The Eleuthera's - what a place! After weeks in the Exumas enjoying the remoteness of being one with nature and finding the limited markets struggling to get their supply shipments in, it was great to arrive in Rock Sound Eleuthera where we knew the markets (yes, more than one) would be plentiful.
With groceries taken care of and a much needed stop at the post office to send a letter back to the US we bummed around. Town features a large ocean hole which is also the swimming hole for the locals. We had seen this on our previous trip. What we hadn'r experienced, however, was the cave that other boaters encouraged us to go check out.
We walked along the main road until we found the preserve for another smaller ocean hole. Walked along the trail around the hole and found a ladder. Once down the ladder we found the very tall cave. Trees had grown from the floor of the cave and had found the periodic openings in the cave ceiling to grow through into the sunlight. Despite the holes in the ceiling there was still plenty of space for the bats to find dark corners in which to hide.
Back at the dinghy dock we found some local fisherman selling their catch. Pink snapper - pinkfish - they called them. A bag which included six fish sold for $10. Given that we haven't had any success catching fish ourselves we considered this quite the treat.
The Admiral
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