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14 ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS ARE READY TO WELCOME VISITORS WITH OPEN ARMS

October 3, 2019 By Tam Warner 1 Comment

14 ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS ARE READY TO WELCOME VISITORS WITH OPEN ARMS

I want to share this press release regarding The Islands of the Bahamas! Most of the islands are ready and willing to have you visit. My trip to the Exumas was absolutely fantastic, and I highly recommend visiting! The Exumas has swimming pigs!

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NASSAU, Bahamas, September 9, 2019 – The Islands Of The Bahamas is an archipelago with more than 700 islands and thousands of cays spread out over 100,000 square miles of ocean, starting just 50 miles south east of the coast of Florida. While the country grieves the devastation Hurricane Dorian brought upon two of the most northern islands, Grand Bahama and The Abacos, there is a silver lining. The majority of The Bahamas, including 14 of the most commonly visited islands, remains unaffected by the storm. The warm and friendly people of The Bahamas, along with hotel and travel partners, from Bimini to Nassau and Paradise Island, The Exumas to Inagua, are ready to welcome travelers with open arms.

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Good News for Bahamas Lovers! Direct Flights from Dallas!

May 17, 2016 By Tam Warner 19 Comments

The first direct flights to Grand Bahama in many years! The Vacation Express Grand Bahama Summer Program is new to Dallas, TX and is actually on a trial basis for two months, May 27th through July 31st. If the new flights are popular, they could extend the flights up to four months! The Vacation Express flights offers vacationers the opportunity to experience the ease, comfort and convenience of travelling to Grand Bahama to enjoy the awesome beauty and limitless attractions and adventures there!

The flights will be on Sunwing Airlines, and will leave Dallas Fort Worth at 8:00 am arriving Grand Bahama at 11:55 am. The flights rotate on what is called a “rolling fours” with flights rolling out after every four night trip. The package prices includes a resort stay and the non-stop flight – in the case of an all-inclusive resort, the package also includes all meals and unlimited drinks and more! This is an absolutely incredible deal!

Grand Bahama is full of history and charm, and is a complete vacation destination. There’s something for everyone on Grand Bahama Island from relaxing in the sun, romantic dinners overlooking the ocean or trying your luck at the casino. There are also the many cultural activities especially during annual festivals and local events, a limitless variety of sports and water activities, eco-tours, and shopping for great deals on duty-free merchandise. http://www.grandbahamavacations.com/. Buy one airline ticket and get one free! Hurry, scurry, before these amazing travel deals are gone!

Comedy of Errors in Exuma

January 7, 2014 By Tam Warner 2 Comments

Well, I must say this trip has gotten off to an interesting start! Here I am, in the Great Exumas, Bahamas, and as far as diving goes, it has been a true fiasco.

I bought new gear for this trip, a new dive computer and transmitter, new regulator and an alternate breather so I don’t have to wear an Octopus (an extra mouthpiece for breathing). My alternate air source has a breathing piece attached to my inflater hose, doing away with the bothersome Octopus. So…it came time to dive yesterday, and of course, none of it worked except my regulator. The computer would not pair, the transmitter would not even turn on! The alternate breathing/inflater hose leaked from the get go. The boat we were on basically doesn’t carry much in the way of extra gear, so guess who didn’t get to dive? Yep. Me! THAT is a first. I did try, and while trying to get my inflater hose to work, my brand new snorkel came off my mask so it is probably in the Turks and Caicos by now (it was rough out there). My cousin did dive, and the visibility was lousy so she lost the dive master and had to come up. It was rough enough out there that we were both a bit seasick, too!

Today, I tried it again, with a rental BCD, rental gauge, a new snorkel, and of course, the transmitter would still not turn on. At least I was able to dive. One certainly cannot judge a place on two dives, but the dives were pretty marginal. Of course, I am spoiled by diving Cozumel so very often…it is crystal clear with LOTS of marine creatures (not the case here, so far). Cozumel often has 100+ feet of visibility. I would say it was about 50 today, not bad at all. Yesterday my cousin said it was around 30 or less. I anticipated two nice dives…and then…my camera housing malfunctioned. The buttons were sticking, the camera had to be turned off in order to stop it taking photos, or it would get stuck in the wrong mode. Really, what can you do but laugh? Talk about Murphy’s Law! Best to get any issues with equipment out of the way before diving Thailand and Myanmar in March, though!

Exuma is a lovely island though…beautiful water color! And, on the bright side, I drove on the left side of the road without killing us. I also have a golf cart I can zoom around in, which is fun, especially since the views from the golf course are terrific. We are staying in a villa, gorgeous place, but the problem? They are running out of food at the restaurant! Really?You have no fish to eat, here in the Bahamas? Pretty amazing. Oh, and no pizza, and no buns. The pickings get slimmer every day. Time to go in search of other dining experiences! I may have to ask friends to send food, ha ha.

Tomorrow I plan to tour the grounds again in the morning (an excuse to tool around in the golf cart, on the left side of the paths) and take some photos, perhaps snorkel a bit, and tomorrow afternoon we are diving my first blue hole! So, I’m going to see if I can fix my camera housing, and then to bed. Ciao! And keep warm!

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