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The salt mines on Matthew Town
There he is ladies! The famous and worldly - Capt. Mark
The view from Stray Cat's port bow
Ryan our own little Fly Boy - ever seen TOP GUN?? He flies F-16's yeah, just like Maverick
We docked up in the harbor next to the shed with a hole in it. It turns out that a large mail ship ran into it.
That was the entrance to the harbor - a tight squeeze
This was the harbor area, pretty well deserted except for our latino buddies in BIG trouble!
Sunrise Cabanas
The dilapidated fuel shed next to Stray Cat
Our first time off of the boat in 3 days
Here comes "Potcake"
A term for the stray dogs in the Bahamas - People could only afford to feed them the crust at the bottom of the pot or the "potcake"
On our way to see the flamingos in the air conditioned " Great Inagua National Park Vehicle"
Kate rode up front and Henry was our local guide, this was a free service provided by the park, or at least it was that day
The Flamingos!!! also the Matthew Town lighthouse in the distance
They get the pink color from their diet of brine shrimp, there are flocks of up to 60,000 up on the Northern end of the island in no man's land
This one is for you Suz!
Some are much brighter pink than others and the juveniles are gray
Matthew Town Light
Some very cute asses we saw on the island!
It was a juvenile pair of donkeys
They were Ahhhhhh-dorable!!
Kate absolutely hated this part, NOT!!!!!!!!!!
"Sunrise Cabanas" in Matthew Town
Remember the Potcake from earlier, this is one of her pups, they are very shy
It's Petey!
They come in all colors
Land Crab
M & K at the Internet "cafe" - a.k.a. A small room with two computers - Believe it or not, the connection was fast!
Stray Cat waiting on fuel and tending to a few minor repairs as we had plenty of time, waiting for fuel
Leaving Matthew Town, heading for the Windward Passage and Jamaica -We will pass right between Cuba and Haiti
A large freighter closer than we like to see them, especially at night!
The next morning, we could see Cuba in the distance - we were as close as 6 miles off of her coast in the middle of the night The Cuban military can board your vessel if you are within 12 miles - it was an eerie night lots of rain and cargo ships
Cuba is very mountainous - who'd a thunk it??
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