Harbour Island- The Eleuthras

When we knew we'd be stopping on Harbour Island, Ben looked up top-rated restaurants on the island and found Angela's Starfish. (To get to Harbour Island, we had to go back north around Spanish Wells, and through the Devil's Backbone for a second, uneventful time.)

We ordered some cracked conch for us and chicken wings and a hot dog for the kids, and everyone got a lemonade. The lemonades came out, each with a very clear layer of sugar on the bottom of the cup, and I knew we were in for some fresh deliciousness. 🍋

Angela, a grandmotherly woman, brought us our food. She checked on us several times and at the end, brought us our key lime pie. It was so tart and limey! We were ready to buy a whole pie from her, but she didn't have any made and kept asking when we could come back to get one. So we explained that we were just on the island for the afternoon before returning to our boat. Told her we'd be back next summer and she said, "God willing," just like my grandma does. 🙏

Angela's Key Lime Pie

She asked the kids if they wanted a cookie or watermelon and they all, surprisingly, chose watermelon. Out she came with watermelon slices the size of their heads and their eyes lit up. One for each of them, Ben, and me. As if that weren't enough, she came back out with fidget spinners for each of them.

Bahamian people are so friendly. They open up their houses to make money- be it restaurants, souvenirs, or a service- and they do it well. One of my favorite parts of this trip is visiting and exploring the local communities with my kids and the conversations that follow.

This little shop had a friendly lady inside who was weaving more of her products to sell. Ben and I took turns inside the shop and the kids stayed on the golf cart because it was so small and had lots of fragile things. The lady came out to see the kids because she heard them bickering and wanted to see their faces. After we checked out, she walked us out, said goodbye and said, "Love you!" 💞

 

Our day at Pink Sands Beach was fun. Lots of sand, and if you look closely, it definitely is pink from all of the local pink coral. The sand just isn't overwhelmingly pink when you look at it, like a white sand or black sand beach would be. It is hard to capture in a picture. We played in the crashing waves and because this is on the ocean side of the island, they were pretty big! At one point or another, every one of us got annihilated by the water. 🌊

To add to our fun, we took our tender to a public dock and rented a golf cart from Michael's Cycles to pick us up at Valentine's Resort & Marina. This is a very popular way to get around in the Bahamas. We were able to drive from one side of the island to the other, exploring all we could soak in, while reminding Ben that he is supposed to drive on the opposite side of the road any time an oncoming vehicle approached us. Good thing golf carts don't go too fast!

Cemeteries in other places are always so beautiful and different than what we pass frequently at home. This one was decorated and reminded me of El Día de Los Muertos celebrations and culture, so I took a picture to capture it.