Pictures from Bimini-Phase I

Checking the charts.  It's a big ocean and we don't want to get lost.

Hens and Chickens shoal

We have arrived!!!! We must fly the international quarantine flag until we clear
 customs and immigration.  It was a piece of cake on Bimini.

We're all checked in and now we'll fly the Bahamian courtesy flag the rest of
 the time we're here.

Conch shells are used to line pathways, decorate walls and houses, etc. etc. etc.

Back of the shark lab research center on South Bimini. About 10-12 young
researchers live in this house at any given time.

Trail to shark pens in nearby cove.  They capture and study sharks then tag and
release them to compare movements.  They mostly study lemon sharks since they
 have a small range and are easy to handle.

Our tour guide catching a lemon shark.

Nurse shark but he's not too happy.

The sharks go into a state of stasis when turned over.

Front of shark lab.

Shark researcher on break.  He had a nasty bite on one finger when a shark wasn't
quite in stasis and reached around to exact some revenge.

Water taxi between North and South Bimini.  Most people live on the North island
 but there is a resort on south island.  Also, those who live on the south work on the
 north so there is a lot of back and forth traffic.

South Bimini dock.  There is only a few hundred yards separating the two but
there is a treacherous current.

We were told this was the only sort-of paved road on south Bimini.  We took a bus
 to the shark lab but walked the 2 miles back so we could walk the nature trail on the way.

This was part of our group that went over.  We're on the nature trail at a ruins of a house.

This is a private house but must be a patriot since they used the colors and
symbols of the national flag.