Coconuts and mangoes! There were a lot of guavas too..

We explored the whole island of St. George’s Cay (Spanish Wells) as well as the next one – Russell Island – on this cart.

Took Ted’s advice and decided to go check up Spanish Wells. Well, that is the city. The island in St. George’s Cay. A few centuries back, the Spanish, on their way back to Europe used to stop in this island to fill up their boats with potable water. (They had dug up wells in the island for that purpose). Thus the name of the city.

Sharmila and I went there with higher ambition. She was trying to see if she could buy some local spicy sauces.

(BTW, we did not get any there)

From the airplane, we could see the long sand dunes below layered one after the other. Pretty much like this picture. Except this is actually under two feet of water – very clear water, I must say!

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…