Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Bahamas”
We made our way to Royal Island off Eleuthera and then to the town of Spanish Wells and we have been here for 10 days now. We have unintentionally gotten to know Spanish Wells really, really well. The day we arrived in Eleuthera we knew if we didn’t leave the very next day for Abaco we would be stuck in Spanish Wells due to …
Finally another video…Snorkeling in the Exumas…. We got an early start for our sail to Nassau and within a few hours we were in the heaviest downpour we have had in the Bahamas. The timing wasn’t great because we were just approaching the Yellow Banks, a spot where you have to dodge coral heads and our visibility was terrible. My …
In Shroud, we only had a day or two worth of water and food left. The logical thing to do would have been to continue heading north and eventually reach Nassau. However, we were feeling like we weren’t quite ready to be done with the Exumas. We were enjoying all the snorkeling, quiet beaches and exploring. So we made the shocking decision to …
After leaving Warderick Wells, we headed to Hawksbill Cay, another island in the Sea Park. My parents had told us about encountering “bitch wings” when you are anchoring and we experienced this for the first time. Basically the way this happens is we get in position to anchor our boat and you notice that the people on the boat nearby are …
After all the activity of Georgetown, we were really looking forward to weeks spent exploring the Exuma chain. The Exumas are a cruisers paradise with hundreds of mostly uninhabited islands, beautiful waters in every shade of blue, amazing beaches, great snorkeling and lots of peaceful anchorages. There are very few settlements in the Exumas, which makes it difficult to provision. After 4 weeks …
We get asked by both friends or family at home and also people we meet here what we are doing about schooling on this trip. When I cruised in the ‘90s, I completed grades 9 and 11 on the boat and followed a very prescribed curriculum through our Ministry of Education. Our kids are much younger (our oldest is in grade 2) and therefore …
