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.
May 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau For the most part, the port adventures we’ve gotten up to this week have been things that Mel said she wanted to do. For Nassau, our last port day, it was Brad’s choice and he wanted to g ... 16 photos[full story]
April 4th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau I was only in Boston for a day before I took off for the Bahamas. The weather in Prague had been pretty nice, but the weather in Nassau was amazing! It was in the high 70's and low 80's the whole time ... 5 photos[full story]
April 4th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas My last posting from the Jamaican cyber café, in 3 parts…
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
Acephale, acephalos, akephalos, akephale... akefalh, -fali... you name it, yesterday we went through all the co ... 6 photos[full story]
April 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas just back in the Jamaican cyber cafe...
Acephale, acephalos, akephalos, akephale... akefalh, -fali... you name it, we went through all the combinations. The lady helping me was laughing by now, as ... [full story]
April 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas Yesterday, whilst I waited for the news from Greece, I headed over to Paradise Island. This is smaller and narrower than New Providence, and close enough for a bridge (there are two). However, there i ... 16 photos[full story]
April 2nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas I’m in my usual sweaty, overcrowded, noisy Jamaican/Bahamian cyber cafe and DVD pirating shop, after a strange day. First off, I had a meeting with a lawyer specializing in offshore work. Her of ... 1 photos[full story]
April 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas I didn’t make it to the Huey Lewis concert on Sunday night. My eye was still a little uncomfortable, and just as I had suspected the tickets started not at $79 but $99. I had a beer at the casin ... 1 photos[full story]
March 30th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas After returning to my room without my camera I started to get the symptoms of a cold. Then my eye, which had been itching all afternoon, started to swell. The eyeball itself was developing a film of t ... [full story]
March 30th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas I spent part of yesterday evening taking photos of the 3-hotel complex in which I’m staying, which seems to be in a state of semi-repair, a bit shabby but not that bothered about it, like a gran ... [full story]
March 29th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas I got my invitation to the tea party when I was at the Ministry of Tourism in Thursday, after my first, abortive attempt to enter Ansbacker House. What I really wanted was the Office of Tourism (I was ... 3 photos[full story]
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