Category Archives: bahamas

Seduced by Sun and Sand

I grew up a snow bunny in the mountains of New England (Vermont, specifically) but the older I get the more I discover if there is a loyalty fence when it comes to favorite places – I might be switching sides. 2011 brought with it trips to Barbados, the Bahamas, Mexico and Jamaica. Already this year, I’ve worshipped the sun on the beaches of Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.

What’s the draw?


Do I actually need to spell it out …
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I Blame the Bahamas

Growing up in Vermont and Michigan, swimming pools were not my childhood summer playground – rather Lake Champlain and The Great Lakes were the waters I found relief from humidity in. I remember a dip in Lake Superior so cold that even with temperatures causing heat waves to rise from the pavement, it felt like automatic hypothermia set in. What I remember most about the lakes I grew up swimming in is that clean as they were for freshwater – I could never see the bottom, never know a fish was approaching till I felt something slimy brush my leg and I never wanted to learn to snorkel because what was there to see? However, we love what we know. So I did love Champlain and I still have a fondness in my heart for The Great Lakes.

The problem is, I can’t enjoy swimming in them anymore.

Not, after this:

I blame the Bahamas for making me a sissy. After you’ve jetted across turquoise waters in a speed boat, swam in the waters off your own private island, received a kiss from a dolpin and snorkeled while fish swarm around you like larger, more colorful bubbles; well, you’re ruined for lake waters! View full post »

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It’s Better in The Bahamas

We arrived, to pouring rain. Speeding down Bay Street from the airport, past Cable Beach and into Nassau – I was shocked to find that even in such conditions the ocean was shades of blue and turquoise so brilliant Pantone has nothing on Bahamian waters. We were going too fast for pictures and I was too overcome to think as a photographer who should have been working. I simply marveled at the scenery as it passed my window.

It was an early morning rain that was needed after a long drought – in its wake was left a green, luscious Bahamas alive with energy and color. Over four days and three nights we absorbed that color and energy at a feverish, but nonetheless exciting pace.

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