Jabiru 5: Living Next Door To Alice

We're in the Abacos now and that's another story,so please join us as we look back on why we stayed at Alice Town / Hatchet Bay for over 2 months. Apart from the fact that the mooring balls are free and the water is too....if you carry it from the public taps in the streets.

The safest harbor...but I've told you that before.

The pub/bar. Da Spot. Dominos gettin' slapped down inside.

Sharnie, the barmaid below

Da fashion store

Best hamburgers we've had in 20 years right there where the kids are...next door to the bottle shop.

Julianas eatery. Tasty food....2 chairs inside if you want to eat in....on ya lap.

She's putting 2 kids through collage from her kitchen.

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Tom,the boss, and Goldie at the supermarket.

The rest of the bad girls that work there.Judith (left ) calls me Dundee.

Can't think why.

This beautiful lady,Alona, lives just down from the supermarket. Always the biggest smile and chat.

Would she smile when I took a photo.....no way!

Just down from Alona's house where we get our water we're usually joined by Gabriella....just to advise us and help if necessary.

Then it's back down to the dinghy dock. I'm getting too old to carry 10 gallons of water too far.

Then having done the round trip from the Government dock through town and down to the dock that's closer to the water and store ,there's usually a couple or so of da lads fishing.

Back over at the Gov. dock Thursdays are always good when the Current Pride brings in fresh produce from Nassau and Tom's shelves are full again...'til about Tuesday.

The big fella Island Link comes in Friday evening taking people and cars and trucks etc. to Nassau for the weekend and other folks to Eleuthera for the weekend......then Sunday evening she's back doing the vice-versa.

Rest of the week the dock,as well as the closest place to dinghy too,is mainly used by the crabbers. They spend at least a day a week sawing cartons of pig bones into small pieces to bait the crab pots. Stone crabs that is.

On the way up from the dock and back to Da Spot is the basketball court and park.....all kept neatly mowed by these hairy lawnmowers.....before they become lawnmower stew.

And when was the last time you saw a bunch of boys playing marbles.?

No...Alice Town isn't the Bahamas of the brochures (lets face it ...seen one resort ya've pretty much seen 'em all ) but it's a real nice place to hang out and it's a PARTY TOWN!

Today was Spider Girls birthday party.

But I guess the biggest attraction was the playing ,mostly with this bunch, individually or as a group.

On the left Maurice (Mojo)Artist and singer /guitarist, Julie..opera singer and fast becoming "band chick " par excellence (so for 'fat ladies with horns" ) .Her husband is a famous painter www.curtishooper.com and on my right ..Nick Holmes check his pedigree www.NickHolmesMusic.com

Can't go without mentioning Andy. We did some pretty groovy jazz duo's but never seemed to get a photo.

No bloody wonder! Geez Andy give us a smile.

Like these!!

Nearly forgot the last night (for us )at the Rainbow.There was a bunch of guys from Louisiana doing a sort of reality TV show. A couple of 'em were good 'ol southern rockers and after we'd jammed with them the Hatchet Bay Junkanoo band( Eleuthera champions actually ) came marching through. Afraid it's one of those 'had to be there ' things and you're well aware of my expertise at uploading videos but there ya go.