Blogs from Abaco, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Mishay's Reflections: What an awesome opportunity!! I have enjoyed fellowship with Rotarians in Cayman Islands, New Providence, and now Abaco. Our hosts have afforded me the opportunity to experience their fabulous cuisine, rich culture, religious worship, and schools in the Islands. I promise you, the sights that tourists access do not begin to compare to being immersed in the culture and experiencing the day-to-day life. I have enjoyed dining on island cuisine ranging from Turtle with Pigeon Peas & Rice with Carl and Hazel to Conch and fish prepared in native dishes with our hosts in Nassau and Abaco. I will miss this cuisine when I return home!!! My experience was enhanced tremendously after touring Pedro St. James in Cayman, experiencing a glimpse of the social issues at the Dundas Theatre performance with the Rotarians of ... read more

Hello All! We have arrived in the beautiful island of Abaco. We had an early morning (met at the airport at 5am) still dark and i am sure our hosts were happy to go home and back to bed. Sad to say goodbye to Nassau and our host families, but excited for our next destination. Yesterday, we ended our stay at Nassau at the Straw Market on Bay street, was fun shopping! I think we have gained 40lbs since being here (i mean our luggage has gained weight.......). We took a short flight and were met by our hosts in Marsh Harbor, Abaco. We had breakfast and then we all went our seperate ways to get settled in at our host families. We will have our Rotaary meeting tonight and then vocational day tomorrow. Hard to ... read more

No, seriously, these are real life pictures. I thought I was looking at a Corona commercial, with the deserted white sand beach, the soft lulling song of the waves strumming against the shore, and the cool breeze hitting my skin. But alas, I was reminded that I was in real life when I dipped my feet in the water. Chilly, but delightful. Spent the day enjoying the company of Susie, George and my dear husband. Got to lay in a hammock for part of the afternoon, drifting in and out of sleep. Lots of travel stories to tell about the trip and arrival here, but will save it for the next blog. Cheers, Kat and Chet... read more

“The Trip Home” After completing repairs to our starboard saildrive, we decided to revisit some of our favorite Abaco Islands. We had several reasons for this. Some of our friends from George Town were now arriving in the Abacos on their way north, we needed to make sure the saildrive repairs were really done correct and we liked cruising these islands. We joined our friends on “Nauti-Nauti” and “Star” in Hope Town for a few days and then went on to Great Guana Cay to meet up with Truit & Val on ”Margaret”. Finally on April 12th, we had a favorable weather window and the time had come to head Double-Wide west toward the US. Our first challenge was to sail around “The Whale”. This is a relatively short ocean passage out around Whale Cay but ... read more

Royal Island (Eleuthera) vers Little Harbour (Abacos)- Dimanche le 13 avril Ouf ! C’est à 5 heures qu’on entend la première sonnerie du cadran. Et oui ! Même en voyage on pèse à plusieurs reprises sur le snooze. Nous quittons ce matin en compagnie de Marriah. Le vent à soufflé toute la nuit comme c’est la majeure partie du temps au Bahamas. Nous quittons notre mouillage à 5 heures 40. Nous avons filé en moyenne avec du 6.5 nœuds sur le fond tous le long de la traverser avec un vent arrière de 17 à 20 nœuds. Ce fut très agréable. Nous sommes arrivés à Little Harbour à 15 heures, par chance à la marée haute, car le passage pour Little Harbour nous indique sur les cartes marines qu’il y a 3.5 pieds d’eau à la ... read more