BRIGHTCAST by Ship Bright

Holly's first African safari!  Johannesburg, SOWETO, Kwazulu Natal, Zulu Nyala Game Lodge and our favorite Game Guide Christiaan Beukes.

Zulu Nyala Game Lodge

Carrington House Australia.  Run by our friends the Jarvis's.

Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve.   

Regina Mundi Church SOWETO

This edition of BrightCast by Ship Bright is deliberately short.  We are working on two different storylines that involve coordinating with other people to interview and bring on!  One storyline is about South Africa and our journey there which took us on safari in KwaZulu Natal, meeting new friends, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Table Mountain, Robbins Island and Nelson Mandela...not just through our eyes but the eyes of some South African friends!

The other storyline is all about DNA testing, online research and discovery....revelations and peace for some elder hearts...

A little diving, strolling Somerset beach where there are no footprints on the beach, jumping in Blue Holes, presenting custom designed Bonefishing rods to a a couple of world class Bonefish guides, Solomon Murphy and Glaister Wallace.

visit www.maineflyco.com for handbuilt, small batch, top quality craft fly rods.  Maybe they'll build you an "Andros" rod with Bahamian flag color wraps!

...and where else but Small Hope Bay Lodge

Who doesn't love a wedding?! Food! Booze! Music! Possibility of someone having a Bridezilla/Groomzilla/parentzilla meltdown and epic scene caught on video and shared with the world. Thankfully none of the meltdowns and all of the upside for this day!

A wedding coordinator is money WELL spent.  Thank you Sarah Caron.  www.dragonflyweddingcoordinator.com

and of course the photographer to memorialize your special day. Here's our guy who is a rockstar in his own right as well as a fine person

https://johndolan.com/

-and last but not least the band: PLAINS!  https://www.facebook.com/plainsdudes/

This episode talks primarily about the The Bahamas largest island, Andros, and a very special place to Holly, myself, our family and friends...Small Hope Bay Lodge.

https://www.smallhope.com

It's wedding season and in our family my youngest daughter Hayley is getting married.  I've created this signature wedding cocktail dubbed the "Summer Sparkler" by Hayley.  Enjoy!

We continue our adventures in Costa Rica and return to Nassau just in time to have COVID-19 force the world into lockdown.

How to make a Ship’s favorite Bahamian cocktail: the Goombay Smash--recipe as inspired by Miss Emily's Blue Bee Bar on Green Turtle Cay, Abacos, Bahamas.  Green Turtle is a favorite!

2020 brings more challenges to my Fulbright and Holly's and my life in The Bahamas.  We continue on with World Central Kitchen https://wck.org and Fulbright work with an official trip to Costa Rica and Earth University...and then like everyone, begin to experience the full effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Earth University

Namu Galleria  .Borunca masks and cultural items of significance

Relief efforts for Holly focus on shelters in Nassau, undocumented Haitian issue in The Bahamas surfaces, Into the holidays with the "Lost month of December" and Junkanoo!

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