley of Isolation. As you look around at the barren, simmering ground, you realize elliott aviation moline how far you are from civilization and you wonder if anyone really knows for sure that the obviously agitated earth isn t going to erupt while you re standing there.

The park was the first natural region in the eastern Caribbean to be listed as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It joined a list of other outstanding heritage locales in the Caribbean, including three sites in Cuba (Old City Havana, Trinidad and the Valley of the Ingenious, and San Pedro de la Roca Castle); the Colonial City of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic; the Citadelle sans Souci and Ramiers in Haiti; Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour in Cura ao; and La Fortaleza and the Historical Site of San Juan in Puerto Rico.