{"id":2494,"date":"2014-04-01T18:37:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T01:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:10:44","slug":"the-exumas-chain-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=2494","title":{"rendered":"The Exumas chain, Bahamas &#8211; 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well there&#8217;s not a lot of Internet about, hence the reason I have not been able to update\u00a0our blog. These islands are pretty much uninhabited.<\/p>\n<p>You access different Cays or islands through small cuts so we need to make sure that its either a wide cut or its calm to see the reefs as you enter. The currents can be very strong going through the cuts too so can make for things being interesting.\u00a0We first entered at Rat Cay Cut below.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2506 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050666.jpg\" alt=\"P1050666\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050666.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050666-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050666-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The inside passages are well protected with lots of Cays and little anchorages along the way to stop at.\u00a0We are still buddy boating with Jen &amp; Richard from Our Rose and having lots of\u00a0fun.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050686.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2508 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050686.jpg\" alt=\"P1050686\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050686.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050686-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050686-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1040888.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2513 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1040888.jpg\" alt=\"P1040888\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1040888.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1040888-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1040888-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAt Rudder Cay we snorkeled on a sculpture of a mermaid playing the piano in a bay at 23.52.162N 76.14.162W, supposedly put there by David Copperfield who owns islands in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GOPR0845.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2511 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GOPR0845.jpg\" alt=\"DCIM100GOPRO\" width=\"415\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GOPR0845.jpg 415w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GOPR0845-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Lee Stocking Cay we stopped at a now abandoned Marine Research Centre and went hiking on the many trails on the island finding our way to the highest point at Perry&#8217;s Peak of 123 ft, with great views along the coastlines. Amazing looking into the crystal clear waters from the cliff top and seeing sting rays etc below.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050668.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2500 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050668.jpg\" alt=\"P1050668\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050668.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050668-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050668-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050670.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2507 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050670.jpg\" alt=\"P1050670\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050670.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050670-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050670-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>At Little Farmer Cay we were all wanting to get off the boats and enjoy a meal ashore. We started out at Ty&#8217;s on the balcony overlooking the ocean but unfortunately his cook had gone Missing in action.\u00a0Great place, real shame.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2492 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"584\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it was on to Oceans Cabin for dinner. Terry who owns the restaurant came down from his house out when we walked up the walkway, to open the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2493 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image1-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"584\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image1-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image1-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image1-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At Great Guana Cay we enjoyed a fire and marshmallows on the beach at White Point. This has got to be the calmest anchorage we have had. The water is crystal clear right up to the sandy beach.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050694.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2503 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050694.jpg\" alt=\"P1050694\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050694.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050694-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050694-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2504 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050699.jpg\" alt=\"P1050699\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050699.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050699-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050699-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050702.jpg\" alt=\"P1050702\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050702.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050702-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/P1050702-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTill our next Internet location&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2498 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1383\" width=\"640\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383-471x300.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well there&#8217;s not a lot of Internet about, hence the reason I have not been able to update\u00a0our blog. These islands are pretty much uninhabited. You access different Cays or islands through small cuts so we need to make sure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=2494\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[188,116],"class_list":["post-2494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahamas","tag-bahamas","tag-exumas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2494"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2926,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}