Gosling's Rum Swizzle - A Bermuda Cocktail
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Gosling's Rum Swizzle - A
Bermuda Cocktail
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Although commonly referred to in the singular, Bermuda consists of approximately 138 islands with a total area of 20.6 sq. miles. Located in the
North Atlantic Ocean, roughly 580 nautical miles east-southeast of
Cape Hatteras on the
Outer Banks of North Carolina and roughly 590 nautical miles southeast of
Martha's Vineyard, Bermuda has two incorporated municipalities: the
City of Hamilton and the
Town of
St. George.
It's subtropical climate is warmed by the nearby
Gulf Stream, thanks to the westerly's, which carry warm, humid air eastwards over Bermuda, helping to keep winter temperatures above freezing. The summertime heat index can be high due to the humidity even though mid-August temperatures rarely exceed 86°
F (30°C).
Atlantic winter storms, often associated with cold fronts which bring arctic air masses, can produce powerful, gusting winds and heavy rain.
Gosling's Rum Swizzle - A Bermuda Cocktail
Bermuda has a highly affluent economy with a large financial sector and tourism industry giving it the world's highest
GDP per capita in
2005. The population is 65,
365 (
July 2005 est). Approximately 25% of the resident population are foreign-born working in Bermuda and come from the UK,
USA,
Azores, Portugal,
Canada,
Philippines and other
Asian countries, as well as the
Caribbean. The official language is
English; however, with a larger
Portuguese presence in Bermuda, that language is also prevalent.
Gosling's Rum Swizzle - A Bermuda Cocktail
Some 400,000 people holiday in Bermuda, most of them from the east coast of the
U.S. Bermuda offers a variety of shopping experiences that start on
Front Street and commence along
Queen, Reid and other small streets in the City of Hamilton. Spend the day in
St. George's or Dockyard as they offer unique boutique shops featuring local artists as well. Bermuda has a varied selection of restaurants from which to choose and dining out can be expensive and elegant, as well as casual and inexpensive. There are gourmet restaurants of the four-star category, simple home-style establishments, English pubs and a variety of international cuisine.
Gosling's Rum Swizzle - A Bermuda Cocktail
Bermuda offers an array of exquisite beaches of pink and turquoise water. The beaches are pink because the sand contains pink flecks that are the remains of a tiny organism known as red foam. This combined with tiny particles of broken shells and bits of coral create the pink hue of Bermuda's beautiful beaches.
Gosling's Rum Swizzle - A Bermuda Cocktail