It was another 1/2 day trip to Farmers Cay. This is another very small settlement. The boaters use this Cay as their weather staging area to Georgetown. From here to Georgetown you must go out on the ocean/sound and in windy weather it could be a miserable and even dangerous trip.
Farmers Cay is very interesting to say the least. There are only about 60 residents and they are almost all related. You cannot open a business here unless you are a relative. We were met at the dock by a young Bahamian gentlemen who was trying to make a few dollars by offering to make conk salad, show us where the turtles live, fetch rum etc. He was quite the character. As we walked toward town there were several tables set up with women selling t-shirts and straw items. The crossroads at the center of town really did not provide much that made you want to explore. We did decide to walk up the hill to a woodworkers shop. The shop owner was carving fish and African type heads. The fish were beautiful and expensive. Following our short walk around we took a dingy ride to the Atlantic side of the island to a beach bar. The bar had a lot of atmosphere and it sat at the end of the airport runway serving as the waiting point for those who were flying out of Farmers. The small planes used every inch of the short runway during take off and landing. If not times correctly they are in the water. Not for me!
The Yacht club on Farmers Cay, after I took this we did see a newer building while on our way to the beach bar.
The hand made railing along the dock was really cool. Made from local trees
Our three dinks near the beach bar
The runway!!!!
The beach bar
The beach along the shore of the beach bar was really pretty
looks like our dingy is sitting on glass not water
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