Travel Writing
The Bahamas is full of a vast array of inimitable little islands, populated by the laid back people of the Caribbean. Great Exuma is one of these, a place of warm tranquillity and relaxation, a place where peace can be found. A minute number of people inhabit the 90 mile stretch of land where you will find an amazing variety of wildlife. The majority of untouched island is covered by jungle-like surroundings known as the mangrove, its inhabitants being deadly scorpions and snakes, roofed by the leaves under which poisonous skull-spiders shelter.
The vast green mangrove covering the island surrounds a small quiet town where the few inhabitants of this unique part of the world will be found. The locals are friendly people, mainly running small restaurants or fishing businesses, giving them enough money to live freely. The blasé approach to life of a Caribbean person portrays a world with no sense of time or schedule, no strain to fulfil ambition, a world that is barely recognized in today’s modern corporate world that is so full of worry and responsibility. The simplicity of life that Great Exuma radiates is what makes it so attractive compared to the demanding, dull and taxing environment we live in ourselves.