Spanish Wells Primary School

Harborside Gift Shop, a wifi hotspot

The view from our mooring in Spanish Wells

The channel leading to Eleuthera from Spanish Wells

Spanish Wells museum

Spanish Wells museum curator giving us a local history lesson

An original phone from Spanish Wells on display at the museum

Shaggy’s on the island!!

Kathy’s Bakery –awesome Johnny cakes

By Jennifer

Spanish Wells offered a nice dose of civilization after weeks of sailing through the Bahamas wilderness. One thing that oddly stood out during our visit was the number of locals on their golf carts (the preferred method of transportation) that simply lapped the 2-mile long and half-mile wide island. On a quiet Sunday afternoon when ALL of the businesses were closed we decided to walk the island. On our trek, one teenager buzzed around the island at least five or six times with her music blasting. A woman in her late 70s also lapped the island, but I lost count of how many times because she continued lapping the island over the course of our five-day stay. The images disturbingly reminded me of caged animals…