Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

From the Leon Levy Native Plants Preserve (www.levypreserve.org/Plant-Listings/Solanum-bahamense):

"Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Solanum bahamense is used in the Bahamas to treat respiratory problems, sore throats, and thrush."

Lucayan National Park

Grand Bahama Island

The Bahamas

Kayaking at Lucayan National Park

Le Jet Ski est bien entendu une activité très prisée dans les eaux ultra-calmes des Bahamas

Ryan Janek Wolowski, waving hello from Lucayan Beach in Freeport, Bahamas on the Island of Grand Bahama

Natural beauty at its best.

This cave had an easier decent.

These lizards were so cute. They were all over the park and unlike our anoles were friendly!

This plant has managed to get a prime spot for both light and water.

this sign describes a cave system at the Lucayan National Park on Grand Bahama Island

Lucayan Park Beach, Freeport Bahamas.

I got a taxi driver to take me to this park which was 45 minutes outside of town. There were no tours to the park. The beach was gorgeous! Two miles long and maybe ten people other than the two of us. A great place for pictures. There were several trees that were cut down and that had weathered to a silver gray, A perfect day!

One of the first plants I noticed upon arriving were these beautiful huge agaves. Many of them were in bloom sending up huge flower spikes.

Scaevola taccada, beach naupaka — at Lucayan National Park, Grand Bahama Island

Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

Kayaking at Lucayan National Park

Kayaking at Lucayan National Park

Looking deeper into the cave, the water takes on an ever-deepening blue color. Guano floats on top of the water, providing nutrients for the plants and animals here.

Kayaking at Lucayan National Park

Watching the waves roll in on the beach in Lucayan National Park.

Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were filmed at this beach. Hey, maybe Johnny Depp sat right where I am sitting!

Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

Breath taking. I still can't believe we were actually HERE! I know I want to tour the world and there is lots that Jason and I want to see so coming back may never happen. But if we do come back ,I need to come back to this beach just to prove to myself it is real. The colors are out of this world. The beach was named for a rock that you can barely see in the middle of the picture in the sea. When the setting sun hits it the rock lights up and turns gold! Hence Gold Rock Beach.

Jolie maison de style Bahaméen, de plus en plus rare.

One of the first plants I noticed upon arriving were these beautiful huge agaves. Many of them were in bloom sending up huge flower spikes.

Ryan Janek Wolowski, Theresa Irene Wolowski, visiting Lucayan Beach in Freeport, Bahamas on the Island of Grand Bahama

Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

Lucayan Beach, Port Lucaya, Grand Bahama Island

Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

Looking down the waterway of Burial Mound Cave.

Watching the waves roll in on the beach in Lucayan National Park.

The cave system is connected by water, but visitors have to walk through the park to get from cave to cave. Here is a bit of what that looked like.

Mangrove swamp at Lucayan National Park.

Kayaking in Lucayan National Park

Lucayan Beach in Freeport, Bahamas on the Island of Grand Bahama

He noticed me taking his pic. The tree he's on is massive.