Out Islands

... the Eastern Caribbean , Venezuela, the ABCs back to Brunswick Georgia, from Dec. 13, 2006 through Oct. 31, 2009, In this blog we describe our travels to date. From here on out, we will use this Travelpod site as our means of blogging our travels.

We slept late, had a leisurely breakfast, and left for day two of the Out Islands. The wind is up (20-25 mph) and the water is a bit rough. There a several rocks and reefs we have to avoid, but Ted's study of the charts, the computer, and the auto-pilot ...

... up, everyone was trying to seek shelter somewhere.  We ended up finding a spot not too far away in between two islands, providing decent protection from the strong west winds.  We waited out the storm for the night, as the ...

... little unplanned sailing at the end and the second was a fabulous Sail up and over the two largest of the Abaco Islands; the Islands of the Little Bahama Bank. Ruth tells me that I should have included footage about our "engine breakdown" which ...

... we were leaving to go to Atlanta to see Zack graduate from Darlington School at Rome, Georgia. One day on Staniel you saw us out in a golf cart taking pictures and riding around.  This time we had to take the golfcart to the airport   and catch ...

... ;  Later, when researching our intended route through the islands, we discovered there were few immigration officers stationed on the out islands we intended to visit who could grant extensions.  We needed to know exactly where and by whom an ...

... , having a little Fiji time. Most of the time we just hung around the beach playing volleyball or sun bathing. Just chilling out on the islands of Fiji. This is one place I would definitely recommend anyone to go to as a holiday destination. It had ...

... nbsp; We had a young man, Albert Electronics***?  come by after a couple of days (nothing happens fast on the Out Islands) and check out our Single Side Band (SSB) radio.  He immediately found a small short in a connector Ed had soldered.  ...

This is where we really were off to. It is one of the more remote "family islands," or out-islands, of the Bahamas, and still relatively ...

We spent two nights in Great Guana Cay and then yesterday left at noon for Green Turtle Cay where we will stay for 7 nights. There's storms with 50 knot winds predicted for the weekend and then north winds for several days after that. We're at the ...

... . Roads are only wide enough for golf carts, and an occasional small work truck. People are very friendly and considerate.  If you are out for a walk, you will be asked if you need a golf cart ride into town by a passing neighbor.  Maybe it is ...

... of those, so we can't say for sure. This one was as the Bahamians say, “plenty fun”. Bahamians come from surrounding Islands to see it. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! A Junkanoo is a particularly Bahamian event.  Here is what ...

... a huge silver Barracuda. Initially I thought it was a Wahoo (the relative of a Barracuda that we had been eating in the Galapagos Islands! however, as I stood rigid I remembered that I had seen a picture of a Wahoo and it wasn't the same... then it hit ...

... many chains of islands in the Bahamas but many claim are the most beautiful, they are a string of hundreds of small (and 3 large) islands in a small curve about 120 miles long with very deep water one side (5km) and a large area of shallow on the leeward ...

... (port of call) for the cruise ships it operates in the region.  There are only seven full time residents on the entire islands which means no bars or restaurants.  This results in most of the staff on the cruise ship ferrying everything over to ...

... Stream, is 25 miles south of Miami, at the south end of Biscayne Bay, Pumpkin Cay. From there, there's a passage thru the barrier islands and reefs. It's a good bit south of our destination but as we aim due east, the Gulf Stream will carry us north to ...

... Marina to buy diesel fuel (other side of the island in White Sound).     - These ferries connect the various islands in the Abacos.  It becomes a school bus in the morning and in the afternoon bringing the high school kids to ...

... lives on the Plaza with his wife, Diane.  They were spending time on their boat and traveling around the same islands we've visited.  We finally got together in Marsh Harbour to get better acquainted and enjoyed three evenings together dining ...