History

Did you know there were Swedish pirates/sailors in The Bahamas and Caribbea? Well famously Bahamians are so well mixed that even there is some Swedish blood line in my family. Registered in 1800 with the Sjömanshuset (Sailors’ Hall) in Kalmar. Unknown since 1802. He was given the surname Tornquist ( Törnqvist) , probably by the Swedish military, to distinguish him from other Jonsson sailors or officers. The root of this name might come from Törnbotten. It later became anglici

In The Bahamas, when the current go off, the storm outside whistles with its wind in the palm trees, stories of old come to light....

🔔🔔 'And dey call it JUNKANOOO!' 🔔🔔 The biggest and mostly decorated spectacle in The Bahamas! Once you hear the sounds of those goat...