Hey, Wayne
 

Post some pictures of your adventures!!! It looks like you are at Guana
Cay, does it have roads, vehicles, and a town?

Hey, Wayne
 

On Jan 31, 1:12*am, wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:24:02 -0500, Wayne B









wrote:

All of the islands down here are beautiful in their own way, thanks in
large part to the brilliant blue-green colors of the water and the
interesting terrain. *Until you actually see it for yourself it is
almost unbelievable how many different colors the water can assume.
Since the charts here are not always as accurate as you'd like, it
becomes important to learn how to "read the water", or as some would
say, "use eyeball navigation". * There are even little poems and
sayings to help with that:

Green, green - nice and clean * (navigable water)
White, white - what a fright * (white is a shallow sand bar)
Brown, Brown - run agound *(brown spots are rocky shoals)
Black, black - break your back *(black spots are coral heads).

Very true. The water in the islands is simply spectacular. You get a
feel for it in the keys but the islands of the Caribbean and the area
around the Bahamas is a whole other thing.
Diving is not like anything most folks in the US ever see. Visibility
is virtually unlimited
I am a bit disappointed that man is screwing it up as fast as they can
but I think some of these countries are getting a little smarter.

Like Kauai. after they saw what Marriott was building with their
resort, the councils got together that put a kabash to future
development, with their "no buildings taller than a palm tree"
clause. Otherwise the island would be one large chunk of development.

Hey, Wayne
 

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:25:11 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

I'm really intrigued by the smaller islands in the area and that most of
them are inhabited and WIFI no less! Wonder how one would move there and
make a living.....

===

You have to supply your own infrastructure on the small islands and it
is not inexpensive: Generators, fuel storage, water desalination
equipment, satellite internet, dock, and frequently a small air strip.

There are a few people making a living with some guest cottages and a
bar/restaurant. Others run charter fishing trips, dive boat
operations, golf cart rentals, etc.

Hey, Wayne
 

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:25:11 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

I'm really intrigued by the smaller islands in the area and that most of
them are inhabited and WIFI no less! Wonder how one would move there and
make a living.....

===

You have to supply your own infrastructure on the small islands and it
is not inexpensive: Generators, fuel storage, water desalination
equipment, satellite internet, dock, and frequently a small air strip.

There are a few people making a living with some guest cottages and a
bar/restaurant. Others run charter fishing trips, dive boat
operations, golf cart rentals, etc.

So on the smaller islands, it's not *natives" per se, but people going
there and building a business idea? Very interesting to me! Do the
bigger islands that have *native* people have springs, wells, or where
does the water come from?

Hey, Wayne
 

On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 08:47:06 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:25:11 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

I'm really intrigued by the smaller islands in the area and that most of
them are inhabited and WIFI no less! Wonder how one would move there and
make a living.....

===

You have to supply your own infrastructure on the small islands and it
is not inexpensive: Generators, fuel storage, water desalination
equipment, satellite internet, dock, and frequently a small air strip.

There are a few people making a living with some guest cottages and a
bar/restaurant. Others run charter fishing trips, dive boat
operations, golf cart rentals, etc.

So on the smaller islands, it's not *natives" per se, but people going
there and building a business idea? Very interesting to me! Do the
bigger islands that have *native* people have springs, wells, or where
does the water come from?

====

Water is a big issue throughout the Bahamas and Caribbean. Most of
it comes from de-salination equipment powered by diesel generators,
i.e., very expensive water. Some places have water catchment systems
and cisterns but there really isn't enoug rain to meet demand.