cherry glen campground More than 3.5 million travelers come to the islands each year. They arrive sometimes by small boat,

There are restaurants and caf s at the Pelican Beach, Ocean Beach, and Prospect of Whitby Hotels, all open to the public (see below). Reservations are probably a good idea if you want dinner, but most will fit you in for lunch.

beaches, 3, 24, 33, 36, 37, 51; Acklins Island, 51; Andros, 51, 195, 196; Barraterre, 245; Berry Islands, 51, 265; Cat Island, 51; Eleuthera, 51, 224; The Exumas, 237, 251; Fernandez Bay, 51, 274; Freeport, 105, 136; George Town, 51; Grand Bahama, 6, 24, 51, 103, 108, 119; Grand Turk, 329; Great Exuma, 51, 244; Great Guana Cay 158; Green Turtle Cay, 156; Great Harbour Cay, 51; Harbour Island, 51; Little Inagua 277; Lucaya, 136; Marsh Harbour, 184; Mayaguana Cay, 51; Middle Caicos, 341; Nassau, 94, 95, 96, 101; New Providence, cherry glen campground 51, 68-69; North Caicos, 336, 338, 339; Out Islands, 7-8, 51, 76, 139,140; Paradise Island, 5, 69, 100-101, 102; Providenciales, 320-321; Rolleville, 51; Rum Cay, 309; Spanish Cay, 185; Staniard Creek, 51; Staniel Cay, 242; Stocking Island, 51, 243; Treasure Cay, 158; Turks & Caicos, 314; Walker s Cay, 158

More than 3.5 million travelers come to the islands each year. They arrive sometimes by small boat, but more often by cruise ship or jet. Some are so taken with the magical beauty of the islands they stay for months.

IN THIS CHAPTER Geography 3 History 9 Getting There 12 Before You Go 16 The People 17 Eating & Drinking 18 Accommodation 20 Restaurant/Hotel Prices 22 Practical Information 23 How to Use This Book 30 Tourist Information 31 Because the islands are no more than the exposed cherry glen campground top portions of the Great Bahama Bank, an extension of the North American continental shelf, cherry glen campground there are only three deep-water channels suitable for the passage of large vessels. Of the 700 islands and 2,000 islets, called cays (keys), making up the archipelago, only about 30 are inhabited. Some are little more than boulders that appear and disappear with the rise and fall of the ocean. Some are long and thin and stretch for many miles. Still others are home to thousands of busy people. The vast majority of the islands, however, are deserted, with pristine beaches and tropical forests that are untouched by humans.