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(VIDEO) Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas featured in 'Islands' magazine

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:25:35 EDT

In August 2008, ISLANDS managing editor Chris Tauber visited Green Turtle Cay, nestled in the Abaco Islands in the outskirts of the Bahamas.

Based at the Green Turtle Club and Marina, he discovered the quiet beaches, explored the intriguing town of New Plymouth and, of course, ordered the famed Goombay Smash.

Overall, the island is an inviting destination for families looking for that ideal balance of accessibility and authenticity. Find out more in the upcoming November 2008 issue of ISLANDS. In the meantime, watch a video enclosed of Chris' trip...

Bahamas Sinkhole Yields Fossil Treasure Trove

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:53:05 EDT

According to Discovery.com "Divers exploring a water-filled sinkhole in the Bahama Islands recently recovered one of the world's largest and most pristinely preserved collections of animal and plant fossils from a tropical island.

Like a time machine, the fossils reveal in stages what ecosystems were like on the island of Abaco from periods between 12,000 to 1,000 years ago.

"Their ultra-high quality of preservation puts the fossils in a category all their own," David Steadman, who led the project and is curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History , told Discovery News..."

The Wild Horses of Abaco

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:36:19 EDT

For years the wild horses of Abaco were thought to be a myth. Animals about whom many stories were told but which were extinct. Actually, the Wild Horses of Abaco are still clinging to a precarious existence on a Preserve in the pine forests of Abaco.

While there are other horses scattered throughout The Bahamas; carriage horses in Nassau, a herd of domestic horses running free on Eleuthera among others, the Abaco Barbs appear to be the only horses in the Bahamas, in fact in the world, with their particular genetic makeup...

Images of beautiful Hope Town, Abaco

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:48:41 EDT

One persons vacation in the beautiful Hopetown, Abaco, The Bahamas. Enjoy wonderful photographs with Santana music. Sunsets, foliage, beaches, home and the famous lighthouse...enjoy and experience....

Diving for ancient, hidden treasures in the Bahamas

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:11:12 EDT

Cave diving in the Bahamas has yielded some ancient finds -- from a 3,000-year-old Cuban crocodile to the shell of a long-extinct tortoise. Cave diving instructor Brian Kakuk was guiding a diver in a blue hole south of Marsh Harbour a few years back when he spotted what appeared to be a turtle shell buried in the sediment about 60 feet deep...