Bahamas/Exumas: Cruising the Exumas Cays
Exumas consist of 365 islands (one for each day of the year?), spread into a vertical long line. They are ideal for cruising by boat or yacht as one can truly experience “fifty shades of blue” here – stunning variation of color from light blue of shallow area and sand banks to deepest dark blue of the deep water channels. Remote and desolate, Exumas have been the retreat for many celebrities for years as many of the smaller islands (called “cays” here) are privately owned; and cruising through Exumas is like a trip in Malibu viewing celebrity homes. These include David Copperfield who owns several islands, Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, Fairh Hill & Tim McGraw, Eddie Murphy, Tyler Perry, and plenty of lesser known rich business people like John Fry (owner of car stereo store Fry’s Electronics), who owns a whopping seven Exumas islands (building an underground bunker on one of them). The islands are pretty and all, but I would die of boredom living here.
