Green Turtle Cay (Black Sound)

The trip to Green Turtle Cay went well, we had to go thru a cut (Loggerhead channel), outside of Whale Cay and then back inside Whale Cut. These cuts are prone to nasty waves and current when there is any sort of wind opposing any sort of tide (called a “rage” when it is bad). Fortunately our preplanning was on and we had a good passage. There are two distinct parts to Green Turtle Cay,  “Black Sound” to the south and “White Sound” to the north. We choose to go to Black Sound for the first day as it was closer to the town, which is New Plymouth.  The town is very colourful with each house painted different. Sort of reminds us of Lunenburg but with more pastels.  

In town is the Memorial Sculpture Garden, it is full of busts of important men and women of the Bahamas. Some of these busts are quite old and were made in the 1800’s as the dates are inscribed on the back of each one.

This tree seemed to be a combination of many trees growing together, take a look at the large thorns on the branches, guess there is no climbing that tree. The roots were also unique in that they were very oval shaped as oppose to round.

In the harbour is a small area with lots of mangroves, these boats must not have moved since the last big storm and are well tied to the trees.