Final Week - Final Highlights

Here are the last special sights from the last four months.

The sand and water in the Caribbean is not bad!

The main industry in The Bahamas...thousands of Guests everyday.

Golden Bahamas moment, almost as special as their win in the 4X400!

History has it that the Graycliff mansion was originally built in 1740 by Captain John Howard Graysmith, a famous pirate of the Caribbean who commanded the notorious schooner Graywolf and plundered treasure ships along the Spanish Main. The entrance to the Humidor Restaurant is cut through the limestone wall.

The elegant female figures, originally trunks of unwanted Casuarina trees, were carved in place to “mark the triumph of hope and determination to conserve our heritage at Clifton Heritage National Park - the site of an original plantation.

Junkanoo is a Bahamian festival that occurs during the dark hours of morning on the 26th of December and again bringing in its first hours of light on the first day of the new year. Thousands dance through the streets like a wild ocean of colour, while deep goat skin rhythms reverberate off the surrounding walls and cow bells chatter over the singing of brass horns.

The "Glass Window Bridge" connects North Eleuthera, with the mainland of Central Eleuthera. It takes the brunt of hurricanes, and storms and has been repeatedly damaged

The annual Pineapple Festival in Gregory Tow, Eleuthera features a pineapple eating contest, the young fella in the foreground won but the older lady in the background gave him a good go!

Final Week - Highlights Continued (Delayed)

After a short hiatus due to lack of internet access (thanks landlord for not paying the bill!) here are more highlights of my time in the Caribbean.

The beaches Provodenciales (Turks and Caicos Islands) are beautiful!

The view from my hotel in Turks and Caicos was pretty nice, I think you'd agree!

This sunsets were also pretty nice there too!

Conch is very popular in the Caribbean, I only every ate it cooked. The locals prefer it raw!

The geckos was not as large as I expected!

One disappointment is not getting inside the National Art Museum, this photo was taken outside.

Parliamentary building in downtown Nassau. Pink is the most common paint colour for buildings.

Even the view from the gas station is pretty nice!

The view from my balcony on a stormy night was always pretty cool.

This small gecko was hanging onto the side of our hotel room in Eleuthera.

Final Week - More Highlights!

The pier and gazebo in Sandyport!

View from my balcony first thing in the morning!

Work colleagues at finish line of charity walk/run....I came first in the old ladies category!

Amazing beach on Eleuthera

Remains of shipwreck off the coast of Abaco.

Final Week

So the last week of my 4 month mission has arrived with surprising speed. The remaining posts will be a selection of some of my favourite photos, places and experiences. Enjoy!

The beautiful burning sky as the sunsets off my balcony.

View from the The Cozy Corner - a great place to enjoy a cold beverage at the end of a 'stressful' work week!

Lighthouse at the entrance to a very busy harbour in Nassau.

Colourful costumes of Junkanoo.

The Bo Hengy travels to the Family Islands, on this day it took me and 300 of my closest friends to Abaco.

Potters Cay in downtown Nassau has the sights and smells of local cuisine! Here live crabs struggle in the heat - not a pretty smell.

Potters Cay is also where Mr. Lockdown practices his trade!

The twins speared the lobster just 50 yards offshore.

The sharks and stingrays waiting for their performance - AKA lunch!

Nassau Sights

 The day trip this week was to Nassau. 

Fort Fincastle, Nassau Bahamas, overlooking the town from Bennet's Hill was built by Lord Dunmore, about 1793 who named it after his second title, Viscount Fincastle.

The water tower which was built in1928 stands 126 feet from ground level and 216 feet above sea level, and is considered to be the highest point on the island of New Providence.

Arawak Cay offers the authentic atmosphere of the Bahamian "Fish Fry" with vendors selling "made to order" conch salad, fried fish and other Bahamian dishes. Arawak Cay was artificially built from the sand when the harbor was dredged in 1969.

This 102 foot staircase was named in honour of the 65 years of Queen's Victoria's reign. The 65 steps were carved out of solid limestones by slaves in the late 18th century, between 1793 and 1794. 

Day trip to Exuma (Part 2)

Here is the second posting from from our trip to Exuma. The following pictures are from a private island owned by the power boat company. It was a beautiful setting to feed the sharks and stingrays. Unfortunately the swimming pigs are no longer on the island, they were replaced by Steelers fan! 

There were about 5 sharks and half a dozen stingrays who came to greet the boat...kinda like they knew something was going to happen!

Lunch time for the sharks, we are a safe distance away.

We did hand feed the stingrays from our knees, they are quite slimy when they slide across your legs.

This long and lean fish was gliding along the crystal clear water.

The beach was beautiful but we were not too keen on going for a swim!

These folks had no problem going for a snorkel along the a fast moving current.

This is how I like to take in the view!

Day Trip to Exuma

The next two posts will be pictures from a day excursion to Exuma which has some of the most beautiful shoreline in the Bahamas. It was a 2 hr speedboat trip to two of remote cays. The first stop was to feed the iguanas. You can really tell that they are very used to getting fed grapes daily, they march to the shoreline when they hear the boats coming!