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On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:44:12 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:53:31 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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Thinking of a trip there. Looking at Internet, see the Rainbow Lodge.
Good
place? Any recomendations? Easiest way to get there? Does not seem as
if
international flights go direct to Eleuthera.

Flight into Ft. Lauderdale or WPB (NOT, repeat, NOT, repeat NOT,
Miami...well, unless you like ****ed-up crowded messes - in that case,
Miami it is..then over to Marsh Harbor, then water taxi/ferry from Marsh
Harbor to Eleuthera (probably north end - buy booze, etc. in MH), or
into Nassau and ferry over to either north or south (Governor's
Harbour), but it depends on what you want to do, IMO. What are you
looking for - just fishing, peace and solitude, moderate nightlife,
casinos, etc. - and for how long? If you sail, I'd suggest Moorings or
similar and then you're on your own as what, when, and where.

Google up Harbour Island (more north end), Governor's Harbour (south),
and perhaps the main Bahamas tourist site to at least get an overview of
what's where and how to get there.



TC,
R

Fishing and snorkeling mostly. After 40 years of marriage we do not do
much
nightlife anymore.

Ah...I wasn't using innuendo...I'm not sure if you are, however...yer
wife didn't have any dreams involving dairy products, did she...? And
pardon my presumption that since you mention 40 years of marriage your
wife is going, but I'll risk the assumption unless corrected...

Would y'all like solitude or some amount of population and/or "activity"
- shopping, dining, casinos, etc., and if you do want some "activity,"
how much? Marsh Harbor is about my limit for "civilisation" in the
Bahamas - I've no interest in Freeport or Nassau, but I understand that
some do. The Bahamas can be as "urban" as most would want/expect, but
as peaceful and quiet as another might desire - whacha after?

And one big question, at least for me - do you sail?

TC,
R

I powerboat. Have been to Freeport and had fun, but not one of the
highpoints of Bahamas. Cruise ship docked their. Wife is going with me,
and is also laid back as to life. Did go with me for 7 weeks in a truck
camper drive to Alaska 2 years ago. Won't do that again, as she says it was
like losing a summer when their is no warm water to swim in.