Index
January/February 2004: Bahamas. Doe, Karen, Pam, Amy, and spouses, along with Isabel and Peggy, took a three-night trip to the Bahamas around the turn of the month. It rained a bit most days, including this, our last day.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. This view from our hotel room shows the tourist shops around Port Lucaya and its marina.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. This view from our hotel room shows the fountain at the hotel entrance and part of the waterway leading to the Port Lucaya marina.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Pam studies the options available at an outdoor cafe specializing in Greek Bahamian food.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. David enjoys an outdoor lunch (in January!) at a Greek Bahamian restaurant.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. On arrival, Pam enjoys the sunshine, the deck chairs by (in!) the pool. This pool has an "infinity edge", that makes it look like the pool has no edge.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Pam enjoys te deck chairs and the "infiniry edge pool.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. The "inifinity edge" pool at the Westin hotel, where we stauyed.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Pam, Mark, and Doe relax at the hotel in Port Lucaya.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Aunt Karen and Isabel off and running on the beach.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. I took a kayak tour through mangroves.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Doe and Murray and Isabel kayak with us.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Karen and Mark.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Doe and Isabel and Murray.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Karen and Mark on the kayak tour.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Kayaking the narrow passages of the mangrove swash.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Mangrove swash.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Karen and Mark navigate a narrow section.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Isabel and I finish the kayak tour at a beach where the swash meets the ocean.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. After the kayak tour we went to this beach for lunch and some swimming.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Just off-shore from the beach is a small island; some of the group swam out to snorkel around there.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. At the beach, a lunch spot. Here, everyone is looking at some raccoons who came to visit.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. These two raccoons, and two others, were completely fearless in their daily ritual visiting the tour groups as lunch was prepared.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. A raccoon sniffs my camera hoping it might be food too.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. One of the raccoons approaches for lunch.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Isabel feeds a piece of chicken to the raccoon. They were accustomed to the guides feeding them every day.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Isabel took a real shine to the guide, Mike, and insisted on holding his hand and leading the group.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. The final part of the tour was a visit to a set of limestone caves.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Stairs down into the first cave are laced with the long roots of trees above.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Hundreds of orchids overhang the humid fringes of the cave pools.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Climbing down the steps into a second cave.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Mike gives a history lesson while we enjoy the cave.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Sunlight shines through a small hole in the ceiling of a cave, with tree roots reaching down.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. The deep clear waters of the pool in the cave.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Tree roots and orchids drape the entrance to one cave.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. The group climbs back up out of the cave. The cave was mostly a large hole in the ground, with a pool at bottom, and stairs leading down from the surface.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Amy celebrates her birthday with a silly hat.
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January/February 2004: Bahamas. Peggy and Amy celebrating Amy's birthday, complete with silly hat.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas. Kayak/snorkeling excursion. The beach from which we launch our trip, part of a national park.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas. Kayak/snorkeling excursion. Pam explores the beach where we start our trip.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas. Kayak/snorkeling excursion. We're nearly ready to start kayaking.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas. Kayak/snorkeling excursion. Here we are heading out to a tiny island, offshore, where we will snorkel.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas. Kayak/snorkeling excursion. Here we paddle out from the beach to a tiny island a half mile offshore.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas. Kayak/snorkeling excursion. After we landed on this tiny island we donned wet suits and got ready for snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Karen, Pam, Isabel, Doe, Murray in their wet suits.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Everyone getting into their gear and heading out in the water.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Pam gets the hang of things.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Our guide shows us a starfish.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Karen!
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Here we see everyone dangling around...
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Our guide dives deep to point out something interesting.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Hundreds of yellow fish in this picture.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Note all the yellow fish here!
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling. Lots of fish!
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004: Bahamas snorkeling.
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January 30, 2004. Bahamas. Karen snorkeling.
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