Blogs from South Eleuthera, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean

Today we are at a private section of the island of Eleuthera, which is part of the Bahamas. Princess owns full access to this section and most of their Caribbean cruises stop here. Columbus discovered the Bahamas by landing here on Oct 12, 1492 before continuing his voyage. The guide from our tour today (we’re getting ahead of ourselves) said this island is about the midpoint of the 700 islands that make up the Bahama Archipelago. There are roughly 13,000 full time inhabitants here. Where we are, it is only about 50 miles to the west before you come to the coast of Florida. You can use Google or maybe ask Alexa for more information, so we won’t duplicate that information any further. But it is a scenic location and the temperature this morning was about ... read more

Geo: 24.5343, -76.7991Last year we missed Shroud Cay and I was really excited to take a dinghy ride through the mangroves to the beach on the other side. The trip did not disappoint. It was calm, with perfectly clear water and the most beautiful beach on the other side. The sand was like icing sugar. Christa, Steve, and I couldn't resist going for a swim in such a perfect setting. Our only mistake was that it was so late in the day and we were losing daylight to make it back to our boats. We pinched every last moment in that we could, and then started the slow return back to our boats. "Desperation" towed "T/T Simunye" because our engine is wonderfully quiet and it only seemed right in such an already tranquil setting. (Desperation is ... read more

Nous remontons tranquillement vers le nord des Bahamas. Nous sommes actuellement à Rock Sound au sud de l’île d’Eleuthera que nous avons atteint par le Bahamas Sound via Walderick Cay dans le « Exumas Park ». C’est un parc national où il est interdit de pêcher ou de ramasser quoi que ce soit (poisson, conch, coquillage, noix de coco, etc.) et où nous devons être autonome complètement, c'est-à-dire qu’il n’y a pas d’endroit où refaire les provisions que ce soit en nourriture, en eau, ou en essence non plus que d’endroit où laisser les déchets. Par ailleurs, le détour en vaut le coup. Mercredi le 2 février : BONNE FÊTE MAMAN ALINE (81 ans) !!! Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas. Je prends une chance et me rend au « salon de coiffure » du village. Il faut ... read more

We have thoroughly enjoyed our time in the Exuma's, but have decided not to go further south at this time. We need to do some provisioning after our time ( longer than expected) at Warderick Wells. This is an absolutely amazing spot. We really liked Eleuthera when we were there, so have decided to do some more exploring. Yesterday after our arrival, while walking around, I had the fortune to see a large group of moon jellyfish. I understand they have a mild sting. Still I do not plan to swim with them. I also saw another nurse shark. There are several types of sharks present in the Bahamas, many of which are present in fairly shallow water. It is worth paying attention to the water when swimming. Earlier in the day is better, more than ... read more

About the house we are staying in ~ "Coconut Cove" ~ The house is 5 minutes from the town of Governor's Harbor. Eleuthera is a 110 mile long "skinny" island and we are just about smack in the middle. The dive shop is one hour north, but beaches are all around us. It's a 2 minute walk to one of the beaches from the house. We have a view of the Caribbean Sea and A/C in 1 of the 2 bedrooms . . . what else do we need?!? :-)... read more