Read on you scurvy dogs, soon we be meeting Blackbeard! 4 Day Five - Nassau, Bahamas (15) Queen's Staircase

Read on you scurvy dogs, soon we be meeting Blackbeard!

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May 17th 2013
17/5/13 Nassau, Bahamas Avast there me hearties! Up, fed and out, Nassau awaits, the proper pirate stronghold, home of Blackbeard and other fearsome and fascinating buccaneers of the high seas. Arrrr Jim lad this be the place I wants to see. First though we had to get off, walk the plank I mean along the pier, go through the welcome centre, run the gauntlets of taxi touts, hair braiding la ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Bahamas » Nassau

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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