Exploring Bahamas

We have been in Bahamas for 5 days now.  We are definitely getting the Island disease where one day just runs into another and who really knows if it's Monday, Tuesday or Friday.  Does it matter, after all?  We made our way from West End, Grand Bahamas to the Berry Islands and have now anchored outside of Atlantis in Nassau.
The Bahamas are still a very popular place for the big cruise lines.  It's incredible how big these ships are. We can see five of them from where we are anchored today.

We headed down to Berry Islands, trying our hand at fishing.  We invested in some fishing line and lures and so far, I am sad to say, the ROI has not been great.  The score is Segwun 1; Fish 4.  Meaning, we have caught 1 fish and the Fish have stolen 4 lures.  But we are on a learning curve and the joy and excitement of catching that first ocean fish was definitely worth it.  We're still not sure what it was we caught, but we fried it in a pan of butter and garlic and it sure was delicious.

We also ate our first Conch at the restaurant in Grand Harbour.  Deep fried conch tastes a little like calamari.  I've never seen so many conch shell in my life.  I always thought they were quite rare, but here in the Islands, they are plentiful!  

We spent some time on a 7 mile long beach - on which we were the only sun bathers.  Great choice as the other end of the island is home to the cruise ships.   As we passed by the next day we saw crowded beaches, seadoos, parasailers and lots of boat traffic.    

Some of my TP colleagues may recognize the blue bag.  It is not so far from home - Miami is just across the Gulf...  In the background are Liz and Eric taking in the sun.  The water is a beautiful blue, skies are clear, sand is like sugar.  Perfect!

Our Little Harbour anchorage where we hoped to meet Chester and enjoy some of his cooking for which he is famous.  Unfortunately, he was out all day and couldn't accommodate us.

Ok last picture ...  always a favourite of mine are sunrises and sunsets.  Day after tomorrow we plan to head out again, hoping to reach Allan's cay.  We probably won't have internet for a while.  Stay tuned!