In the morning we will head up to the bahamas. Matt and I will fish our way along the island chain. Our plan is to make the island of Samana in the Bahamas. There is a small harbor there called Attwood harbor. We will ride the hook as there are no inhabitants on the island. The next day we will fish our way to San Salvador.
This past week I got to go visit the Pirate caves on the south West tip of Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos. Its a long dirt road ride to get there, But well worth the trip. Once there, You can climb down into a natural cave that opens up to a picturesque cove with aquamarine green clear water in it. On the rocks above the cave are numerous inscriptions done by ship wrecked sailors and pirates alike. It was pretty cool to see. One of the largest engravings into the rock is one that states "Ship St Louis Burnt at sea, 1842," I got back to the boat and did some research on all the engravings I saw. I found that the Sailing ship St Louis had indeed burned ( Burnt as the inscription says) and the crew of 24 soals made it ashore to the rocky bluff by the cave. They were there for a couple of days. They were then rescued by another sailing ship called the Impulse. But after 3 days it is reported that the Impulse hit the Caicos Reef and sunk. All crews from both boats made it ashore. There are other engravings in the rocks as well. Some of the literature I found says that some of the inscriptions are from pirates that used the area. I need to do more research.... Very cool stuff. Try to click on the pics and zoom in on the detail of what some ship wrecked sailor did all those years ago!
When I reach San Sal, Matt and I should have lots of awesome pics of our next adventure as we head north to the out islands of the Bahamas.
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| The dirt road getting there |
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| Lots of cotton growing wild on the road there |
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| Originally read ( Ship St Louis Burnt at sea 1842) |
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| View from the bluff |
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| Other inscriptions around it |
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| Down the hole into the cave |
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| I think the ladder is newer than 1842 |
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| Spectacular cove at face of the cave |
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| Tons of conch shells impeded in the limestone walls |
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| The castaways |
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| Nice |
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| Thousands of years in the making |
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| More inscriptions |
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| One article I read said this was a date code use by pirates |
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| This was another ships engraving that some jack ass named Ian scratched on top of. Sad |
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| More |
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| Pirate grafiti |
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| The bay on the way to the cave |
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| The cave is on that out cropping |
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| I found pirate emeralds |
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| Bugaloos |
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| Conch grow on trees here |
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| Local lady cleaning conch |
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| Fishermen harvesting conch |
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