Thursday 21 December 2017

December 10 - 20, 2017 … part two " Da end of Da Road "


walking into New Plymouth for a church singing and service


this little girl was entertaining us most of the night … she liked Joe's beard
… maybe she thought he was Santa


all the churches in New Plymouth was represented tonight … there
was a lot of beautiful gospel singing


the band was in the upstairs room … it was nice to see our Canadian flag


the next day we made arrangements for Bolo to pick us up


he came along side Modaki and we stepped aboard for our 1/2 ride across the
banks to our rental car


Trumpet Vine in full bloom


Coopers Town …. on a very settled day you can anchor off …Joe and I did that 
a few years ago


school is out for Christmas and all the boys were down on the
peer trying to catch some fish


they used the inside head part of a lobster for bait




this is the tiny villages that we will be passing thru on our way to "Da end of da Road "


the Chinese are building this port … it is huge … but the depth is only 7 1/2 feet 
.. no one can figure out this logic


the parking lot for the big trucks … see our car 


during one of the latest hurricanes … Little Abaco Cay and Great Abaco Cay
became one … from shifting sand bars .. so they built a bridge to join the two
….. now we are entering an all black community on Little Abaco Cay


in  August of this year they had a huge forest fire …. there is no fire departments here
so the fires can burn for days and weeks




another little fishing port


and the Sexy Conch Man was not home on the day we arrived


this lady was cutting up barracuda for a fish fry that they have on the
weekends ..  … she told us that her friend just called her a few minutes earlier and said
that a white car with two white people just stopped in front of her house and was taking pictures
of her flowers ….   news travels fast around here .


it looks like a good dinghy to me


the main road thru town


the medical centre and beside it is the very small post office and a one room Police station 
I went into the police station and asked if there was a place to eat in town …
and the officer said I will take you to Da Valley Restaurant … when I said no I just need
directions, which he gave me (3 minutes away)… then he said I will call them and 
say that you are arriving in a few minutes … and yes he did call and said we are on our way.


and we were the only customers for the first 1/2 hour


the view from Da Valley back deck


the owners son and a grouper picture


the walls covered in peoples names etc.  they even supply the
black marker


while we were waiting for our lunch another local came in and said
… come with me, do you want to see some Black Tip Sharks 


they were skinning the groupers and throwing the skin to the sharks


a very different looking phone


our cracked conch and fries … the best we have ever eaten


and of course we had to add our names to the wall




the people in the foreground are from Toronto and keep their small
run a bout at AYS .. but now have bought a place in Treasure Cay for the winter
they gave us some good local knowledge




some pictures of Fox Town
it is too shallow for us to get our boat  in here











the Treasure Cay Airport


a grave yard with some interesting looking head stones






Crew Harbour … the entrance was very narrow


this fishing boat must be touching the side walls on the way in and out


a new church being built


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