Harbour Cove Paradise Island

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... cool off. One day they heard voices coming from the beach and when investigated, Nellie found several survivors from a wreck being led ashore by 16 year old Ben Albury. True love.....rest is history. Albury name is everywhere -Marcel Albury ran the Albury's Ferry based in MOW, Albury Brothers Boat Building builds open fishermen style boats and ...

... anywhere - just hang out here with the other boats. We can always decide tomorrow. During the winter Marsh Harbor looks like a floating trailer park. It's packed. Now there are a lot fewer boats. The weather has cleared for the last few days so the Canadians are booking out of here and the cruisers down from the north are moving further south. There are only about 20 boats in this harbor now. By night ...

Last night and this morning we are experiencing some spindrift across the anchorage. "Spindrift usually refers to spray, particularly to the spray blown from cresting waves during a gale. This spray, which "drifts" in the direction of the gale, is one of the characteristics of a wind speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea." Nice to see our namesake in action ...

... in the islands. Each boat's home island pours into Georgetown as the regatta approaches. Tida Wave in Staniel (Capt Gray's boat) won this regatta many times. The boats have minimal keels and counterbalance the winds on the acreage of sail by the crew of 12 clambering outboard astride long narrow boards - called pries - that extend perpendicular from the boat on the windward side their weight providing leverage to keep the over ...

... on getting in. The channel was dug for a future resort, however it seems that the Bahamas has a plethora of future resorts that never quite got off the ground - except for the channel. Rounding the end of Bimini we headed for Mackie Shoal Light (25 40'54.720N 78 39'27.105W) at which time we would change our heading for NW Channel Light (25 28 05.705N 78 09 37.984W) and then change our heading for Chub Cay (25 23.90N 77 55.08W). The night before ...

... by 2 golden retrievers brought by a group of 5 or 6. They romped and dug and tumbled in the sand. That night we ate dinner at the grill on the beach called Coco Beach Bar and Grill. We're introduced to gumbi smash, a drink that I'm sure I've misspelled. The boys like it! This island also has a golf course, which seems to be a good attraction for the residents on this and nearby islands. After dinner, we walked the docks looking at boats and talking with people ...

... a sea of turqouise. The shifting sands of the banks create beautiful designs visible from the height of the airplane, and our excitment heightens. We land in Andros shortly after and clear customs, only to get back on the plane to our final destination. Flying over the Exumas is a tremendous experience-the water is the most beautiful shade of blue, and because there are sandbars that shift with the ...

... in those very special moments in life, hours before they are about to launch them, can face dramatic changes that make them open to the environment, they start living the moment! . Maybe this is why I like so much traveling. We meet many people during their nature high state of mind that immediately let us feels great. Maybe I am just looking for those fascinating moments in airports and in places I am traveling to, after all what's more exiting ...

... called the Imperial that serves some local favorites for a very good price. I ordered some chicken curry with peas and rice (a Bahamian staple). It was a lot of food, and very good. After a break at the hotel, Janny and I went for a quick walk around a few of the blocks near the hotel. We discovered that the Government House was just half a block up the street. This is no White House...more like bubblegum pink. We thought it was kind of odd that there is a ...