Nassau Day 9
We did a lot
of walking today. First, we went to the Pirate
Museum where we learned about the many famous pirates that sailed out of Nassau
and the Bahamas during the late 17th and early 18th
Centuries. Nassau or Charles Town as it
was formerly called served as a great haven for pirates and was under pirate
control for nearly 15 years. The city
was settled by the English in 1666. The
Spanish destroyed it in 1684. It was
rebuilt and renamed Nassau by the English in 1685. The Spanish and French occupied the city in
1703. Pirates then took control of the
city after the Spanish and French withdrew their forces. The city remained under pirate rule from late
1703 until 1718 when the English appointed Captain Woodes Rogers as governor of
the Bahamas. He was responsible for
restoring English governance and bringing the pirates under control. Pirates from Nassau raided and plundered as
far north as the English New England Colonies and as far south as the Gulf
Coast of South, Central and North
America.
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| Nassau Pirate Museum |
Our tour ended
in the pirate museum’s tavern where we were entertained by the “Best Bartender”
in the Bahamas. He prepared for us his
own concoction, the Bahama Papa. It was
a wonderful mixture of mostly rum and a very little fruit juice. Many of the pirates died of scurvy due to the
lack of fruit in their diet. This drink
would have kept them alive and happy.
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| Scurvy Crew |
With our
thirsts quenched, we headed off to fill our bellies with something more
substantial. Frank suggested we head off
to the “Fish Fry” along Junkanoo Beach.
Nearly all of the cruise ship tourists had returned to their ships by
the time we got to Junkanoo Beach. Many
of the vendors were beginning to wind down their operations. We ended up at the Junkanoo Beach Tiki Bar
where we got 4 beers, 4 shots for $10 which we drank while eating conch
fritters. So much for dinner. They closed the place down while we ate. They removed their ice chests, deep fryers and
canvas awnings but allowed us to remain seated at our bar stools until we
finished our last fritter. Their truck
was loaded and the sand was being raked as we walked away to catch the bus back
to the marina.
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| Junkanoo Beach |
You know you
have been in Nassau too long when the jitney driver knows your stop before you
announce it. We are anxious to get
moving again; however, the winds continue to blow.
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