Bahama Trip Second Edition

After our trip to the Rum Factory our taxi driver took us downtown to the Straw Market to shop. We walked through the market and came out on a back street along the water front where the cruise ships come in. There we saw a local boy on his fishing boat loaded down with conch shells. He was selling them for 5.00 dollars each. We thought WOW what a bargain so we each picked out a big, beautiful, shiny pink shell. We carried them around all day and I am sure mine weighed at least 20 pounds. The sad part of this story....when we left the Bahamas, security at the airport took them!!!! We thought we could carry them on the plane but I guess security thought we may CONCH someone in the head with them. (Sorry could not resist that!) So the moral of this story...pack your conch shells in your luggage. They told us we could put them in our suitcase but we had already sent our luggage on the conveyor belt after standing in line for check in for two hours. Our hubby's said that boy most likely comes to the airport every morning and collect all the confiscated shells and takes them downtown to sell again. We found no humor in their humor!!!

Anyway, back to our shopping day. I found this adorable Bahama baby and these cute cook books. I wanted them for the Key Lime Pie recipe and the rum drinks to impress all my boating friends with my oh so Paula Deen type parties. I did buy some necklaces made of shells and coffee beans to add to my collection of junk.

Stay tuned for the third edition of our Bahama Trip!!! Snorkeling and Para sailing!