Monday, May 2, 2016

Report #122 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas May 1, 2016 Sunday Partly cloudy & 83 degrees Part #2 of 2 64 Pictures



Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 8:07:06 AM
Subject: Report #122   Half Moon Cay, Bahamas   May 1, 2016   Sunday   Partly cloudy & 83 degrees   Part #2 of 2      64 Pictures                                                            

The photos of paradise continue………….

 

 

 

Sandy beach mixes with the surf

 

A few birds on the island

 

A black-headed gull

 

A massage cabana (not manned today)

 

Good place to squat for the day

 

A lifeguard stand

 

Two story cabana – beach villa for 8 guests for $550

 

Getting back to civilization

 

Smallest cabanas - $300 for 4 guests

 

Bahamian colors

 

These were air-conditioned with ceiling fans

 

Captain Morgan On the Rocks Bar

 

I Wish I Could Stay Here Forever Bar

 

Built in the shape of an old ship

 

Plenty of lounges for the guests (free)

 

An old boat used for decoration

 

Chapel

 

We heard this could be used for a real wedding ceremony

 

Walkway to the beach

 

By now, most everyone had left the island

 

Darn, we missed the shops

 

Everything was closed by 3:00pm

 

The other tender boat docks

 

Our turn to go back on the last boat

 

The narrow waterway to the dock

 

Rocks of coral

 

A good breakwater

 

The ship was waiting

 

Rocky shoreline

 

The Chapel was the tallest building

 

A delivery vessel arrived before we left

 

Ship getting ready to leave

 

There were perhaps a dozen of us on the last boat

 

Leaving Half Moon Cay

 

They were waiting for us to board

 

Sail away Pictures From Half Moon Cay……….

 

Only the caretakers were left

 

The local staff cleans up, then ferries home to another island

 

A better overview of the island

 

Many shades of blue

 

Captain Morgan's Bar in the center

 

Ready for another ship to come

 

The Chapel is brilliant in the sun

 

The red ship brought supplies

 

The tender boats are protected in the docking area

 

Outside the little harbor

 

Shallow shoreline

 

Inaccessible beaches

 

A small fishing boat in the bay

 

The horse corrals were here

 

Low-lying island

 

Dock with lagoon in the backround

 

The beach we walked

 

The "undecorated" sail away

 

The island's ferry

 

The coral rock we walked around

 

Few guests at the sail away

 

Leaving paradise behind

 

The gull checked us out

 

A communications tower on the island

 

A black-headed gull

 

The umbrellas are back up for shade

 

A curious gull

 

A natural land bridge

 

Heading towards Cartagena, Colombia