We took a day trip on the Balearia Bahama Express ferry from Fort Lauderdale to Freeport on Grand Bahama island, where we spent the day wandering the Port Lucaya Marketplace, having lunch and checking out the beach...

The marketplace was extremely touristy but with its own charm. The people talk very much like Jamaicans and the Rastafarian culture is seen and heard everywhere. They have a very interesting use of colour in their buildings, reminds me of the colours that were the fashion after Miami Vice became popular on TV in the mid 1980s...

Even the Police Station got the makeover with the same cans of paint. Check out the pink sign out front. Can you imagine the police in New Zealand having pink signage?

The main reason we went to The Bahamas was to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary, but as were in the small town of Brooksville, Florida on the 25th we decided to delay it a few days. We found a restaurant called Big Easy which had a Creole atmosphere and style of food. Of course we had a few cocktails with our lunch.

The place doesn't look much but the food was excellent...