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AAbaco National Park 40, 165Abacos 146-73, 147accommodations 270-2Acklins Island 232-3, 230activities 272-6, see also individual

activitiesAdelaide 98-9Admiral Cockburn Land

& Sea Park 43, 242adventure travel 234air travel, see also individual

islandsto/from the Bahamas 288-9to/from Turks & Caicos 291-2within the Bahamas 293within Turks & Caicos 294

Albert Town 232Allan’s Cays 203, 6, 123American Revolution 64Andros 135-45, 136

travel to/from 142travel within 142

animals 41-2, see also individual species

Arawak Cay 75Arawak Indians 21archaeological sites 219, 233, 274architecture 211

Bahamas, the 34-5Gothic 210Turks & Caicos 34-5

Ardastra Gardens, Zoo & Conservation Park 75

area codes, see inside front coverart

Bahamas, the 35Turks & Caicos 35-6

art galleries 71, 74Albert Lowe Studio 169commercial galleries 25-6, 74, 95,

115-16, 164National Art Gallery of the

Bahamas 35Arthur’s Town 215artifacts 73, 169, 219arts

Bahamas, the 32-5festivals 84, 109, 152, 166Turks & Caicos 32-6

Atlantis 78, 88ATMs 283

BBacardi Rum Factory 99Bahamas Billfish Championship 152Bahamas National Trust 39Bahamas National Trust Park 41, 237Bahamas Reef Environment

Educational Foundation 50, 89Bahamas, the

economy 26, 30employment 26itineraries 16

Bain Town 213baseball 95batiks 140bats 37-8, 42, 118, 210, 215, 227,

231, 255, 274beach parties 254, 280beaches 5, 6, 7, 123, 124

Adelaide Beach 99Bambarra Beach 256Barbary Beach 106Bathing Beach 231Cabbage Beach 79Cabbage Point Beach 229Cable Beach 75-6Churchill 106Deal’s Beach 225East Beach 219Eleuthera 189Farquharson Beach 237Fernandez Bay 210Fortune 106Gillam Bay Beach 170Gold Rock Beach 119Governor’s Beach 263Grace Bay Beach 242, 6, 7Grotto Beach 219Hawksbill Cay beaches 205itineraries 16, 19James Cistern Beach 186Lighthouse Beach 191Love Beach 98Love Beaches 224Lucaya Beach 106Man O’ War Point Beach 215Orange Hill Beach 98Paradise Beach 79

Paradise Island 76-9Pelican Point Beach 119Pigeon Cay Beach 214Pink Sands Beach 178, 5Pirate’s Cove 79Port Royal Beach 215Pretty Molly Beach 202Saunders Beach 76, 78Shell Beach 231Silver Point Beach 106Snorkeler’s Cove Beach 79Snow Bay Beach 219Somerset Beach 140South Ocean Beach 98Sugar Loaf Beach 219Surfer’s Beach 186Tahiti Beach 157Taino Beach 106Ten Bay Beach 190Tiki Hut Beach 132Tropic of Cancer Beach 202Watermelon Beach 226Western Esplanade Beach 78Whitby Beach 254White Sands Beach 263Xanadu Beach 106

Beatles, the 86beauty contests 84, 247beer 57, 106, 280Belle Sound & Admiral Cockburn Cays

Nature Reserve 43, 242Bennett’s Harbour 214Berry Islands 133-5, 133


bicycle travel, see cyclingBiminis 126-33, 126

travel to/from 126-7travel within 127

birds of prey 39, 40, 42, 104, 205, 252birds, see individual speciesbird-watching 63, 82, 83, 164, 197,

207, 215, 219, 234, 236, 260, 263, 273

Black Sound Cay National Reserve 40Blackbeard 74, see also piratesBlanket Sound 40blue holes 37, 49, 52, 79, 118, 119,

138, 139, 144, 190, 196, 200, 215, 226, 228, 6

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Bluff, the 144boat excursions 130, 273-4, 295

Abacos 151, 170Berry Islands 134Caicos Islands 246Cat Island 210Eleuthera 178Exumas, the 197Grand Bahama 108New Providence 80San Salvador 218Turks Islands 266

boat travel, see also cruise ships, catamaran cruisesto/from the Bahamas 289-90to/from Turks & Caicos 292within the Bahamas 293within Turks & Caicos 292

Bond, James 32, 87, 206, 235Bonefish Pond National Park 41books 14, 21, 23, 24, 25, 33, 35, 36,

37, 38, 44, 56, 57, 59, see also literature beaches 189

Bourke, Martin 28British occupation 22, 64, 101, 213Brosnan, Pierce 37business hours 276

CCable Beach 75-8, 76Caicos Islands 240-57, 241


Calabash Bay 140car travel 29, see also individual

islandswithin the Bahamas 293-4within Turks & Caicos 295

Cargill Creek 142casinos 76, 94, 110-11, 115castles 220Castro, Fidel 23, 99Casuarina Point 164Cat Island 209-15, 209, 7, 123


catamaran cruises 182caves 98, 101, 107, 118, 138, 186,

210, 214, 215, 219, 222, 224, 227, 231

caving 274cemeteries 74, 118, 127, 157, 169,

178, 213Chalk Sound National Park 42, 242,

245Chat n Chill Bar & Grill 58Cherokee Sound 164Chez Pierre Bahamas 58, 225chickcarnies (mythological creatures)

139children

activities with 33, 78, 109-10travel with 59-60, 87, 106, 276,

300Christie, Prime Minister Perry 26Chub Cay 135churches 71, 73, 74, 75, 120, 178, 202,

212, 213, 217, 225, 228, 230, 232Churchill, Sir Winston 86cigars 71, 96, 116cinemas 24, 29, 94, 115Clarence Town 227-8, 123climate 13, 277-8, see also hurricanesCloisters 77Club Caribe 58Cockburn Town 217-19, 261-6, 262cocktails 57, 171, see also rumCoco Bay 169Colonel Hill 229-30Columbus, Christopher 21, 27, 72,

217, 219, 222-4, 229, 232, 261Columbus Harbour 224Columbus Landfall National Park 43Compass Cay 205Compass Point 98, 121Compleat Angler Hotel 131Conception Island 220Conception Island National Park

40, 220conch 42, 56, 89, 245Conch Bar Caves National Park 42,

242, 255, 274consulates

Bahamas, the 279Turks & Caicos 279

coral gardens 40, 45, 75, 77, 79Coral Harbour 99costs 13-14, 270-1, 281, see also inside

front coverCrab Cay 40credit cards 283cricket 75Crooked Island 229-32, 230cruise ships 289-90, 292, 8cruises 80

cultural considerations 15, 59culture

Bahamas, the 29-36, 60, 104, 139, 139, 197, 209, 212, 215

Turks & Caicos 29-36Current 184-5customs regulations 278, 290cycling 273, 293, 295Czernin, Count Ferdinand 241

Ddangers 53, 70, 101, 137, 210, 217,

278Dean’s blue hole 228, 6deep vein thrombosis 297Dellis Cay 253dengue fever 297-8Department of Agriculture

(New Providence) 63Department of Environment

& Coastal Resources 44diarrhea 299disabled travelers 279discounts 58Discovery Island 76diving 29, 45-54, 274, see also blue

holesAbacos 51-2, 53, 151, 157, 165,

169Andros 49, 54, 140Bahamas, the 46-7Biminis 49-50, 53, 127Caicos Islands 54, 246, 251-2,

257, 124Cat Island 49, 54, 210-11cave diving 107costs 52Crooked Island 231dive centers 52-4Eleuthera 52, 54, 178Exumas, the 50-1, 54, 195-6, 206Grand Bahama 53, 78, 106-7,

120, 8Inaguas 235itineraries 19live-aboards 54Long Island 51, 53, 226New Providence 45-8, 53, 79,

121safety 53San Salvador 50, 54, 217, 219shark diving 45-8Turks Islands 54, 263, 266, 267-8Walker’s Cay 51wall-diving 135, 213, 217, 257

000 Map pages000 Location of color photographs

diving continuedwreck-dives 45, 51, 52, 127, 140,

151, 178, 217, 219, 220, 231, 252, 263, 267

dolphinsAtlantic spotted 32, 39, 125, 126bottlenose 39, 42, 243, 5dolphin encounters 50, 80, 81,

107, 129-30, 169, 243, 274Drake, Francis 22drinks 57-8, 281, 300driver’s license


drug-trafficking 20, 25, 28, 32, 205, 231, 278, 282

drugs, illicit 282duff 56Duke of Windsor 24Dumfries 214Dunmore 229Dunmore Town 175, 179

Eeagle rays 151, 220, 257, see also

manta rays, stingraysEast Bay Islands National Park 42,

242, 254East Caicos 256economy

Bahamas, the 20, 26Turks & Caicos 20

ecotourism 104, 109, 144, 253eels, moray 51, 151, 169Elbow Cay 156Eleuthera 174-91, 176-7


Eleuthera Point 191, 6Elizabeth I 22Emancipation Day 75, 83, 280embassies


emergencies 68, 70, 243, 261, 274, 286

employment 30environmental issues 20, 26, 38,

39-40, 50, 81, 89, 219Ernest Hemingway Museum 127exchange rates, see inside front

coverExuma Cays 203-7, 204Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park 39, 40,

204-5

Exumas, the 192-207, 193travel to/from 199travel within 199-200

FFamily Islands 30, 35, 167, 194,

197, 222Father Jerome 34, 75, 211, 228Ferguson, Amos 35festivals & events, see also Junkanoo

Abacos 152Andros 139Bahamas 279-81Biminis 130Caicos Islands 247, 281Exumas, the 197food 58, 185, 263, 280Grand Bahama 109-10music 210, 280-1New Providence 83-4sports 152, 170, 187, 197, 206,

210, 247, 263, 280Turks Islands 263, 281

Fish Frys 75, 91, 92, 138, 142, 143, 145, 167, 187, 189, 199, 201

fishing 274fishing industry 20, 89, 183fishing tournaments 130, 152Flamingo Pond 254Flamingo Tongue Reef 51flamingos (West Indian) 38, 42, 75,

164, 234, 236, 252, 254, 8Fleming, Ian 32floorshows 94, 115food 55-60, 83, 281

Bahamas, the 55-7customs 60dining hot spots 58festivals 58, 83, 185, 263, 280Turks & Caicos 57

Fort George Cay 253forts 64, 73, 74, 75, 193, 213, 231,

267fountains 75Freeport 101-18, 104-5French Cay 252French Wells 231Fresh Creek 40, 140fruit 56, 185

GGalliot Cay 224galleries, see art galleriesgardens 74, 75, 77, 105, 106, 157,

169, see also parks

gay travelers 84, 281geography


George III 75George Town 193-200, 196glow worms 246Gold Rock Creek 119golf 82, 98, 108, 166Government House (Nassau) 71-2Governor’s Harbour 187-9, 188Grace Bay Beach 242, 6, 7Grace’s Cottage 58Grand Bahama 100-20, 102-3

travel to/from 117travel within 117-18

Grand Bahama Conchman Triathlon 110

Grand Cay 173Grand Turk 260-6, 260, 124Grand Turk Cays Land & Sea Park

43, 266Graycliff Hotel & Restaurant 86Great Exuma 193-202, 194-5Great Guana Cay 162-4, 206-7,

163Great Harbour Cay 134-5Great Inagua 235-7, 234-5Green Turtle Cay 167-72, 168, 5Gregory Town 185-6grits 55groupers 51, 56, 89, 151, 169Groves, Wallace 101Guy Fawkes Night 84

HHaitian people 30, 35Halloween 110Harbour Island 175-83Harris, Rolph 35Harrold & Wilson Ponds 41, 63hawks 39, 40, 42Hawk’s Nest 213Hawksbill Cay 205Hawksbill Creek 120Hayek, Salma 37Healing Hole 127health 296-300, see also medical

services, traditional medicineHemingway, Ernest 32, 127, 129, 131hepatitis 298herons 42, 104High Cay Land & Sea Park 219High Rock 144Highborne Cay 203

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hiking 63, 83, 144, 160, 164, 205, 210, 255, 275-6, see also nature toursplantation trails 210

historic houses 71, 72, 150, 213, 214, 231

Historical Library & Museum (Nassau) 73

history (the Bahamas) 21-6, 7320th century 23-421st century 20, 25Bahamas Historical Society

Museum (Nassau) 73books 21, 23, 24, 25British occupation 22Loyalists 23rum trade 23slavery 21, 23, 31, 65, 72, 74, 75,

193, 205Spanish occupation 21-2websites 21, 22, 26WWII 24

history (Turks & Caicos) 27-820st century 2821st century 20books 27-8WWII 27

hitchhikingBahamas, the 294Turks & Caicos 295

HIV/AIDS 298holidays 13, 281-2, see also

itinieraries, planningHope Town 155, 158horses 41

horseback riding 82, 83, 108, 180, 247horse-drawn surreys 73

hummingbirds 104, 118hunting 137hurricanes 26, 38, 148, 175, 278

Iiguanas 40, 42, 43, 75, 80, 203, 6, 123Inaguas 233-8, 233insurance 282, 294, 295, 296International Bazaar 103Internet access 282Internet resources 14, 21, 22, 26,

271-2, 296-7isolated islands 207itineraries 11, 16-19, 68

Jjails 73, 75jogging 82johnnycakes 55Junkanoo 33-4, 73, 96, 109-10, 170,

191, 197, 254, 280, 5

Kkayaking 186, 197, 247, 276, 6

Abacos 151Kemp’s Bay 144-5King, Martin Luther Jr 127Knowles 214

LLake Catherine Nature Reserve 42,

242lakes 42, 213, 215, 236, 242Landrail Point 231language, see glossary for local

phrasesLee Stocking Island 207legal matters 282lesbian travelers 84, 281libraries 73lighthouses 74, 141, 157, 165, 191,

219, 231, 235, 263literature 32-3, see also books

children’s 33Little Abaco 173Little Exuma 202-3, 194-5Little Farmer’s Cay 207Little Harbour 164Little Inagua 41, 235-7, 237, 234-5Little Island 41Little Water Cay 252lobsters 183Lochabar Bay 228Long Cay 232, 230Long Island 222-9, 223


Lord Dunmore 175Lowe, Albert 169Loyalist Cays 155-64Loyalists 31, 155, 170, 175, 178, 193,

203, 210, 220, 243, 254, 255Lubber’s Quarters Cay 160Lucaya 101-18, 104-5, 122Lucayan Indians 21, 72, 73, 98, 118,

147, 219, 222, 233, 241, 255, 259, 274

Lucayan National Park 41, 118-19, 122

Lyford Cay 98

MMacpherson, Elle 86magazines 271magic practice 32, 212mail boats 293Malone, Brent 35Mamma Rhoda Cay 40Man O’ War Cay 160, 161Mangrove Cay 143-4manta rays 43, 119, see also eagle

rays, stingraysmarathon 263marijuana 282marinas 88, 107, 109, 112, 117, 120,

130, 133, 135, 141, 153, 155, 160-1, 162, 164, 170, 182-3, 203, 206, 207, 212, 214, 218, 219, 231, 251, 265

markets 72, 74, 115, 144Mars Bay 144-5Marsh Harbour 148-55, 149, 150-1,

123Matthew Town 235-6Mayaguana 233-8, 237-8, 233McKann’s 225McLean’s Town 119measures, see inside front covermedical services

Bahamas, the 70, 297Turks & Caicos 297

mermaids 213metric conversions, see inside front

coverMiddle Caicos 255-6, 256Middle Caicos Reserve & Trail System

42, 242, 255model-boat building 169monasteries 75, 210, 211money 13-14, 282-3, see also inside

front coverMorgan’s Bay 213Moriah Harbour Cay 40, 205mosquitoes 299motorcycle travel 293Mt Alvernia Hermitage 210, 8movies 29, 32, 37, 57, 87, 206, 235museums 72, 127, 157, 169, 183, 217,

227, 235, 261music, see also Junkanoo

Bahamas, the 33-4festivals 33-4, 83, 109-10, 152,

170, 210, 263, 280-1goombay 33, 116jazz 110live music 115


music continuedmusic stores 116, 182R&B 110rake ‘n’ scrape 33, 210, 280

NNassau 63-98, 66-7, 69, 6, 8, 121

accommodations 84-8attractions 70-8drinking 92-3emergency services 68entertainment 93-4festivals 83-4food 88-91Internet access 68itineraries 68medical services 70shopping 72, 74, 95-6tourist information 70travel to/from 96travel within 96-8underwater excursions 81

Nassau Botanical Garden 75National Art Gallery of the Bahamas

35National Centre for the Performing

Arts 94national parks 39, 44, 63, 101,

118-19, 148, 160, 165, 204, 220, 237, 242, 245, 254, 259, see also nature reserves, parksAbaco National Park 40, 165Admiral Cockburn Land & Sea Park

43, 242Bahamas National Trust Park

41, 237Bonefish Pond National Park

41Chalk Sound National Park 42,

242, 245Columbus Landfall National

Park 43Conception Island National Park

40, 220Conch Bar Caves National Park 42,

242, 255, 274East Bay Islands National Park 42,

242, 254Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park 39,

40, 204-5Grand Turk Cays Land & Sea Park

43, 266High Cay Land & Sea Park 219Lucayan National Park 41, 118-19,

122

Northwest Point Marine National Park 42, 242

Pelican Cays Land & Sea Park 160Peterson Cay National Park 40, 118Princess Alexandra National Park

42, 242South Creek National Park 43Three Mary Cays National Park 42,

242, 254Walker’s Cay Marine Park 41West Caicos Marine National Park

42, 242nature reserves

Belle Sound & Admiral Cockburn Cays Nature Reserve 43, 242

Black Sound Cay National Reserve 40

Lake Catherine Nature Reserve 42, 242

Middle Caicos Reserve & Trail System 42, 242, 255

Rand Memorial Nature Centre 103Tilloo Cay National Reserve 40

New Bight 210-12New Providence 62-99, 64-5newspapers 271Newton Cay 224Nicholl’s Town 138Norman’s Cay 203North Bight 40North Bimini 127-32, 128North Caicos 253-5, 253North Cat Cay 133North Cat Island 214-17North Eleuthera 175-90North Long Island 222-6Northwest Cays 173Northwest Point 245, 124Northwest Point Marine National

Park 42, 242

Oobeah (magic practice) 32, 212Old Bight 212-13Old Free Town 118Olympic Games 27Orange Creek 215ospreys 42, 104, 205, 252Our Lucayan Beach & Golf Resort

111

PParadise Island 76-9, 77, 121

accommodations 87-8food 91-2

parks 75, see also gardens, national parks

parrot, Bahama 40, 104Parrot Cay 253passports, see also visas


Pelican Cays Land & Sea Park 160‘People to People’ program 109Peterson Cay National Park 40, 118Pigeon Pond & Frenchman’s Creek

Nature Reserve 245Pink Sands Beach 178, 5pigs, swimming 206Pine Cay 252pineapples 185pirates 22, 64, 74, 80, 126Pirates of Nassau Museum 71Plana Cays 233planning 13-15, 138, see

also itinerariesplantations 139, 165, 193, 198, 200,

203, 213, 218, 243, 251, 255Adderley plantation 224Armbister plantation 210Farquharson plantation 219Grays plantation 227ruins 205, 209, 210, 212, 219, 222,

227, 229Wades Green plantation 254

plants 39, 43, 103, 118Poitier, Sidney 30, 33population

Bahamas, the 20, 29-30Turks & Caicos 20

Port Howe 213Port Lucaya Marketplace & Village

106, 122postal services 283Potter’s Cay 74powerboats 84Preacher’s Cave 184Primeval Forest 41Prince George Wharf 73Princess Alexandra National Park

42, 242Prohibition 65Providenciales 242-51, 244-5

accommodations 247-8drinking 248-9entertainment 249-50food 248-9shopping 250-1travel to/from 251travel within 251

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Rracquetball 82radio 271Raleigh, Sir Walter 22Ramsar Site 42, 254Rand Memorial Nature Centre 41, 103Rand, James 103recipes 55, 57, 59Red Bay 140reefs 40, 50-2, 54, 129, 135-6regattas 109, 130, 134, 152, 155,

162, 170, 187, 191, 194-5, 197, 201, 206, 207, 210, 219, 226, 232, 247, 254

religionBahamas, the 31-2Turks & Caicos 31-2

resorts 58, 87, 88, 269, 272restaurants 58Retreat, the 41Rivas, Carlos Lehder 205road rules


rock carvings 27, 245Rock Sound 190-1Roker’s Bluff 214Roland Lowe, Alton 35Rolle Cay 200Rolle Town 202Roosevelt, Teddy III 241rum 23, 57, 99, see also cocktailsRum Cay 220

Ssafety issues 53, 70, 101, 137, 210,

217, 278sailing 187, 197, 203, 210, 273-4, 280,

290-1, 292St Francis Xavier Cathedral 71St Peter’s Catholic Church 228, 123Salt Cay 266-9, 267salt industry 207, 234, 235, 237, 241Salt Pond 226Samana Cay 233Sampson Cay 205San Salvador 215-20, 216


Sandy Point 165Sapodilla Bay 245

scams 97Seminole Indians 140shark encounters 45-8, 50, 79, 107sharks

blacktip 51, 257hammerhead 79, 220nurse 51reef 51, 121

Ship Channel Cay 203shipwrecks 45, 51, 52, 127, 140, 151,

178, 217, 219, 220, 252, 263, 267shopping

antiques 95arts 250Bahamas, the 284cigars 96clothing 116commercial art 25-6, 115-16, 164crafts 95-6jewelry 94, 95, 116music 95, 116, 182perfume 116Turks & Caicos 285

Siboney Indians 22Sir Charles Hayward 101slavery 21, 23, 31, 65, 72, 74, 75,

193, 205Small Hope Bay 140snorkeling 274

Abacos 151, 162, 157, 169Andros 140Biminis 127, 132Blue Lagoon 80Caicos Islands 246Cat Island 210-11Crooked Islands 231Eleuthera 178Exumas, the 195-6, 215itineraries 19Grand Bahama 106-7, 120Long Island 225, 226New Providence 79San Salvador 217Turks Islands 263

Souse 56South Bimini 132-3, 128South Caicos 256-7, 257South Cat Island 210-14South Creek National Park 43South Eleuthera 190-1South Long Island 226-9southern Bahamas

itineraries 18travel to/from 222, 224-5, 229,

231, 233, 235

travel within 222, 225, 229, 231, 233, 235

Spanish Cay 173Spanish exploration 147Spanish occupation 21-2Spanish Wells 183-4, 184spas 248special events, see festivalssponging industry 137sportfishing 138, 142, 143, 152, 170,

275, see also fishingAbacos 151, 157, 165, 170Andros 141Biminis 130Caicos Islands 246Eleuthera 178-80Exumas, the 197Grand Bahama 107Inaguas 236New Providence 79-80

sporting events 84, 109-10, 152, 170, 187, 197, 206, 210, 247, 263, 280, see also individual sports

squash 82Stafford Creek 140stamp collecting 261Staniard Creek 40Staniel Cay 206Stella Maris 222-6stingrays 39, 80, 151, 196, see also

eagle rays, manta raysStocking Island 200straw-work 72, 116, 7surfing 158, 186, 276swimming pigs 206

TTarpon Cave 151Tauwhare, Richard 28taxis 293-5Taylor, Max 35telephone services


television 271tennis 82, 108-9Thanksgiving 84theaters 84, 94, 115theft 278Three Mary Cays National Park 42,

242, 254Thunderball Grotto 206Tiki Hut 58Tilloo Cay 160Tilloo Cay National Reserve 40


time 305tipping 59tourist industry 25-6tourist information 68, 79, 150, 285tours 275, see also boat excursions,

cruisesAbacos 152Caicos Islands 247Exumas, the 197Grand Bahama 109Inaguas 237nature tours 104, 109, 144,

253New Providence 82-3San Salvador 218

traditional beliefs 60, 139, 215traditional medicine 30, 104, 197transportation, see also individual

transportation methodsto/from the Bahamas 287-91to/from Turks & Caicos 291-2within the Bahamas 293-4within Turks & Caicos 294-5

Treasure Cay 165-7, 166triathlons 110, 152, 280Turk’s Head cactus 43Turks & Caicos

economy 20itineraries 17

Turks & Caicos National Museum 261

Turks & Caicos National Trust 44Turks Islands 258-69, 259

national flag 259travel to/from 265travel within 265-6

Turtle Cove 228turtles 39, 157, 220

freshwater 210, 237green 39, 40, 43, 237hawksbill 39, 43, 267leatherback 43loggerhead 39, 43, 167red-eared 105

typhoid 298

UUnderwater Explorers Society

107Union Creek Reserve 41

Vvaccinations 296vegetarians travelers 59,

154Versailles Gardens 77Victoria, Queen 72views 73, 206, 224, 225Vine Point & Ocean Hole Nature

Reserve 43, 242visas, see also passports


vultures, turkey 39

WWalker’s Cay 173Walker’s Cay Marine Park

41wall dives 79water 300Water Cay 118

water sports 81, 276Caicos Islands 246Grand Bahama 108New Providence 78, 80

water taxis 293Watling’s Castle 220websites, see Internet resourcesweddings 78weights, see inside front coverWest Caicos 251-2West Caicos Marine National Park

42, 242West End 120whales 37, 39

blue 39humpback 39, 257, 263, 268

whale-watching 268White Sound 169wildlife, see animals, plantsWilliams Town 202-3Windermere Island 190windsurfing 276wine 57women travelers 286women’s health 300woodlands 118work 286WW I 129

Yyachting 133yellow fever 299Young Sound 40

Zzoos 75

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