To bring a break to an otherwise riot of blue color everywhere!

It not only let me come pretty close to it (I did not get too close – if you remember, I was still wearing flip flops – and one of them chasing me with a heavy DSLR hanging around my neck would not make for a picturesque scene), it even seemed to do a local dance for me!!

First, I saw one of them crossing the road. Then there were a few more. And then there were a lot more! Had to pull the car over to get close to one or two of them to take a few shots.

Very beautiful looking crabs. Found out later from the locals that these crabs are fairly common in the Antilles islands. They are unique in the sense they are born in the water (all crabs have gills) but then they migrate to land. The females, after mating, go back to the water to lay their eggs.

In the peak of the season, they take over the roads. And yet, not one of them was smashed by any of the cars going by. They can dart real, real fast when scared.

The sand looked and felt good. The water was warm.

Also, my flip flops had snapped 🙂 I guess I had not planned to climb up a rock in my flip flops. A local guy gave us a ride to a flip flop shop for me to get a new pair.

Sharmila did not like my theory that I should carry my old pair too – that way, even if one of the new one snaps – I still will have a pair. I recognize that depending on which one snaps, there is a case where it would distinctly look unfashionable – but who looks at what flip flops one is wearing when you have so many beautiful sights to see? Plus whoever accused me of having any fashion sense, ever?

Unlike the island we are in, this one has a lot of people and tourists. It was only a 4 minute boat ride but a complete change in scenery – in terms of human activities. Interesting divide of American tourists who were all on the beach (some throwing a coconut looking thing – called “football”) and British tourists who were all glued to the England-Ukraine football (soccer – the ball is decidedly more “ball”y in shape) game in the bar!

Everybody seemingly moves in golf carts in this island. I had not reserved any and all the cart rental places were booked up due to the July 4th weekend. So Sharmila and I walked up most of the island. (It is a very small one).

You can see the Atlantic waters in the corner. I was facing the bridge and the Caribbean Sea.

Took Ted’s advice and we are off to the Harbor Island. (a nearby island). With masks on in the speedboat, we looked like a bunch of small time, ill-organized pirates. With stylish sunglasses, though 🙂

The sun was up in full glory. Drove back an hour to the bridge to see how the waters looked in the sunlight. This time, I climbed up a nearby limestone outgrowth and took the shot. You can see the bridge and you can see how different the waters look on the Atlantic Ocean side and the Caribbean Sea side. It is an incredible view – almost jarring to watch from the bridge how two endless bodies of water are simultaneously very different colors while being in contact with each other!

Another beach location in North Eleuthera. It looks like somebody brushed across the canvas as many different blue colors as one could find!

Found a kite that had flown off from whoever it belonged and was stranded with its line stuck in the kelp. Freed up the line and played it with for some time on the beach.