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.
June 15th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas from Katie- Hello All! Wishing you all a Happy Fathers Day (thinking of you Mom and Todd)! I hope all my family and friends in the Midwest are safe during this time of flooding and tornados. You all ... [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]
March 28th 2008Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau » Bahamas My understanding is that the Bahamas has not always been very open with company details, but that it has cleaned up its act in recent years. The ground floor of the Registrar General’s offices i ... 2 photos[full story]
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