Emerald Bay, Great Exuma Island

The cut to the outside of the islands went very good, it was about an hour before low tide and the wind was calm, so a new experience added to our list. There was not much sailing so we motored and when we arrived in the near where the harbor should be, we just could not see the entrance, the binoculars were glued to my eyes, but you had to get really close to see the buoys, after locating them everything went well.

Did I not talk about the simple life of sailing? We have now arrived in a first class marina; after they helped you put the boat on the dock they roll out a welcome mat on the dock; that is very cool. The harbor master’s office looks like a five star hotel lobby, upstairs is a game room with pool table etc, then an office and bar area, all furnished with really nice furniture and the lounge area with sofa’s and big screen TV. The showers are every boater’s dream with several soaps and lotions and after looking around and we were back on the boat we said to each other that we could get used to this. Most of the women and some men told me their stay here will take a little longer then was planned. We are really enjoying this, the people are very, very friendly, and they really make you feel home. The most intriguing part was the charge of 50 cents per ft. per day.

We took a taxi to Georgetown, because we had to see that and had some shopping to do. The taxi driver was a very nice guy and very knowledgeable about politics and history of the Bahamas, the drive was too short (an hour!) to take on all the topics he and we wanted to talk about.

In the restaurant we met Katera, who was from the big city, which means here Nassau, but was really enjoying the easy going life of the Exumas. She is opening her own restaurant in about two months and after talking a lot that evening we are now friends on face book.