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