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Background: Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in 1973, The Bahamas have prospered through tourism and international banking and investment management. Because of its geography, the country is a major transshipment point for illegal drugs, particularly shipments to the US, and its territory is used for smuggling illegal migrants into the US.

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By Travelling Artist
May 6th 2009

Half Moon Cay with Mel & Jess . . . Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Half Moon Cay

Girls in the Sun

Mel and Jess are here cruising with me and today we had a fantastic beach day! Today’s port of call was Half Moon Cay, a private island owned by one of our sister lines. Though we come here every two weeks, I’ve only gotten off on the island once! It’s a tender port and of course, guests come first, so us crew members have to go back 3 hours before sail time. When I don’t finish work until at least 1am the night before, it’s difficult to drag myself out of bed early enough to make the day worth going out [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Artist
March 11th 2009

Seeing Half Moon Cay . . . Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Half Moon Cay

Yes. Welcome.

Half Moon Cay is a private cay in the Bahamas owned by Holland America Line (part of the Carnival Corporation). Last spring when I was on the Liberty, during one of my last cruises, we changed itineraries to go to Half Moon Cay. But because it’s a tender port and everything on land is run by crew from the ship, it was a hectic day and unless you were working crew, you couldn’t get off the ship. So I’d only ever seen Half Moon Cay from the ship looking ashore. Today we were in port there. My current schedule of activities [View Full Entry]

By Travelling Artist
June 1st 2008

Only A Glimpse . . . Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Half Moon Cay

The View From The Top Deck

Two weeks ago, when we had our charter cruise, the Liberty relocated our home port from Fort Lauderdale to Miami. Along with the relocation, the ship has made an itinerary change. We now rotate between two seven day runs - one in the Eastern Caribbean and one in the Western. With my contract extension, I get to have one cruise of each of the new itineraries, a nice little treat right at the end of my contract. The new Eastern run takes us to St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, Grand Turk and a new one for me: Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. Half [View Full Entry]

By catbout6
June 15th 2006

The Private Island Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Half Moon Cay

Tender Shore

The Carnival Cruise line owns a few private islands. We went to the Half Moon Cay Island. At times, I wondered what would happen if the ship actually really got stranded on this island. There where actually wild chickens on this island. Maybe someone brought the chickens from the mainland just in case we got stranded. [View Full Entry]

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