The island is New Providence. Besides Nassau there are many small towns and areas on the island. Across from Nassau is the Atlantis casino and hotel on Paradise Island. The island has a rich history due to its central location in the Bahamas, deep water port and natural resources. Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas and has the government buildings dating back to the 1800s.
We learned many things about the history of Nassau and New Providence this year. We rented a van with four of our friends. Several times I had to be reminded to drive on the left but for the most part I drove successfully. We saw where the rich live, the slaves had worked, monuments to slavery, old plantations and many small towns. New Providence is so much more than Nassau!
During our stay in Nassau we visited the attraction known as the Queen's Staircase, supposedly originally dug out as an escape tunnel by slaves but rebuilt by descendants of the slaves as a tribute to Queen Victoria who emancipated them. The 66 steps commemorate the number of years she ruled. We also visited the Historical Society museum where we learned about the history of the island.
We left Nassau after six nights in the marina. We prefer not to worry about our boat dragging as many do in the harbour. I helped our friend re-anchor after he became concerned about his location then fouled his engine with the second anchors line. It was quite dramatic with the ending humorous as they re-anchored in the same location.
As usual, we made new friends in Nassau almost all of whom we will see in the Exumas. (Since I am writing this weeks later I know this is true).
So finally on February 1st we headed to Rose Island late in the day with 15k on the nose and 4 foot seas but endurable for the 45 minutes until we turned north towards Rose Island. For the first time in about 10 trips in and out Ed managed to hit rocks by going too close into the island, probably because things looked different from this route and the visibility was bad due to the seas. Other than sounding awful we had no damage except for Ed's pride. We anchored in a patch of sand and were joined by our friends Ken and Belinda off of Duet whom we had not seen since the boat yard in St. Marys. Ken has been our friend for over two years. Belinda is a new friend.
Next installment: Rose Island and our trip down the Northern Exumas.
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