We arrived at Marsh Harbor, the big city of the Abacos with a population of about 6000 souls. We originally intended to stay for four days to get the lower rate, but the weather was iffy on and off and the town was nice so we ended up staying a little longer. MH had not just one supermarket but two, along with various bodegas, and a high ratio of liquor store square footage given the population.
On Tuesday we rented a car and drove up to Treasure Cay, which is not really a cay, which is why we could drive to it. They drive on the left, so I was having Scotland flashbacks. We scoped out the marina and mooring area. It seemed like a quiet place to hang out for a few days. It's known mostly for the beaches.
While we had the car we also did a grocery run. We returned the car before dark so we didn't have to figure out where to park it. By the third or fourth day we had walked most areas and tried most of the restaurants. The only chain fast food place in town, I think in all of the Abacos, is a KFC.
We checked out the large harbor on how we would anchor if we wanted to. We drove to the other side of the harbor to see Mermaid Reef, where we might be able to do some snorkeling.
We finally found a BTC office that was both open and had SIM cards, so I bought one for the iPad. I started to get the hang of the SIM card shuffle, but it looked like BTC blocked hotspot usage.
It was nice to have most of the perks of civilization within a walk away, but we started getting antsy again and we decided to head out again, this time to Hope Town.
The shot below was taken at dusk while most of the anchored boats still had their mast lights on.
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