Musha Cay, Exumas

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Tuesday, April, 25, 2006, 08:03 UTC
Mausha Cay,Exumas

Monday Guest Pam:
We started out the day by going back to Black point to pick up the coconut bread and cheesecake that we ordered the night before. Lorraine and her Mother we waiting for us with the goods! They brought us right into their kitchen (of their home, not the restaurant), and the bread smelled great! I pulled out my camera to take another picture, and Lorraine's mother quickly pulled off her hair cap so she would look nice for the picture. Very cute!

I mainly went along with Dean and Steve to get the baked goods in hopes of getting a preview of Eunice's woven goods. Sure enough, we found Eunice was standing outside her little green house. She was expecting us since she got the word the night before that we would be looking for her! In case I didn't mention this earlier, she is supposedly the oldest person in all of the Bahamas!

Eunice was absolutely darling with her hat and blue dress. She greeted me with a hug and then brought us right into her home. Sad to say that the house was pretty awful (very untidy and in need of repair). But she was fine with us just barging in to see her goods. Unfortunately her supply was low, but I was able to find a cute little basket and a mat. She was clearly excited to have visitors and shoppers. I told her that we would be back with the other ladies on our boat, and she said she would get right to work making more baskets. As we left she said "Have a blessed day".

By the way, I should mention that all of the islanders are very friendly. They greet us with "Good Morning" or "Hello", and are always helpful with questions. Some are hard to understand since they seem to have their own version of English, but most speak very clearly.

We then got back on the boat and had a great breakfast of coconut bread. Very delicious! While we were having breakfast, Captain Mark shared more history of the islands that was very interesting. The original inhabitants were slaves from North and South Carolina. They were brought over here to start farming, but after a couple years it was discovered that the land doesn't grow well. Then they were all set free to be on their own. There is of course a lot more to the story, but that is a snippet!

After breakfast we all went back to the island except Bill, who stayed to clean up after us no doubt. Thanks Bill! We wandered a bit in hopes of giving Eunice more time to make baskets. Rhonda found a cute bag at another shop, and then we visited Eunice. Unfortunately she was just sitting down to start weaving, so nothing new was available. But Rhonda was kind enough to buy a little mat and basket.

Dean, Steve and Wanda had wandered down the road while we shopped, and when they didn't come back for way too long, we knew they had found something interesting. We talked to some locals and they told us about a garden place, so we figured Dean was making Steve and Wanda look at every little tree and plant!

We eventually bought our ice and h