Club Peace And Plenty Great Exuma

... aquamarine water... we were also greeted by the local stingray..... and a little historical tour of the island..... and a moment on a sandbar.... This is privately owned cay (pronounced as key) ... 44 of them owned by one person.

I would say this is one real Bahamas......

On our way to the island tour, we were welcomed by a friendly stingray and gave us the experience of being suctioned by its mouth as we tried to feed him. But then, he realized that we don't have any food for him so eventually, he left but gave us the knowledge of not fearing them. They are gentle creatures of the sea.

A different kind of experience... feeding shark in broad daylight.....shoreside.....

Free port has one at Pier One, but you are like so high above the waters and in the evening. So all you are seeing are but splashes made by the shark as they feed.

Here, you will see the entire length of the shark under the very crystal clear waters, just one meter high.

... Sean Connery standing around the bar in his half wet suit looking very cool and debonair. Not having seen the film I'm not sure how much revolves around this place apart from the cave which in itself is amazing. From the outside it looks like a very small rocky island or a very large rock, take your pick. But swim up close enough and at low tide you can start to see glimpses of light coming from within. Take a deep breath, dive and swim down and under for about 10 seconds and you pop ...

... put his arms around me and told me it would all be Ok. When I asked him how come he was comforting me and not the other way around he said "It's because I have no idea what the consequences of this are and that's why I'm not scared". Out of the mouth of babes! My anxious metre is often determined by the look on the skippers face, so when I thought we were going to die in the middle of the Atlantic and he was still quite happily smiling I knew somewhere inside that maybe it's ...

... two restaurants and three bars and a small airport you can fly into on Watermaker Airlines. As we were walking the dock from the boat, we noticed about 6 or 8 sharks in the water under our boats. The fish/conch cleaning table was at the head of the docks and this appeared to be the local shark hangout for lunch. Speaking of lunch, we had conch burgers at the YC ...

... it's really that way here. There are coralian islands sot hey are a lot more rocky and rough than we can imagine at first. Well, the good point about that is the opportunities to snorkel !! What a great feeling to do so here in one of the best places around the world. On the way, the winds changed for the first time and became western winds instead of the normal trade winds. Important change when it comes to navigate there ...

... to the room and Nikki told me that there was a Cruise Trivia Game at 10:45 so we got the girls up and had them get ready for the day. We then went down to the Promenade Lounge for the Trivia. We could have won it I hadn't listened to the girls! After trivia we went up to the Goofy Pool to swim and relax on the deck. Kelsie and I got food from Pluto's Dog House, Regan got sushi from Topsiders and Nikki got pasta from a serving station on the deck. While we ...

... on the ocean. Sea turtles and large rays are frequently encountered while kayaking in Pigeon Creek. Bonefishing on the fly is exceptional in Pigeon Creek,and also in Smith Bay to the South and Orange Creek to the North. Restaurants & bars serving local fare (lobster, conch) are nearby. 50+ photographs of Cat Island and the "Boathouse" at www.catislandboathouse.com

... still haunt the island... we were looking, but sadly did not hear any spirits. After leaving Warderick, we traveled on to Cambridge Cay. This inlet was fairly narrow, as most are down here, but we safely navigated around the treacherous coral banks and made it to a secure mooring. Soon after I jumped in for a quick swim before sunset. After surveying the surrounding bottom for potential hazards, I swam to the stern of the boat ...