Rough seas greeted our first day out. We were running though what is known as the Tongue of the Ocean, the Bahamas passage between Andros Island to the west and New Providence, Exuma and Long Island to the east. Its called the Tongue because a deep sea trench makes a curled formation between the islands. As seas were rough and the ship rolling, I guess the Tongue was giving us a licking! Andros Island was clearly visible to starboard. Later in the day and further along the passage, Rum Cay was visible to port.
Sunday evening was the first Formal Night. Dinner was Lobster Tail with a Fried Oysters appetizer. After dinner Susan and I enjoyed the Latin music ensemble in the Havana Bar. The ships doctor joined them on bongos! (The quiet and laid back space aft was one of our favorite locations on the ship.)
Around 11:00 a.m. on the second day out, the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti could be seen off the port side of the ship. The long Massif de la Hotte rising out of sea reminded one that Haiti is the most mountainous of the Caribbean islands. Seas were much calmer and glasslike
At about the same time, Navassa Island appeared off the starboard side of the ship. Navassa is one of the more curious of the Caribbean islands. miles from Haiti, the small island has been claimed by the United States since 1857. It was once the site of an active guano mining industry but has been uninhabited for more than a century.
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