Vacation rental home on deserted beach in Eleuthera!!! Latest Bahamas news from the new online Nassau Guardian. See the latest Developments in the Bahamas!! Learn the Local Dialect the Bahamians speak! See a video of "Tiger Shark Diving" in the Bahamas. Explore a hidden dive site.   Visit the Beach of the week in Harbour Island, Eleuthera.   According to "Lonely Planet", the Best Activities to do in the Bahamas!       The Inaguas: Pink Flamingoes, Morton Salt, Isolated .... The most southerly and the third-largest island of The Bahamas, Great Inagua is home to 1,200 people. It lies 325 miles southeast of Nassau. It is actually two separate islands, Great and Little Inagua, which together are referred to as The Inaguas. Inaguas Lighthouse Why Flamingoes, and Why Salt in Inaguas? Simply put, the geography of Great Inagua, with heat, wind and the shallow pools create huge deposits of salt; and the shallow salt ponds attract shrimp, which attract flamingoes? Easy, right? Nearly a million pounds of salt is produced from the Salinas of Inagua by the Morton Salt Company. Sea water is pumped into the interior of the island and held in dikes. There are 80 salt ponds, covering over 12,000 acres. More . . . HOT SPOTS!! -Inaguas Website Inagua Archeology! Bonefishing in Inagua! -Flamingo Nest Resort Morton Salt Company Website -Inaguas Hertiage Festival -Inagua History -Flamingo Lingo -Inaguas Wildlife -Inaguas Nautical Maps -Inaguas Bonefishing Video! -BEST Inaguas Map -Fast Ferry Schedule -Bahamas Paintings! -Pirates of the Bahamas "Whose Ass is the fastest?" Inagua Heritage Schedule by Conchy Joe Every year, in Great Inaguas, there is the "Inaguas Heritage Festival", which includes the world famous "Donkey Race". This year, the Festival occurs between August 2nd to 6th, 2007. Other activities include: Junkanoo, Gospel and other music by local and national artists, and other activities.... For details, go HERE...... . . . See a great article from the New York Times on the Flamingos in Inagua, as well as the perceptions gained from a visit to this dry, isolated island of Inagua Inaguas: A Birdwatcher's Paradise Most Flamingoes in One Place!! Inagua is also a home and refuge of one of the world's largest colonies of flamingos. Inagua is a haven for bird-watchers and nature lovers. Inagua is a birdwatcher's paradise with the world's largest breeding colony of West Indian flamingos (over 60,000) -- that makes the ratio of flamingos to people on Great Inagua is approximately 60:1. The park in the area of Lake Windsor, the large lake in the interior of Great Inagua, is a natural habitat for a diversity of birds: Pelicans, Roseate, Spoonbills, Blue Herons, West Indian Tree Ducks, Humming Birds, and the Reddish Egret. .." ... More . . . "A twitcher is someone who actively seeks out new birds to put on their lifelist and the word is supposed to describe the uncontrollable spasms of excitement when seeing a new bird for the first time...."

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