True tales of life in the islands…
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The Rescue Who Rescued
Jackson’s story started in Harbour Island. Not much is known of the first year of his life other than he was tied up in someone’s backyard. There are accounts of people hearing whimpering and crying from the backyard where he was tethered to his short pole....
Only in the Islands
An only in the islands moment... The construction boys have been working hard all week, so my husband and I decided to treat them to an afternoon on the boat so they could get in the water and do some spearfishing. We stopped at numerous coral heads and they would...
Daylight Come and Me Wanna Go Home
I have been singing "The Banana Boat Song" aka "Day-O" for three days. All I want to do is go home. To be fair, Sunday was a last minute day. We got a phone call from the supply boat captain early in the morning to let us know that he was heading back to Nassau. We...
Back to the “Real World”
Mark and I are going full circle. Well, we thought we had already gone full circle, but to our surprise, we had one more notch to go to complete the radius. Mark called Nassau home for almost 20 years prior to moving out to a remote island in the Exumas where...
The Curious Life of Out Islanders
My husband and I have recently jumped overboard from the ship of reality. We moved from an already small island with a population of about 2,000 people during peak season, to an island with about 20 people on a crowded day. This island has one restaurant, an airstrip,...
Artifacts from Norman’s Cay’s Shady Past
We have been staying in a cute cottage overlooking the south cut between Norman's Cay and Wax Cay. There is a beautiful little stretch of white sandy beach just a few hundred yards away, but the access had been overgrown with native bush. One Saturday afternoon we...
The Adventurous Life of Barley The Pirate Dog
Instead of always hearing about life on a rock from a human’s perspective, perhaps to mix things up you’d like to hear it from the floor-level vantage point of a 4-legged furry being…. My name is Barley and I’m a mature 57 years old. (That’s calculated into human...
The Laughing Lizard – Gregory Town, Eleuthera
Located at the top of the hill just north of Gregory Town, Eleuthera is the funky & vibrant Laughing Lizard Cafe. Run by a team of Brilanders & Eleutherans, this long-time fixture has gotten a recent face lift and is now your go-to place for a fun laid back...
The Sugar Mill – Harbour Island
If you have perused the numerous shops on Harbour Island, you have probably stumbled across The Sugar Mill. If you haven't paid them a visit yet, definitely put it on your to-do list. Co-owned by India Hicks and Linda Griffin, the Sugar Mill was actually a functioning...
Dake’s Shoppe – Harbour Island
Nestled behind a white picket fence is a quaint historical cottage with bright red shutters, now known as Dake's Shoppe. With a talented eye for design, Dake Gonzalez spends half of his time dedicated to a production company in New York, and has recently opened a...
Island Hopping: Through the Eyes of an Out Island Flyer
Northern Exumas source: out island flyers The Bahamas is a unique rarity in that one can "island hop" almost endlessly. Instead of a solid landmass of an island like Cuba, Jamaica or Hispanola, the Bahama islands are an archipelago consisting of approximately 700...
Island Shopping
Today's shopping basket - US $74.50 I popped to the store quickly to pick up a few things and was a little shocked as to how depleted my cash funds were upon my return home. I've been grocery shopping on Harbour Island for quite some time now, but it still never...
Finding Peace in Power Outages
If I had any marbles left after living on this crazy rock for 2 years, I may have just seen the last one go rolling out the door, down the street and drop into the depths ocean. Let me just say, power outages 4+ times a day is enough to send one to the loony bin but...
Island Trans
On my rock, the preferred means of transportation, or trans as it’s commonly referred to, is a golf cart. But not just any old golf cart that your average snowbird tootles around in their South Florida retirement community. No these carts have style. And “style” is...
Kiteboarding in Harbour Island, Bahamas
Although the islands of The Bahamas are not specifically known as an epic kiteboarding destination like Hawaii, the Dominican Republic or Brazil, it's certainly worth it to explore as an option if you are looking for someplace new and different for your next kiting...
