Fast restaurant service (in Bahamas?), James Bond and Thunderball Grotto, hot walks to the beach, and 1990s music.

What a lovely island for a couple of days stay.

Before we left Rat Cay, we stopped at a festival in Barraterry, Exumas. We missed the main festivities but learned a bit anyway.

At Rudder Cut Cay, we dove “The Paino and the Mermaid”, the underwater sculpture commissioned by David Copperfield.

Then we moved onto Black Point where we met Killer and enjoyed some proper cocktails.

We had visitors last week and did the quintessential Exuma things. We snorkeled the reefs, visited an Iguana island, and hung out with pigs and a brood of tiny piglets that live on White Cay.

It is rewarding to host friends. They help you engage with the place and with each other. Through their eyes, we are reminded why sailing the Bahamas is an amazing time.

We are in the Bahamas off-season. Beaches are empty, boats are sparse, and the cold beer is a little harder to find, but only a little.

We have to time our stops at restaurants as they may be closed early. And we may have to visit a couple before we find one that is open. But… It is all worth it when we make it to a beach devoid of anyone.

We made it to Georgetown, Exumas, Bahamas, in one shot, much faster than we had planned. But it came with a bit of an adventure.

The Exumas are as relaxed as Eleuthera, and the island time is… well… I don’t know if they even wind the clock.

Beautiful place.

We learned about the color pink, “potcakes”, and that donuts and cops are a universal pairing…

We sailed to Governor’s Harbor in nice conditions and planned to stay here only one night but after discovering a beautiful running trail along an equally beautiful beach, we decided to stay an extra day. Fantastic decision!

We left Spanish Well and sailed through the Current Cut to Goulding Cay. The winds were twice as strong as forecasted, and the sea was higher and less pleasant than we preferred, but we arrived at a beautiful location.

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After a beautiful night sail across the Tongue of the Ocean, we arrived at Spanish Wells, a small town on St George Cay. We explored the town, the beaches, and everything named Pinder.

Join us for a twelve-minute banter about the last couple of days.

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Travel Banter podcasts are our informal updates on where and what we are doing. These episodes are specific to places we are currently visiting, people we meet, and observations that make an impression.

In this episode, we banter about our hard-earned eastward miles on the way from Key West to Spanish Wells.

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