Governor’s Harbour

After Rock Sound, we moved up the coast a bit to Governors Harbour, the original capital of the Bahamas. The anchorage in Governors Harbor isn’t quite as secure as other places, so we didn’t stay long. But we did find a beautiful pink sand beach on the other side of the island. Fortunately we were there on a Friday night, which means we were able to enjoy the weekly Friday Night Fish Fry. The whole town turns out for music and dancing in the streets, and several booths cooking everything from fish to chicken, to conch with all the usual sides. Quite the experience. It was a little strange since there is a healthy non-cruising tourist population in Governors Harbour, the first place so far we’ve really seen many people other than locals or cruisers.

 

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Dinghy landing….tide is out….
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View of the harbor
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Library
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Stone church and cemetery
Timothy Gibson house, native son.
Timothy Gibson house
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School
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These guys are here every afternoon selling their catch. That is a Huge grouper.
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Huge lobster!
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Hardware store…always looking for something!!
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We walked over the hill to the pink sand beach
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See the pink?!?!
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It was a beautiful beach!!

 

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Friday night fish fry
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HUGE frying pan for frying fish
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Limbo
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And a Junkanoo!
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We enjoyed fritters, BBQ chicken and bahamian mac and cheese.

 

He quieted the sea with His power