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| Our New Year's eve celebrating started off with cocktails at the Bluff House Bar amongst the many cruisers we have met. |
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| The buffet was delicious and the service was excellent and friendly! |
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| After dinner with the many guests that filled the large dining room and outside side area, we walked down to the Tranquil Turtle bar by the beach on the Sea of Abaco for some dancing, and fireworks...The fireworks were more spectacular than I had imagined..... |
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| It's New Years day ...we jump in our dinghy and head to town for Junkanoo This celebration is an annual parade/festival. It all takes place in New Plymouth a small town with a population of 400. There were many street vendors..this was the first we saw... |
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| This conch is shelled and prepared right there next to the salad making table/booth..can't get much fresher than this! |
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Dicing and chopping to make the famous Bahamian Conch Salad....and selling for 10.00 per container.  We did not have the conch salad as we had already bought some the day before from a local woman. Instead we opted for their famous macaroni and cheese with coleslaw.....they did have booths with beef, chicken, and pork but being vegetarians..we walked on by! We could not resist a few cold beers though as the temperature was hot and humid.... |
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| Its showtime.....the residents, dressed in their magnificent costumes line up and start the dancing throughout the streets.....I was told that those participating in the next years Junkanoo start creating their costumes in mid January to ensure they are completed by Jan. 1st the next year! They are incredibly creative and time consuming to make. Enjoy the pics below.... |
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Those cowbells can make one hell of a noise.
Sore hands from drumming. Tired feet from dancing and ears still thumping from the sound. Just a quick time out for this performer and then back to the parade again,
This little drummer was so cute. The thumping and deep body drumming reach right through your body.
You couldn't help moving your body to the rhythm.
We followed them all around the downtown, Whistles blowing, bodies swaying and drums pounding.
The spectacle was mesmerizing.
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| As I took a pic of this little guy.....he kept winking.... Happy New Year! |
