"Cheshire" wrote:

Couple of questions. First, regarding beer. Is there a limit on how much
beer one can bring along? I read about a one quart spirits and wine limit,
but I don't know about beer, which is apparently quite expensive in the
Bahamas.

About bicycles ... I read that you have to pay a customs fee, register the
bicycles, and obtain local insurance on them. Does anyone know how
expensive, difficult and time consuming it is to accomplish?

They don't ask about bikes, and we didn't tell them. THey want to know
about dinghys and dinghy motors. (I understand a dinghy over about 15-17
feet is charged the $150 fee like any boat under 35 feet.)

OTOH the bikes are supposed to be licensed and have lights. Most Bahamian
bikes are not licensed and don't have lights etc. We didn't use the bikes
as most of the time we could walk places (even me) and it wasn't worth the
hassle. And on the larger islands like Nassau and Grand Bahama it was just
so much easier to just take the jitney bus. I don't know about the customs
and insurance stuff.

Someone told me to leave bicycles stowed aboard, and there should be no
problem (other than not being able to use them.) Is that true? How often do
the customs/immigrations officers inspect boats checking in?

I've never had Bahamian customs inspect us, and I think it rarely happens
unless you **** off the inspector.

I understand that sometimes people buy a local bike and then sell it back
when they leave.

grandma Rosalie