581. Paradise Island Peacock
A short walk over the bridge from downtown Nassau to Paradise Island for this lovely peacock carved by Thimbelinda of MA

Well, it seems that places like south Florida and the Caribbean have some of the highest percentages of missing boxes that we have seen anywhere in our travels, and small wonder - most of the parks we have visited down there are either meticulously groomed, full of spiky plants or garbage that gets periodically removed, or have few secure hiding places for boxes to last. At any rate, though, we simply couldn't resist making one last attempt at leaving something behind for letterboxers to look for at this popular stopover in the Bahamas.

So, since many of the prettier areas we had considered, like The Cloisters, appeared to be far too landscaped and peopled for boxes to last, we went for something more "nondescript" this time, and planted the peacock in the direction where people might be less likely to walk. After crossing the bridge, less than a mile east from the cruise dock in downtown Nassau, to Paradise Island (which can also be reached by water taxi), most people seem to pass the restrooms, cross the first street north, and then head east towards the entrance to the Paradise Island Resort. However, we decided to cross the street and head just a bit west towards the tunnel. From the east end of the concrete wall there on the north side of the street, walk about seven steps west and look under a small piece of limestone sitting just over the concrete wall there near chest level on the pipe running between the white wall and the black iron fence. We left the peacock there in a small camp pouch near the third main black post from the east end of the fence which is also across from the second main silver support post on the opposite side of the sidewalk. Hope the peacock will nest here longer than most and not just fly away with the next breeze!

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