Ah, island life. Bare feet, cocktails, palm trees and turquoise waters...
The tiny island of Santa Cruz del Islote, a two-hour boat ride off the coast of Colombia, is rather different. It's located in the Caribbean Sea, but that's where the dream of island life stops.
It's the most densely populated island on earth, with more than 1200 people crammed together on a land mass the size of two soccer fields.
Two hours off the coast of Colombia is a small island home to over 1,200 people. As the entirety of Santa Cruz del Islote only spans the length of two soccer fields, residents live in close quarters, making the island four times as dense as the borough of Manhattan. Despite the circumstances, the community makes the most of their limited surface area, packing in a school, two shops and one restaurant. Only 150 years ago, the island was uninhabited; today, generations of families are proud to call Santa Cruz del Islote home.
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