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BTC went on strike this week so we havent had internet access since weds! So for all who are worried we are all fine and havent been eaten by a hurricane or sea monster! But thanks for the concern!

Weds 13th Aug
Today we all had to get up early to meet at the ferry port at 7am, we did a visit to Eleuthera, Spanish Wells (briefest of brief) and Harbour Island.
The ferry was about 1:40, with only a little seasickness from Sarah and Ruth (I personally hate ferries). Arrived in Spanish Wells and jumped on a water taxi to Eleuthera. We were met by a tour guide and bundled into a minibus. We visited Preachers Cave a milestone in the early Eleutheran adventurers, a ship was wrecked on Devils back bone (great name!) and travelled to the area where they discovered caves, they set up a preachers point and people came to hear them preach the gospel. It was amazing to see a genuine historical site that hadnt been commercialised so the atmosphere is incredible. A number of the team were struck by the peace and history of the place.

We then travelled down to the Glass Window Bridge which is a concrete bridge over the point where the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea meet. I cant really describe it but it was amazing to see the deep blue of the Atlantic on the left and the clear blue shallow waters of the Caribbean on the right.

Atlantic Side of the Bridge

Caribbean Side of the Bridge!

We then hopped on another water taxi to Harbour Island - I must just say at this point it was getting so so hot that we all required copious amounts of water on arrival! We had a walking tour of Harbour Island. We went to Wesley Methodist Church (not a part of the MCCA) where just outside was temperance square . We then walked up a hill (in stifling heat) to the famous pink sands beach where the sand is apparently pink, we tried but weren't convinced about the pinkness of it!

After lunch in a local restaurant we milled about and caught the ferry back to Nassau.

We returned to Wesley Methodist Church in Nassau for another tasty meal.

A busy, hot but very interesting day. One of the hosts joined us all day and we as a team really enjoyed playing with her children and getting to know them all better.

Ruth