Over the last few years, I have driven on the “other” side of the road (of course, lawfully!) in other countries. Mostly in different Caribbean islands.

It takes a few minutes to get used to. What helps is that the driver’s seat is also on the ‘other” side compared to the US. A driver’s instinct is to keep himself or herself in the middle of the road (away from the curb). So, it works out.

Except some small problems sometimes creep up – like the one I had in Grand Cayman. It took me three days to learn how NOT to turn on the windshield wiper every time I wanted to put the turn signal on!

Eleuthera experience was one level of confusion more! The driving is on the left side of the road alright. But the rental car I got, as you see, is a Ford car with the steering wheel the way it is in the US. So, it is a mix and match problem!!

So far, it has worked out…

You can hear the constant lashing of the waves. And a few roosters in the horizon.

Picked up a lot of local cocktail tips from Shelly in the evening…

Richard gifted this near foot long conch shell to Sharmila. Without fear or favor, Sharmila threw away all the other shells she had gathered from Cocodimama beach!!

Impressive size and color!

These are four of the eight he had. Each one is about a foot in length!

Chatting with Richard, staring into the Caribbean Sea, something very red in color not too far from us caught my eye.

“Richard, what are those?”

“Those are conch shells”

“That red in color?”

“Yes”

“Whose are those?”

“Mine”

“Can I see them?”

“Sure!”

Richard took us down from the restaurant to the rocks below and showed us the conch shells. I did not realize that the inside of the conch shells are that red in color!!