From Little Harbor we continued northwestward in the Sea of Abaco, stopping at Hopetown, Man of War, Great Guana Cay and Treasure Cay. This region is much more developed than the Exumas. In general, the houses are nicer and better kept, the restaurants are nicer, and there's more available in the stores. Here's Hopetown harbor and its famous lighthouse. This light still uses a kerosene flame magnified through a multi-faceted Fresnel lens. Its beam is visible 20 miles out at sea.
Man of War Cay has a long tradition of boat building. If you're looking for a birthday present for Peter, here's an idea....
Anchorage off Man
of War Cay
We found a bunch of sea biscuit shells in 9' of water.
This sand dollar was alive, so we put him back.
Nancy picked up a few live sea stars; we put them back too.
Great Guana Cay has a small settlement, a beach five miles long, lots of new vacation houses and the infamous Nippers, where we had lunch before looking for shells. Wonder who their decorator is?
From Great Guana we enjoyed a nice 9-mile ride to Treasure Cay in beautiful weather. Treasure Cay is an American-style beach resort.
We hung out on the beach and took a long walk looking for sand dollars. Nancy did more of the walking, Peter did more of the hangin' out. The sand here is like powdered sugar.
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