santos campground bird-watching, 30, 33, 76-77; The Abacos, 141; Andros, 190; Conception Island, 286; Crooked Island,

649-946-1453, EP $95. Pirate s Hidaway B&B, Grand Turk, 649-946-6909, $85. Salt Cay Sunset House, Balfour Town, Grand Turk, 649-946-6942. From $35. Salt Raker Inn, Duke Street, PO Box 1, Grand Turk, 649-946-2260, EP $75. Turks Head Inn, Duke Street, PO Box 58, Grand Turk, 649-946-2466. From $65.

If you re looking for something different, a real adventure, you might like to give a company santos campground called Ocean Outback a call, 649-941-5810; www.provo.net/oceanoutback. They offer day-long snorkeling adventures aboard a 70-foot cruiser to one or more of the neighboring uninhabited santos campground islands. A full-day trip 9amto4pm costs $85 per person, and includes santos campground the use of snorkeling gear, a beach umbrella, picnic lunch and cold drinks a great value. A second company, Tao, 649-946-5040, specializes in sunset cruises, but more and more they too are offering snorkeling cruises to the outer islands. Rates start at around $80 per person, santos campground which includes snorkeling gear and lunch.

bird-watching, 30, 33, 76-77; The Abacos, 141; Andros, 190; Conception Island, 286; Crooked Island, 261; Berry Islands, 264; Grand Bahama, 76-77, 115, 118; Great Abaco, santos campground 160; Hawk s Nest, 274; the Inaguas, 276; Middle Caicos, 343-344; New Providence, 76; North Caicos, 338-339; Out Islands, 76; tours, 33, 76-77

Only a few of the Out Islands offer any sort of tourist accommodations. Some are small hotels where the air-conditioning is nothing more than the soft trade winds blowing in through the window, and the only telephone is a lonely pay phone somewhere in the vicinity santos campground of the hotel office. There are also rental cottages, villas, luxurious hotels, private islands, and even resorts.