The Bahamas in 3.6 Hours

I’m sure there is little sympathy out there in the blogosphere for these postings that begin with “ ___ in 3.6 hours”

That quick visit to Napa in October and now the Bahamas on the hop prompted the title.

This is what I wrote two months ago to refresh your memory, dear Reader:

Here’s the good news about my job: I get to travel extensively. Here’s the bad news: often I don’t have time to see anything. Do you know the New York Times travel column “36 Hours”? – a lucky correspondent has a weekend days to visit a place. Well, my version of that would be a column called 3.6 Hours.

Alas, even if I had the time --- one doesn’t “do” the Bahamas so quickly. The brochure in my room attempts to correct some common misconceptions:

1) The Bahamas is an independent country of some 250,000 residents,

2) The Bahamas geographically is comprised of 700 islands and cays in 40 “family” groupings.

It would take weeks to do the archipelago properly and that yacht (there are more boats in Freeport than cars) just outside by the dock would do nicely, thank you. Several million you say?

I’ll pass. Back to work.