The Landing Harbor Island

... Nassau, mon! Nobody ain't steal nothing from anybody, mon! Just how the people of Harbour Island proudly say that!!!<br><br>Golf cart.... Pink Sands Resort..... Valentine's Resort and Marina.... Beach..... Sunset at the Marina.... Sunrise at the beach..... Lone Tree..... Return the golf cart then back to Nassau.<br>

... about an hour we stupidly drove up a beach track and managed to get it completely stuck in the sand i.e. half way up the wheel! Luckily we didn't freak out too much and a nice Hungarian man came to help dig us out. After about 90 minutes, various pieces of driftwood inserted under the tyre, and a big push from a group of English women, the car was set free, hoorah! Later on we came to find that we had probably bust the car, as it started playing up on ...

... Rock Sound settlement was real small, but had the largest grocery store we had been to since Nassau! We were awe struck going inside and had a field day going up and down all the isles, making justifications for why we would need this and that. I mean...they had more salad dressings to choose from that the previous stores had items! Michael and Austin renewed our travel visa here and major maintenance on the generator was ...

... the still connected steering cables had pulled the entire steering assembly to the stern. After lifting the engine out of the water, miraculously I was able to pull the boat to the shore against the tricky current of Staniel Cay. Someone else was helping us that day for sure. As soon as that incident was finished, we made the tough call of heading out to the rough seas and sailing south to Blackpoint. During the sail the ...

... and the docks featuring prominently downtown. However, the most beautiful stretches of beach are claimed as private by mostly rich white property owners like P and her family or swanky hotels & resorts. Pink Sands beach has a very exclusive feel indeed - only fine designer beachwear allowed! While I didn't see any evidence of poverty, there is definitely a divide between the "haves" and the "have mores".

... some had gone through a remodel. There was also a new resort that had been recently built. The condos modeled themselves after the 18th century architecture but on a grander scale. The resort was called Valentine's, and boasted a gorgeous new marina where world class multimillion dollor yachts moored themselves. After walking for about an hour we found ourselves on the pink sand beach on the Atlantic side of the island. The sand was soft and felt squishy between my toes ...

27 décembre 2007: Princess Cays - 27o C, ciel partiellement nuageux Curieusement, pas de cohue pour prendre les navettes... je m'attendais à une file incroyable, mais nous sommes arrivées 15 minutes avant le départ de la première navette, et on a eu une place sans problème. A 9h15 on était sur la plage. Comme on était les premiers sur l'île, on a pu choisir nos places! Plutôt que ...

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 ...

... entrepreneurial Bahamian lady offered to bring us there and pick us up after our adventure. We boarded another ferry and took most of the day exploring the island, very touristy and colonial but with a cool vibe, colorful architecture and pink sandy beaches. All in all a fab experience on a relaxed, low key island. We already decided next winter we'll be back to explore the southern half of the island.

... 5-6 for cell phone (usually no cell signal). WiFi is available in almost every marina, and you can purchase a roaming plan for $120 month. They use the MAC address as the identifier, so Ted and I use my travel wireless router to link the two PCs and share the connection. At the end of the night, we had called most of the children, made marina reservations in Freeport (Port Lucaya Marina) and West Palm Beach., and we had only spent slightly more than one euro.