A few of the conch shells Richard showed me
Those were big conch shells!
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!!
If any of you come to Eleuthera ever…
The beauty of island life…
A couple of hours with the locals
After seeing a lot of beaches and sort of beaten down by the heat, we picked a random place by the beach to sit down and cool down over a gin and tonic. We could not have picked a better place. Made friends with the owner Richard and Shirley who were serving us. Both of them are from Nassau.
Richard opened this place just a few weeks back. Lovely spot. He has a fascinating life history which has taken him to England, US, Dominican republic and Haiti. He talked a lot about Haiti. He had gone there on a missionary trip. On his way back, all he had was the clothes he was wearing. Gave away everything else. The description of how poor some parts of that country is beggars description. Had the best time chatting with him.
Shirley – a very smart and a very polite person (every answer had a Sir or Madam) in it – is bubbling with energy. Her goal in life is to be a veterinarian. Because she loves animals.
Again, great time spent..
Random stop on our drive
That kind of beats the purpose, right?
Leaving picturesque Cocodimama Beach
Cocodimama Beach
“So, Trish, what are the non-touristy beaches?”, I asked Trisha (who goes by Trish) who was serving us breakfast.
“What are you looking for?”
“When you, your husband and your seventeen month old baby go – which beach do you go to?”
“We go to Cocodimama beach”
“Why?”
“It is quiet, not many people at all and you have sand bars going way into the water”.
“Okay. Which side road do I need to take?”
Following Trish’s instructions we reached Cocodimama beach. It was as beautiful as you can imagine. Pristine clear water and the sandbars ran hundreds of yards in. Even when the water was barely six inches deep, you could see the slight bluish color. Lots of fishes and lot of conch shells on the beach!