Today we were preparing for our departure early on Sunday morning for Mayaguana, Bahamas. We were up early and decided to improve our usual planning by walking the mile or so to the nearest supermarket in the cool of the morning rather than the heat of the middle of the day as we usually seem to manage. Fresh bread and vegetables bought and back at the boat before 9am we got all of our electrical items recharged whilst we were still on shore power.
The Customs & Immigration official came down to the marina and I was able to check us out at the same time as a large monohull who also leaving. They are on route to Fort Lauderdale, via Great Exuma, though because of their draught they were having to leave at 2am to get out of the channel on high water.
I then set about the paperwork for the US visa appointment we have next month as this has to be done online. Many of the Bahamian islands are uninhabited and we are not sure how regularly we will get internet access. So I diligently completed all the questions…are you coming to the US to commit terrorism etc (I suppose if they don’t ask it would be in all the papers when someone did do). We tried to gather what documentation we could to prove that we were intending to leave and that we can support ourselves whilst we were there, just in case we needed anything sending to us which could take some arranging.
Finally, I looked into travel requirements for Cuba which we would like to visit whilst we are in the area. A visa is also required and must be collected in person (as we can’t do postal) from a Cuban Embassy. As luck would have it there is actually an Embassy in Nassau, so we will be able to arrange this while we are there too.
Quiet night in with a game of dominos ready for an early start and our departure for Bahamas.
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