Continued from yesterday… We reached a sign that said “Cathedral Caves and the Boiling Hole.” It was a short walk down a paved path to the Boiling Hole.
The sign said that it was one of many blue holes on Eleuthera Island. This hole was connected to another blue hole, located offshore about 1/4 mile west. They were connected via a network of underground caves. As the name implied, the water in the hole bubbled and churned as the tides changed. When we walked by, it looked calm.
The pavement ended, but the trail continued. We followed it past the blue hole and through shrubbery for a relatively short distance. The trail ended at a wooden staircase. This cute girl followed us from the restaurant to the staircase, but she wouldn’t go down the stairs.
The staircase led into the cave. From the stairs, it didn’t look that big. But at the bottom, we saw the cave was pretty long. There were holes in the ceiling here and there, with plants growing where the light shone. There were some incredibly long roots!
The end of the cave.
Close up of a tree at the end of the cave.
The ceiling of the cave was loaded with bats. This video was only of one small section — the entire length of the cave had this many bats where the ceiling was intact.
Group photo inside the cave.
After the cave, we went to the Pink Beach, which was on the Atlantic side of the island, not far from the municipal dock. This was the entrance to the beach.
Eric and Christi walked to the north tip, where the sand was supposed to be pink.
The curved point seemed to be made up of dead red coral. As promised, the sand was pink, probably from the erosion of the coral. This is Christi standing on the tip. You can see the blocks of red coral in front of and behind her.
Beyond the point, the beach continued north, but Eric and Christi didn’t venture any farther.
We could feel ourselves being bitten while we were at the Pink Beach, but the bites didn’t itch, so it was easy to ignore them. In the evening, though, the bites started to swell up and itch. We’d gotten a lot of bites!
After we finished up on shore, one of the boats, Joule, invited everyone over to their boat. We had a lovely evening socializing. The ride back to Kosmos was easy because the nearly full moon made visibility excellent.
