Andros Island. Andros Island, at 2300 square miles in size, is perhaps the largest tract of unexplored land in the Western hemisphere, and also the largest island in the Bahamas. A coral limestone formation, it is dominated by thick impenetrable bush, sliced in pieces by inland waterways, and edged by mangrove marsh.
Another good time to plan your New Orleans vacation is around the Louisiana festivals at Halloween in late fall, or between Christmas and New Yearâs when some of the other Louisiana festivals take place like the Christmas river celebration and a New Orleans New Yearâs Eve party.
That's good news for New Orleans because the National Weather Service expects Wednesday night skies to be mostly clear in the metropolitan area. The city is also in the Northern Hemisphere, where NASA stated citizens will get the best naked-eye view of the Geminids. Bill Cooke, lead of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, stated good rates of activity will be seen between 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and dawn time the morning of Dec. 14.