Normans Cay

We have only stopped here once before and Brad still talks about how they were the best conch fritters he has ever had! Well it looked a bit different this time around. There are definitely big changes coming to Normans Cay. They have completely dredged out an area for a marina on the Southeastern tip of land and they have fenced in the entire air strip - which has been repaved, widened and lined.

It was sad for us to see these changes as we had really liked this island on our previous visit. A new marina is good for the economy and looks as if it will have great protection in all winds. But they have completely ruined the Bahamanian sense of the island. The air stop being fenced in has created quite the issue too with getting to the restaurant with the aforementioned conch fritters. And the restaurant does not have the same owner and we have heard rumors that the prices there are astronomical - try $25 for a burger!!

Needless to say we were not impressed with the changes and were happy we had experience the island before all these new economical big shots ruined it all....I mean, changed it all.

After the island tour, we jumped back in the dinghy and went out to snorkel the sunken plane that we had heard so much about. This island used to be the home of a famous drug runner, Leder, until the island was raided by the FBI. There are still bullet holes in the houses that remain on the island and this sunken plane is just one of the many victims of the drug war here. We thought it would be similar to the other planes we had snorkeled throughout the islands, just a small cessna or the like. But it was in fact, a much larger cargo plane. And it was sitting in only 10 feet of water! It was amazing! We were astonished with the size and the coral and fish around it were just the icing on the cake. This plane alone was worth the stop here!