Posted by: Editor on Apr 07, 2008 – 02:15 PM
exoticlocations  The Bahamas is a study in contrasts — money, casinos, resorts and celebrities exist alongside fishing shacks where you can eat fresh conch salad washed down by a bottle of local Kalik beer. A few blocks back from the sunburned skin, hair braids and flowered shirts of the tourists, hundreds of years of history are alive in the smiling but guarded faces of the Bahamians.

The islands offer a tranquil side that money just can’t buy Where cash flows like water, silky sands are free

Purring up the heavily shaded lane, and then inching ever so carefully around the hairpin turn, the black stretch limo pulled to a stop.

“Miz Jarvie?” the driver inquired as he sidled out, not a hair out of place, although his rig certainly was.

The luxury car and driver, sent from the Disney-like Atlantis resort, were in shocking contrast to the small, family-run inn where we had just spent four days.

Read the article:
The islands offer a tranquil side that money just can’t buy
Michele Jarvie
For Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/travel/story/?id=4c99a727-374e-4349-8e12-cc719534cca8