If You Give a Moose an English Muffin . . .: November 5, 2014

Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda

This post is still in outline/draft form. Sorry.

Bermuda is a fairly flat island, reminiscent of the Bahamas _____miles to the south. It is roughly the same latitude as Charleston, SC. Bermuda is part of the UK, having been colonized by the British in 1609. The Spanish discoverers of Bermuda arrived in 1503 and found an uninhabited island, strategically located.

We met our guide, David Fox, on the pier. He is a Blue Ribbon taxi driver, which means he has completed a special course of study. His cab was a celan, comfortable mini-van. From the dockyard you can see an old fort, a few museums, and a shopping mall inside the old barracks.

Bermuda is pretty. The water is a brilliant aqua, the color often seen in the Caribbean. All the houses are pastel and covered with stucco. They all have white roofs with an unusual (to me, at any rate) terraced design.

Within the last month Bermuda was hit by two hurricanes. Hurricane Gonzalo (?) was particularly severe. A lot of the damage had already been repaired according to David, but we saw numerous palm trees lying on their sides, beached or sunken boats, and roofs being repaired.

Hurricane

Colorful houses

white roofs, terraced, collect water, dispose of sewage

Beautiful bays, pink sand beaches, aqua water

Blue Ribbon taxi, David Fox, on time, clean car

world's smallest drawbridge

welcoming arms

moongates