Think of Caribbean vegetation, and the images that come to mind are probably coconut trees fringing the coast, or lush hillside rainforest. But the arid landscape of the ABC islands — Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, off the coast of Venezuela — is better suited to less thirsty flora, like the hardy cacti traditionally used in Aruba to create living fences.
Isle of thorns
On arid Aruba, hardy cacti are traditionally used to make living fences