Downtown Grand Bahamas

 In order to show what a lot of the island is like, we took a trip downtown with the local bus system. These buses appear to be old vans and there are bus stops every quarter mile or so. It costs $1.25 per person to ride, which we thought was a steal compared to walking 3 miles to get there ourselves.

This Bazaar is in the heart of downtown Freeport, and boasts on a plaque to say it is the cultural epicenter of the island. Upon further investigation, we were disheartened to find only one semi-sketchy chinese restaurant.

 Here are some shots of the city with the strip plazas and on the right is the tallest building on the island. Apparently it has been undergoing some renovations...for the last few years and everyone has been vacated. One thing of note here in the Grand Bahamas, people drive on the left side of the road. You would think that shouldn't be hard to get use to, since we are not driving here, but we have had many friendly reminder honks...the islanders are very helpful in reminding us to stay clear.


 I think we would both agree that our favorite sight downtown was when we found the LDS church here. We looked it up online, but it wasn't very clear how to get there. We asked a bunch of people if they had seen the elders or the church but no one had even heard of it. That was so discouraging, so we went walking to look for it. We found the branch and were able to attend church. There are only about 30 members and we are definitely the minority! Everyone is so polite and friendly, which has been such a nice welcome for us. We are excited to keep going!