Great Guana Cay, Abacos

This morning we opted for a change of scenery and motored the 10 miles north to Great Guana Cay. It is getting hotter here by the day, and we are getting eager to head back to the US and up north to cooler climates. Right now we are planning to stick around the Abacos for the next week or so, waiting for a good weather window to make our Gulfstream crossing. We expect to be back in the states before the end of the May and we'll update you on our plans before we cross.

Went ashore to explore the town and check out the famous Sunday pig roast at Nipper's beach bar and grill. Having been to BBQs on other islands, we were expecting a gathering of cost-conscious cruisers at a typical beach shack. But this particular pig roast seemed more like a scene from MTV Spring Break than a quiet sunday barbeque. I'm not sure where they all came from, but there were three or four hundred people there. They had a band playing, a huge pool with waterfall and wall-to-wall partygoers. We could barely navigate through the crowd. The band was playing "Party in the Backyard" which is a catchy tune that you hear in every restaurant, bar, and get-together in this country. Once it gets in your head you can never get it out..."Par-tee in the backyard, par-tee all night long, rake & scrape until the morning comes, we gonna party til the break of dawn". Repeat that about sixty times and you've sung the whole song. Anyway, we hung out for a while but had already eaten lunch so didn't partake of the buffet. We talked to another cruiser and apparently the place puts on a pig roast every Sunday and it is always packed like this. I can't even imagine what it must be like during actual Spring Break -- I don't think they could've fit many more people there.

Where we are:
Lat: N 26 40.242'
Long: W 77 07.373'