Alright, I think I have figured out how to do this blogging stuff, so from now on, I will start putting more information about the places we are visiting; instead of just a comment and a picture. I will back up a bit and tell you a little about the Bahamas. When Columbus discovered these islands, the Lucayans were there for 150 more years, then because of "white man's" diseases and starvation the islands became desolate. In 1648, the British landed and started to re-populate the islands around Nassau and Eleuthera. The Spanish and the British fought back and forth several times, along with the pirates. Now the Bahamians, a mixture of the British, their slaves and the Spanish are loyal to the Crown. The 700 islands are spread over around 700 miles of ocean and circled within 900 square miles of coral reefs. The surrounding ocean plunges to 10,000 feet and the land is no more than 203 feet at its highest point. The smaller low lying islands are called cays and are pronounced keys and are made up of sand and limestone and are coral based. Andros island is the largest, 100 miles long and 40 miles wide and boasts the third largest barrier reef in the world.
We spent last year cruising the Northern Bahamas - the Abacos, Grand Bahama, Bimini, the Berry islands, Eleuthra, and New Providence(Nassau). This year we visited the Southern Bahamas - Exumas, Long Island, Acklins, Great Inagua. We are now in Turks and Caicos waiting for a weather window to cross a very deep ocean into Dominican Republic.
I hope we have better food in the DR - Sheep Tongue? I didn't care for the Bahamian Cuisine.
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