Romora Bay Club Harbor Island

After few hours of sailing, we arrived at the port of Harbour Island. We rented a golf cart for 50 dollars ovenight with full gas without having to worry about insurance and returning the cart with full gas. The instruction to us is to just leave the cart at the port with it's key in it when we leave.

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Sorry that we haven't been able to write a blog sooner, this is the first time we've had internet access for long enough! Well, the two of us have been having a fantastic time in the Bahamas. We started out in Nassau where we spent a couple of days exploring the capital. The buildings here are very twee, pastel coloured and kind of colonial style. We navigated the streets and wandered through the straw market and watched the big cruise ships at the harbour ...

... a mix between Scottish, Gullah, Southern, and New Jersey if you can begin to imagine that. At one of the restaurants I ordered the turtle, apparently a very common dish here. I made Michael and Austin try it too and we all loved it! Golf carts are the main form of transportation here, most outfitted with stereos, and fishing boats of all sizes line the docks. The season has just ended so the docks are jammed packed with ...

... spent a month adventuring through. Halfway between White Point and Highborne, we anchored off of Hawksbill Cay. We arrived around midday and decided to kiteboard the rest of the afternoon. Michael was the first one to go and once off the beach the winds suddenly died allowing the strong current to sweep him away and down the Island! Austin and I scrambled into the dinghy and quickly found that the engine wouldn't start ...

... barely settle in for the 20 minute flight, and to be picked up by a driver on the next island (Eleuthra). We did have to lower ourselves (ha ha) to take a public water taxi over to Harbour Island, which is essentially the only way to get there. Another stunning property, this time on the most beautiful beach I've ever seen. The sand really does have pink speckles in it, and it's as soft on the feet as ...

... but everything we looked at was super expensive. Forty five dollars for an entre? I don't think so! So we headed home back to Eleuthera and settled for the Sunset Inn where we just missed the sunset. Oh well, we were still able to enjoy our new friend, Kevin's art. It hung all over the walls, depicting scenes of Bahamian life. The colors where magnificent. His work shows in Europe and the states. It was the first day Jim and I had to ourselves in a month and it was wonderful.

... aller du côté où sont les magasins, on est plutôt parti vers la droite où la plage est beaucoup plus tranquille, et où il y a plus d'arbres. On s'est trouvé deux chaises sous une petite hutte, ce qui nous permit d'avoir de l'ombre et du soleil! C'était parfait. Je suis allé chercher mon matelas flottant, et on a ainsi passé la matinée à se prélasser, à nager, à faire la ...

Aikaa taas vierähtänyt ja kaikenlaista tullut puuhailtua. Terveysintoilu on lähtenyt ihan käsistä - Jatkuvaa kuntoilua, superterveellistä ruokaa ja lopetin jopa kahvin juonnin. Eli nyt elellään vaan yrttiteellä, orgaanisella ruokavaliolla (aina kuin mahdollista) ja vedellä. Eli kaikki vanhat huonot tavat karsittu. Välillä (ehkä noin kerran viikossa) tulee nautittua jonkin verran alkoholia, mutta kun sitä juo niin harvoin niin seuraavana päivänä kärsii sitten. Eli ei sen ...

... Haven, which could have been cleaner but the location was awesome, overlooking the Carribbean. This was a delightfully isolated spot with incredible waves for surfing (board or body), swimming, lounging in coral rock water holes or soaking up the rays. To get out of the strong sun, locals built tiki huts along the beach, which came in handy when we got caught in a sudden rain shower. We ate local food ...

After breakfast, we tried to find a snorkel site. There were two good sites nearby, Fowl Cay and Little Mermaid Cay. Both sites were too rough and choppy to snorkel and dive comfortably. We had wanted to stay in Hope Town the day before, but the moorings were full. Ted radioed the Hope Town marina early in the morning and they had a vacant mooring we could reserve for the night. We headed from the Man of War area back south to Hope Town. It is only about a ...