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for the whole day, i forgot that the camera was set on ISO 400! i hope it's not too noisy when i print some of these out for framing.
This was at Lucayan National Park. We walked quite a ways to the beach. For me it was the most beautiful of all beaches we saw. Xanadu had the 2nd most beautiful beach.
Preachers Cave was discovered by Captain William Sayles in 1600s due to a shipwreck near Ridley’s Head towards the north. The cave was location for sermons for 100 years. An archaeological dig led by Chief Archaeologist Bob Carr discovered remains of a Lucayan Indian and a 350 year old Eleutheran Adventurer. www.eleuthera-map.com/preachers-cave.htm
Truly a treat for nature lovers! Go on a tour and see the Lucayan National Park, which is the home to Ben's Cave - the longest, underwater surveyed cave system leading to the ocean. Across the street is Gold Rock Creek housing the five ecosystems of Grand Bahama.
It is told that the Lucayan Indians were the first inhabits of the Bahamian islands resided in this cave located west of Nassau, Bahamas. Later in time it has beed suggested that Pirates and their bounty found refuge from the law by also hiding in these caves.
Today, the caves are occupied by the "Buffy Flower Bat" commonly known as the fruit bat and native to the Bahamian islands.