It’s simply previous what may be the oldest church in The Bahamas, the St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church — or what’s left of it.
Right this moment, it’s a stone shell of a once-impressive construction. You possibly can really feel the vitality as you stroll previous the previous partitions and the picket planks.
You hike via the leaves and the protrusions, reducing your head to dodge errant branches and ensuring your toes hit the best rocks.
Then you definitely see it, by some means hidden away proper off the principle freeway on Lengthy Island.
They name it the Shrimp Gap, and it’s an apt – however inarguably odd – title for a deeply mystical form of place.
The “gap” is an inland blue gap, glowing and sensible, tucked below a cave, The water is incandescent turquoise, an oasis within the coronary heart of deep Out Islands brush.
It’s known as the Shrimp Gap for the bizarre species of freshwater shrimp that by some means inhabit it, simply seen within the gin-clear water, comfortable so that you can be a part of them for those who negotiate the average cliffs it is advisable to climb right down to get in.
It’s the form of spot that may solely exist within the Out Islands of The Bahamas — blessed with an otherworldly magnificence, seldom seen, and deeply unforgettable.
Lengthy Island is full of blue holes (together with the world-famous Dean’s Blue Gap on the south finish of the island). However this one is so deliciously surprising.
There’s simply one thing particular about this spot set proper in the midst of Lengthy Island — the form of mystical, lovely, uncanny website you’d by no means anticipate finding on the fringe of an extended, empty freeway.
However that’s the great thing about Lengthy Island — a vacation spot full of all types of fantastic secrets and techniques.
Are you heading to Lengthy Island? Don’t miss the out-of-this-world Cape Santa Maria Seaside Resort.
— CJ