Tuesday Jan 10, 2023 - Nassau to Georgetown

 

Set the alarm for 5am so we could meet the taxi at 5:30. This hotel was great and I would recommend it. A young German woman was sharing our taxi this morning. She was flying back to Munich after working the last week on Long Island (Bahamas. not New York). She is an economist helping the Bahamian government make the best use of hurricane relief money. Perfect English and very pleasant. $34 for all three of us.

A little worried when we got to the Bahamas Air check in as the line was really long and our flight was leaving at 6:45. But they opened another line for the earlier flights and we breezed right through. I was patted down in the security check (titanium hip, stainless steel leg patch or maybe my knuckle head). I had seat 1F, which was way up front turned around backwards. Small dual prop job with maybe 80 seats and 40 passengers. Everybody slept.

Mixed clouds over the aqua and dark blue water. I love flying through clouds, miracle.

In Georgetown by 7:30, and then took a taxi to the market where Hannah and Erick met us. Seems like a nice little town, pretty tidy.

We took the dingy (new bigger one) to the boat with all of our luggage and finally arrived back on board Surprise.

Surprise looks better every time we see her. Lots of new paint inside and out, brand new anchor chain and the new refrigerator. Erick and Hannah have massaged her into nice shape over the last few years.

We heard on the radio that there was a fire on the fuel dock and sure enough a 50+ foot boat was engulfed in flames. Hope everyone is okay.

First order of business, a dingy ride to Stocking Island for a picnic lunch (Erick’s lobster salad sandwiches with Hannah’s homemade foccacia). We hiked down the beach and then up to the highest point to get a view. We could still see the smoke billowing from the burning boat in the distance. Nice breeze and nice hike on all the porous coral that this place is made of.

Quick swim to replace the sweat salt with sea salt and then back to the boat.

Cocktails (it was 4pm after all) and we opened Christmas presents. Erick grilled chicken and made a tasty flavored rice to go with it. Milo did dishes and we spent the rest of the night catching up. Next stop deep deep sleep. It’s good to be back on board!!