Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett continues her Andros Field Trip...

I was standing on the edge of a pontoon boat as a dozen Caribbean reef sharks circled below, watching, waiting, ready to feast. I popped my regulator into my mouth, adjusted my mask and lept fin first into the killer fish-infested waters.]]> Jennifer Baggett 2008-11-21T10:15:17-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/11/20/141317/47

Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett continues her Andros Field Trip...

It was the sixth day of my week-long Andros Island vacation when I realized that I had yet to set even one (bare) foot outside the 100 yard beach radius surrounding Small Hope Bay Lodge. Between all the amazing scuba diving trips, an abundance of hammocks and a self-serve beach bar, there wasn't a whole lot of incentive to leave . But considering there were miles of uninhabited and virtually untouched wilderness just beyond the lodge's borders, I figured a little DIY exploration was in order.]]> Jennifer Baggett 2008-11-20T17:00:17-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/11/19/165838/99

Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett continues her Andros Field Trip...

The Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, The Abominable Snowman. Until a recent trip to the Bahamas, I thought I had all my legendary monster bases pretty much covered. That was before I landed on Andros and started hearing the names Chickcharney and Lusca thrown around in casual conversation. Apparently there were a few mythical creatures my school teachers neglected to mention.]]> Jennifer Baggett 2008-11-20T12:35:16-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/11/19/13213/981

Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett continues her Andros Field Trip...

With a little time to kill in the Nassau airport before we hopped a puddle jumper to Andros Island, my travel buddy Mark and I had decided a little "Welcome to the Bahamas" drink was in order. So we pulled up a few bar stools at Marshall's--it's in the domestic terminal--and ordered our first of many island rums. It was Marshall, the delightfully friendly owner, himself who poured our drinks before asking us to fill out his NFL fantasy football card. Since I’m pretty much a college-ball only gal (Go Seminoles!), I can only hope I didn’t lose too much money for poor Marshall that day. But I digress!]]> Jennifer Baggett 2008-11-19T17:15:16-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/11/19/14016/762

Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett continues her Andros Field Trip...

I’ve hurled myself out of a plane in Switzerland, repelled down rock walls in Ecuador and conquered three bungee jumps in a row in New Zealand. But those were mere child’s play compared to my most adrenaline-inducing endeavor: Diving to a staggering 185 feet below sea level in the Bahamas!]]> Jennifer Baggett 2008-11-19T10:00:15-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/11/18/34612/175 Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett continues her Andros Field Trip...

You’ve seen them used as beach blankets. You’ve watched women tie them around their bikini-clad waists. Perhaps your college roommate even used one as a wall hanging. Give up? The answer is batik.

I’m slightly embarrassed to admit this, but if you’d asked me what batik was before my recent visit to Andros Island in the Bahamas, my top three guesses probably would have been:

1) Exotic hard wood used to make furniture. Boring!

2) Stiff sugarcane rum. Much better!

3) An indigenous plant with hallucinogenic properties. Um... no comment!

Lost Girl Jennifer Baggett just got back from diving in The Bahamas, and this week, she'll have a full report on the shark-seeing, rum and mythical creatures that make the islands worth visiting.]]> Jennifer Baggett 2008-11-18T10:15:15-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/