The Exumas
So a month in the Bahamas has passed already, and it has been superb to be back in the land of sun, sand and lobsters.
We picked up Josette in Nassau and she spent two weeks with us. A week of which we spent tucked up at Allan’s Cay at the north end of the Exumas.
With unseasonal westerly winds we had a great opportunity to hunt on the reefs on the east side of the islands and quickly got back into snorkeling mode. We bagged a dozen lobster over a few days, eating like Kings and putting a few in the freezer to cover the leaner days ahead.
The rest of her trip was spent in the Exuma Cays National Park, snorkeling, walking on the beaches and enjoying the sunshine and sand.
After Josette left we had 2 weeks to ourselves, a lot of which was spent holes up at Cambridge Cay as a succession of cold fronts swept down from the USA. Although we weren’t shoveling snow, we were getting cold and very windy weather, so spent a lot of time catching up on reading and sheltering from the howling wind.
With perfect timing the weather cleared up in time for a lovely Christmas Day party on the beach.
We were joined by 5 other boats that we know from different parts of our travels in the Bahamas and Caribbean over the past few years
Despite being a long way from our families we still managed to eat and drink far too much in the traditional Christmas way, but it was sad not to be able to get to a phone to say a proper hello.
After Christmas the weather stayed perfect for Kate, Roger and the kids visit for New Year. We had a great little “holiday”; snorkeling in Thunderball cave, feeding the swimming pigs of Big Majors and a few games of beach cricket which is rapidly catching on in the Bahamas cruising community – maybe the Ozzies can unearth a batsmen here?
We waved them sadly goodbye and move into 2011 with few definite plans. Current favourite is to explore the Bahamas until May then return to the USA for summer, with a side trip on a airplane to the UK to visit the relatives.
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