Junkanoo film clip

Not great, but you'll get the idea.

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George Town Junkanoo

We'd never been to one of these before and it was a hoot! Got up at 2:30 AM on December 26th (boxing day) and took the dink across the harbor to town. At 3AM it was in full swing. We left at 6:30. Most enjoyable. The locals take these very seriously. There are judges brought in from other islands. All materials and floats are only used once. They even sent someone to Canada to buy feathers!!!

A few more pictures of the Hermatige

Cat Island

Our visit to Cat Island was also very nice. The remants of the old plantations are impressive, but Father Jerome's "The Hermitage" stole our hearts. After ministering on Long Island, he traveled "down under" where he served as a "bush priest". When he was finally ready to retire, he came to Cat Island and constructed "The Hermitage", a minature replica of a Fransican Monesary, atop Mt. Alverna where he lived until his death. He is buried there.

Father Jerome

Father Jerome was first educated as an architect. He later became an Anglican minister and built a very nice church in Clarence Town, Long Island, Bahamas. Some years later he traveled to Rome, where for 3 years he studied for the priesthood. He returned to Long Island where he built a wonderful Catholic Church. It has been recently restored.

Wintering in the Bahamas

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We've had such a great time since arriving in the Bahamas in early December. So I'm just going to post a few items that were very special to us. The first is a short clip of a on-water concert we attended. The group was made up of several cruisers (from different boats) who called themselves "White folks on Boats"!