What is it about a small body of land surrounded by the bluest of ocean that seems to change the nature of time? We tend to live our days and nights in chopped up, numbered increments, counting down to nothing in particular. But spend a few days on an island, and the concept of hours, minutes and seconds begins to feel vague and elusive, like some long ago memory we\u2019d rather forget.<\/p>\n
I buried my useless watch deep in my suitcase recently during a trip to Eleuthera, Bahamas, a 110-mile long, 2-mile wide strip of lush forests, ancient black rock and pristine white and pink beaches. I\u2019m not sure if I would have experienced the same sense of time on a trip to thriving Nassau or Grand Bahama, but Eleuthera, with a population of less than 10,000 and a lack of large resorts, allows travelers to easily melt into days governed only by sunrises and sunsets.<\/p>\n
I was traveling with family to visit my cousin, Al Curry, and his wife, Janice. Both are Houstonians who, on vacation five years ago, fell in love with Eleuthera and later bought a house to spend their semi-retirement balancing months of Houston bustle with months of island life. Semi-retirement didn\u2019t take for very long though, and a year ago Al bought a diving and sport-fishing business, Ocean Fox Cotton Bay, and now spends his days showing tourists some of the most beautiful spots of Eleuthera \u2014 those places under the waves.<\/p>\n
Within a few hours of landing at Governor\u2019s Harbour Airport, I realized that though it\u2019s metaphorically easy to get lost in Eleuthera, it\u2019s quite difficult to get actually lost on Eleuthera. The only major thoroughfare, the two-lane paved Queen\u2019s Highway, runs the length of the whole island. Take pretty much any road, paved or gravel, off the Queen\u2019s Highway and sooner or later drivers will hit water. Chances are, they\u2019ll also find a beautiful, deserted beach they can claim as their own for the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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