Saturday 25 August 2012

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!

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