It was sweet to find out, people are actually reading my blog and is waiting for the remaining of our trip.

Day 3: We had booked a powerboat to take us to the Exuma Cays, one of the “out islands” of the Bahamas. Exuma is famous for their shark habitants, and they say “..the islands are so pristine and unspoiled that you feel as though you are half a world away”.

Its a full day trip and costs about 200$ per head. They picked us up from our hotel at 8am, reached the harbour and by the time we took off, it was about 9am.

We zooom zoooom for an hour and our first stop was at the Allan’s Cay - we paused to provide a tasty breakfast for the protected Allen’s Cay Rock Iguana, they call this the critically endangered species ‘the Bahamian Dragon’.

Took my 70-300 mm out and shot some more nature pictures.

We then zip through the waters, 40 nautical miles per hour, and arrive our destination - the Ship Channel Cay, a private island in the Exuma.

The beach has no words to describe its pristine waters.

We meet our hosts, who are actually from Germany, settled in the Bahamas after falling in love with it. Minus the heat I can actually understand that! We have an open bar and a lot of munchies. The waters are so clear if you walk along their deck, you can spot rays, colorful fishes, and little sharks.

Next up is sting ray feeding, I decided not to do it. Sun was the brave one! They give you instructions of how you cannot move an inch when its nearby and you have to just hold the fish in your hand, it swerves around and picks it up without any hassle. But if you move, it gets intimidated and god knows what it will do to you.

The thought of a free lunch soon attracts another kind of neighbour, and this time they may not be so friendly! The stingrays disperse at the arrival of the ocean’s main predators, the sharks…

Our guide, Stevie, born and brought up in Georgetown, Exuma, is a shark expert and its his time now to shine. He cuts a big enough bony fish and ties it to a rope and throws it in the water. The shark, happy to have got its prey, gets hold of it with its teeth stuck in the bones, then our Stevie tries to pull the shark to the shore just to make it more mad. Crazyyy.

Check the video to see his gimmicks.

After all this, we were invited by the hosts for the hot hot lunch. Whats on the menu: Fresh Catch of the day grilled, Steak with Mushrooms, Salad, Pasta, Hot Dogs, Fried Potatoes, Veggies, etc. I took two servings of the fish. so yumm.

We relaxed in the water for some time, shot some pictures of the piggies that were roaming around the ocean. Awwww they were so cute.

Time to go snorkeling now. We both were all geared up and followed our friend who said he’s a certified scuba diver. We snorkel around, saw some pretty fishies, colorful reef, often drank salt water and gasped for breath, and then bamm.. there was a shark underneath us. Right below. Like less than 10ft or so it seemed. Fakkk.. I turn around to tell Sun as I know he will be super thrilled, he was right by my side clicking pictures (with his $25 underwater camera). clik clik clik.. we both were so excited. Also no one who came with us saw it.. made us more special.

Two snorkel trips and some sea water drinking, I was done. Sun went for a third one to see more lemon sharks. My husband just loves the wild :)

I was chilling in the water, drinking more rum and taking in the scenery.

It was about 4pm and we were getting ready to say good-bye to the Exumas, Sun comes all burnt and red like a roasted chicken. We were sleepy as hell and the entire ride back we were falling on each other.

Like I said in the previous post, we went to Arawak Cay again, they had their Junkanoo summer festival. It was interesting to see the performances, food from different islands. We ofcourse could not resist the conchs and fish fries, and already felt sad to leave them behind.

BTW, Kalik is their Bahamian beer and its their slogan that I lifted - “Its a bahamian ting” . Sun liked it (everyone knows I dont drink beer), he thought it was like the Indian beer Kingfisher.

We then went to Shogun Revolver for our real dinner. Its an Asian-fusion lounge/restaurant, in the downtown with a view of the Atlantis. I couldn’t eat much and also they screwed up my dish, so I just had a Geisha’s Kiss martini. Sun had an amazing Chicken Noodle, which I shared quite a bit and was very satisfied.

Day 4: Since its our last day of the trip, we decided to be in our resort, enjoy the views and the quiet and ROOM SERVICE. Sat in our breezy balcony, ordered breakfast and just chatted.

Relaxed, slept, woke up to order more food and mojitos.

Ok time to go to the airport. end of our bahama episode.

Check out all the photos here.

now we are home, waiting to go on our next travel….