Spanish Wells & Eluethera, Bahamas

Our next stop (Feb. 3, 2020) was this small island at the northern tip of Eleuthera which has been mainly a fishing village its entire life. It now has some tourism and most of the establishments are sprinkled around the residential areas and are part of people's homes.  Great seafood location and we took advantage of the giant stone crab claws unique to this island.  

Eleuthera 
February 4, 2020. We took the 10 minute ferry across from Spanish Wells to Eleuthera where we were met by a local women who rented us a car for the day (arranged by our marina).  This island is more remote except for the resort island adjacent, Harbour Island, which we 'saved fo next time'. We drove past the Glass Window Bridge, which is a unique place where the Atlantic and the Bank side meet.  The water is wild and dark on one side of the rock cliff and beautiful aqua and calmer on the Bank side.  Queens Bath is a short hike to tidal pools and cool rock formations.  We made it to Governors Harbor, the original government location of the Bahamas and had lunch.  Hurricanes have taken away lots of tourism here in the past 20-30 years including a Club Med we hiked around, which is abandoned but was obviously wonderful in its day. While the communities are relatively poor here, the people, as everywhere we've visited in Bahamas, are very friendly and happy people.  Oh, and the beaches and the waters are beautiful here too!