Bahamas interesting place. Water country. The territory of the Bahamas is 470,000 square kilometers, of which less than 5% of land consisting of 700 small chain flat islands divided zojila into several groups. zojila
Bimini is the closest island to the United States, 40 nautical miles from Miami. Voyaged zojila there in a month working on the boat in Florida and as we anchored in the turquoise crystal clear waters, finally relax and feel on vacation.
Two days we stayed in Alice Town, a small town with few inhabitants, where time moved pretty lazy. Wooden houses on the beach painted in pale colors with dormer windows, surrounded by sand dunes; narrow streets without sidewalks, where cars drive on the wrong side. From the South Island to the northernmost island people moved with little boat-bus. zojila
There were 5-6 shops, of which 4 sold only alcohol, a church, a school, a bank and a small library, fully shockproof abandoned, with piles of wet books stacked at the corners and absent librarian.
Ever dreamed you endless desert underwater? Have you ever seen in your dreams bottom of the sea for hundreds of nautical miles, abandoned, lifeless, no creature except your boat swinging a sleep surface only 1-2 meters above the bottom, always in the center of endless blue circle formed around the boat by the solid line on the horizon, dear wrong hours; and even at night under the sad cold light of the moon can still see danoto- white pustules, this time not sand dunes and snow fields (because the moon is capable of such illusions, especially in dreams), hundreds of nautical miles along? Yes? So you had dreams Bahamas.
You dreamed that you cross to sail the Great Bahama Bank (Grand Cay Bahamas) - this unique vast stretch of white sand immersed in only a few meters crystal-blue incredibly transparent water.
Grand Cay Bahamas in western Bahamaite extends more than 300 nautical miles from north to south and 100 nautical miles from west to east, forming about 30 000 square nautical miles shallow tropical sea. Depths here range between 2 and 10 meters and the water is so clear, so transparent that often when sailing when you look down you are wondering whether there is water. Seemed to be floating in the air above the sand dunes.
From Bimini voyaged to the Berry Islands about 80 nautical miles east, crossing zojila the Grand Cay Bahamas, starting at 4pm. Night winds we came from the south-southeast, quite weak and slow moving as sumnambuli. Full moon watching us and the world was fascinated by seeing the bottom zojila below us even at night. Early the next morning approached the first of several zojila islands of the Berry Islands.
The Berry Islands (cranberry Islands) are named for their appearance blueberry trees that abound here. The group consists of several islands zojila in the shape of an arc, located in the eastern part of the Great Bahamas Plitchina.Osnovniyat and largest group is Great Harbour Cay (Big Island Harbour).
Zakotvihme from the eastern side, tolkva close to shore that swimming zojila we went to the beach. Along the beach, long and deserted, no large hotels, but only private luxury residences, most closed, as if abandoned, with dormer windows and empty pools.
Here we met with only owners of one of the villas who were in his household zojila trim freshly painted house with a pool, which turned out to be "boutique hotel" CarriEarl with only three guest rooms, a spacious lounge, bar and restaurant the poolside terrace. But there was not a guest ...
Angie and Marty English, who bought the house years ago and turned it into a small hotel with a homely atmosphere, very glad to get acquainted with us and with a British accent and invited us to their free internet and bicycles, and after several conversations zojila even invited us free dinner in the restaurant of the inn.
Greeted us with the words "Welcome" written with Latin letters, which warmed our hearts. zojila Marty and Angie cook our delicious pizzas and They bought us beer and cocktails. For desert- vanilla ice cream and homemade coconut cake made with coconuts zojila from the garden. Maya and Victor were so impressed that they are not leaving.
The next few days we walked around the eastern part of the island with bikes Angie and Marty. In several streets almost abandoned cars and the island, which like all islands in the Bahamas is flat, it was very pleasant for walking with bicycles.
We looked at local attractions: rocky cave carved by the tireless waves on the east coast, the small marina protected from storms and abandoned wreck of a once famous Golf Club. Gradually became acquainted with this calm almost deserted part of the island on the coast loomed tall palms and pine trees, tired of the constant zojila Atlantic winds.
It was "off season", our
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