Miss Bahamas in Garden of Serenity, British Colonial Hilton Hotel

DAY THREE: TEA MEANS TEA

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March 29th 2008
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 looking for a map) but when I arrived, mistakenly, at the Ministry, a young lady asked me who I was, then took me up to an office, where her boss asked me who I was again, weighed it up, then handed ... read more

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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 ... ... read more