<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Bahamas</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><description>Bahamas</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bahama-Rama]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53361-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53361-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Name your tropical island ideal -- Luxe? Nature? No crowds? With the Bahamas, take your pick, one island at a time.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking the Plunge at Atlantis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53374-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53374-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the past decade, a 45-acre enclave hugging the ocean near Nassau has served double duty as a faux lost underwater empire. It holds the grandest casino in the Bahamas (and the rest of the Caribbean), a garden of lush tropical fauna and exotic sealife, and a water park with thrills at every corner.]]></description><author> Gary Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Grand Bahama, It's Just Natural]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53376-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53376-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Waves gently lap the foundation of the Ferry House restaurant. Between courses, attentive waiters bring palate-cleansing tea sorbet served in fluted glasses.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Cool Cat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53378-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53378-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the perfect mile-long arc of Fernandez Bay, a desiccated sea grape leaf cartwheeled silently past me down to the pale green water. It was a beautiful thing, a sudden pleasure typical of the experience at this small, privately owned resort -- cottages set among palms, hibiscus and bougainvillea, wind singing in the palms -- in the untrammeled middle Bahamas, 130 miles southeast of Nassau. On the whole of Cat Island, there isn't a shop or a bank or cinema, just a ribbon of road linking lovely churches, ruined plantations and spectacular beaches.]]></description><author> Marvin Hunt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Opinionated Guide to the Bahamas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53381-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53381-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Not sure which Bahamian island to visit? Here's a primer on the most populated islands, with special attention to the Out Islands -- along with my admittedly biased recommendations of what type of traveler each is best for.]]></description><author> Marvin Hunt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DETAILS The Bahamas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53380-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53380-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GETTING THERE:  Nassau (on New Providence Island) and Freeport (on Grand Bahama) are the two main points of entry in the Bahamas. From the Washington area, several airlines fly nonstop to Nassau International and Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport.    USA 3000 Airlines  (877-872-3000, <a href="http://www.usa3000.com">www.usa3000.com</a>) goes from BWI to Nassau from $178 round trip.    AirTran  (800-247-8726 <a href="http://www.airtran.com">www.airtran.com</a>) flies to Nassau from $198 round trip and to Freeport from $301.    US Airways  (800-943-5436, <a href="http://www.usairways.com">www.usairways.com</a>) has nonstop flights from Reagan National to Nassau starting at $296 round trip.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come December: Hurricane Who?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62699-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62699-2004Nov19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The worst view on Grand Bahama may be the first: The pink stucco tower of the international airport greets arrivals with a gap-toothed stare, with several windows missing and plywood plugs galore. Far worse, the entire domestic terminal behind it is little more than neatened-up rubble.]]></description><author> Steve Hendrix</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Bahamas, the Other Long Island]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53141-2004Jan4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53141-2004Jan4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Reaching the sandy bottom of the Great Bahama Bank at 60 feet down, I was surrounded by soaring, sunlit limestone towers festooned with enormous pods of brain coral and tentacles of fire coral, bright sponges and purple sea fans. Three barracuda materialized above me in water so clear I might have been viewing them in an aquarium. Rising from a white-sand street, the coral heads seemed like arabesque apartment buildings whose inhabitants could fly. And for the duration of a tank of air, I, too, had no fear of falling. I could glide effortlessly around, above and through these brilliant structures.]]></description><author> Marvin Hunt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not-So-Grand Ambitions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28533-2003Nov11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28533-2003Nov11.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The  plane dipped down out of the clouds and there it was, a welcome mat like few others: the luscious turquoise of the Atlantic, dotted with white-sand-encased cays. It was like staring upon a mouthwatering dessert that you wanted to spoon or scoop or lap up. Suddenly the flat expanse of Grand Bahama Island swept beneath us, the scars of civilization first -- refineries, a few roads -- then stretches of scrubby pines and hardwoods, with a few palms to punctuate nature's stuttered sentence.]]></description><author> Tom Kavanagh</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dancing Across Waves]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47919-2003Mar5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47919-2003Mar5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[She thought those buffet-laden voyages were tacky, lowbrow and claustrophobic. And then she went cruising.]]></description><author> Ellen Gilchrist</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Many Decks, So Little Time]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7287-2003Jan31.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7287-2003Jan31.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Weekend cruises attract all types. But do all types have fun? We put four personalities to the test.]]></description><author> John Deiner, Steve Hendrix,  Andrea Sachs and  K.C. Summers</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parrotheads, Pack  Your Flip-Flops]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30437-2001May1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30437-2001May1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the Bahamas, Jimmy Buffett is staging a new Caribbean - themed musical. Will his ever-loyal fans follow him to Paradise Island?]]></description><author> Don Oldenburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting to the Bottom Of Andros Island]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56719-2000Nov25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56719-2000Nov25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ascending from 65 feet below the water's surface, I glide up the face of a sponge-covered ledge. Underneath an elkhorn coral, head tilted down, a rainbow parrotfish pauses.]]></description><author> Marvin Hunt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[PORT CANAVERAL, FLA., TO THE BAHAMAS]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7141-2000Oct14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7141-2000Oct14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/abroad/northamerica/bahamas</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:07:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ITINERARY: A four-night cruise on Disney Magic departing from Port Canaveral, Fla. (an hour's drive from Orlando), with stops in Nassau, the Bahamas and Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. With me was a 10-year-old family friend, Anne Patron.]]></description><author> Carolyn Spencer Brown</author></item></channel></rss>
