{"id":596,"date":"2010-08-09T08:18:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=596"},"modified":"2010-08-09T08:18:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T12:18:52","slug":"abaco-road-less-traveled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2010\/08\/abaco-road-less-traveled","title":{"rendered":"Abaco: Road Less Traveled:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-597\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Abaco, Bahamas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/abaco_island-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/abaco_island-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/abaco_island-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/abaco_island.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>As I set sail on a 42-foot yacht steered by Capt. Benjamin Dunable, I  was eager to explore and experience the local flavor of the Abacos, the  third largest island in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Considered the sailing capital of the world because of its 120-mile-long coastline, Abaco is a perfect destination for boaters, scuba divers, snorkelers, fishing enthusiasts, bird lovers and beachgoers.<\/p>\n<p>Abaco&#8217;s  naturally protected waters once served as a safe harbor for British  loyalists during the American Revolution. Its two major islands \u2013 Great  Abaco and Little Abaco \u2014 boast dozens of offshore cays and barrier  islands that abound with game fish, including marlin, sailfish and the  world\u2019s best bone fishing flats. The fish that were the most abundant  during my visit were grouper, snapper, amberjack, bonefish, mackerel and  dolphin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer Ruth Bashinsky set sail on a 42-foot yacht steered by Capt. Benjamin Dunable, to explore and experience the local flavor of the Abacos, the third largest island in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-islands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}