Allen's and Leaf Cays

These Cairns mark trails all over the islands.  Sometimes it just seems like stacks of rocks and we have added more than a few ourselves.

Our dingy on the beach at Leaf Cay.

The iguanas are trained to come down to the beach when a boat arrives.  Go fast boats from resorts and even as far away as Nassau come every day to bring tourists to feed them.  We enjoyed the show for free.

This a a typical navigation mark/light in the Bahamas, non-functioning and rusting away.

Shoreline of Allen's Cay.  This area actually had a great bit of coral and fish to look at.  I really wish we had an underwater camera.  This is the best snorkeling we've had since Okinawa.  Happily, it is all fairly shallow and the water clarity is wonderful.

These ruins are of a house on Leaf Cay.  I can't imagine what made someone build here since there is no source of water or dock to bring in supplies.  The ruins are mostly a canvas for boaters to leave their mark.  One thing though, the house was situated with a great view of the area.

These steps led up to the ruined house.  You can see that there was a tremendous amount of concrete involved in the construction.  We found the concrete mixer dumped in the water on one of our snorkels.  Fish and coral loved it.

View of the Exuma Sound from the ruins.  The colors are truly breathtaking.

This iguana was living in a tree alongside one of the trails.

Our first stop after Nassau was the anchorage between Allen and Leaf Cays.  This was a great introduction to the Exuma Cays.  There were quite a few boats in there but plenty of room.  We have figured out that with so many folks out cruising there would be no seclusion during this time of year.  The weather is so much nicer than up north.  In fact, the greatest percentage of boats are from Canada.  We hear French every day as well as German and British English.  We have also met a boat from New Zealand so it's definitely a cosmopolitan group.