Sharmila is totally smitten by the view. The cottage is right on absolutely cerulean blue waters. I am afraid she might not want to leave!

Mid way thru the drive to the cottage, Sharmila and I stopped at a random beach. There were a lot of conches that Sharmila picked up. Check out the ominous looking storm headed our way!

(P.S. Did you know the Dark and Stormy cocktail is also from another Atlantic island? Can you guess where?)

It was a 90km drive to our cottage. The island is thin but very long. It has a lot of trees on either side of the only road – Queens Highway – that is there. Driving on this, you would not know that the Ocean and the Sea is barely a few hundred meters on either side!!

Some spicy stuff from the island (the mango one was awesome) and some ginger and pineapple rum… And now I cannot remember what was the food I ate 🙂 (Actually, it was fish tacos)

After seeing the bridge, the next stop was to the catch up lunch at a local place – and some local rum!!

And this is on a rainy day. I have to believe that on a sunny day, it must be even more dramatic!

Accidentally found this bridge while scanning satellite pictures on Google a few years back. Sharmila and I wanted to visit that spot where you can see the two different colors of water from the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Made it there today!! It was raining but what the heck? Got out, got drenched and took some pictures on the iPhone. You can see the two waters on two sides. Wish I had a drone…

First, this is only the second time Sharmila and I are doing an international vacation together since the kids were born. In the last 23 years, the only other time we did such a vacation was when we went to Portugal when Sharmila turned 40.

Second, the location – Eleuthera. I have not come across anybody who has heard of this island except Ted Dimbero – who was born in the Bahamas and apparently used to do summer camps in this island.

I was Google searching about islands a few years back and was struck by the water colors in the images. One side of the island is the Atlantic with its dark blue colors. And the other side is the Caribbean Sea with its sky blue color. The island is long and thin and there is a glass bridge where you can see both sides of the water! See the picture attached.

And now comes the third interesting twist. Instead of getting sunny weather, we are likely to get a lot of rain and wind due to Tropical Storm Elsa. Instead of pushing out our plans, we filled up our suitcases with all sorts of rain gear. The idea is to enjoy the beauty of these islands when they get totally drenched!!