SeaYa52 Posted August 29, 2007 #76 Share Posted August 29, 2007 How interesting. Thanks to all who shared information and pic's. Can't wait to revisit PC and see the area in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renebfl Posted August 30, 2007 #77 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Eluthera is a beautiful island of the Bahamas. Easy to fly to and has lots of very nice resorts. I have spend a week there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&MCruisin Posted July 9, 2008 #78 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Bringing back a dead thread...has anyone else got more info on this? Some of the graves look somewhat covered or uncovered (depends on how you look at it) with sand. Are there alot of graves? Its very interesting. If your heading out to Princess Cays and want an adventure...check it out. I wont be there until my cruise in spring of 2010. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacy6893076 Posted July 9, 2008 #79 Share Posted July 9, 2008 You reminded me of my honeymoon, in 1989, we flew to Eleuthera and took a small boat over to Harbour Island and spent a week at the Coral Sands Hotel....Harbour Island has no motor vehicles so we rented a few motorized bikes and explored the island which is only about 3 miles long by 1/2 mile wide....while exploring we came across the foundation of an old , very large house. While walking on the inside we found our names written on the inside of the building with spray paint ..... a large heart with __________+__________ inside. We were asbsolutely stunned but then got a call a few days later from one of our wedding party members. who had known we were going there and had actually been there a few months before and did this in hopes we would find it....today though I still don't know how they knew we would go to this remote part of the island .....but both islands are so beautiful , I wish there were a way to visit more of Eleuthera instead of just Princess Cays. Also,if you ever have the opportunity to get to Harbour Island take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvaud Posted July 10, 2008 #80 Share Posted July 10, 2008 .....but both islands are so beautiful , I wish there were a way to visit more of Eleuthera instead of just Princess Cays. Also,if you ever have the opportunity to get to Harbour Island take it! It wouldn't surprise me if one of these days Princess starts offering shore excursions to other parts of the island. It could be a new source of revenue for them.:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnguy Posted July 10, 2008 #81 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Also,if you ever have the opportunity to get to Harbour Island take it!We have...in the mid 70's. We rented a home near Dunmore Town, for two weeks. Loved the isolation and beauty but now a good part of what was a lazy way of life has now been taken over by condos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise mackel Posted July 10, 2008 #82 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Is this for real or a story someone made up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&MCruisin Posted July 10, 2008 #83 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Is this for real or a story someone made up? If you read through, you will see photos of the graves, you can see the princess ship in the background on one. I think its interesting. They said the graves are bout 1/2 mile down (south end), but I do remember reading somewhere in here that at one point, you have to climb over some rocky shoreline. There was an old story that at the northern tip of this island, people would flash lights and the ships, thinking it was a lighthouse in the night, would crash there and then the people would try to siege the ship. I dont know if its true, but I find it interesting that there are graves at the opposite end...maybe people were trying to hide and some died there. who knows...wish someone had the answers to this mysterious grave site. It almost reminds me of the movie "Fools Gold" that came out...maybe there is an old library on the island with records of the people that died there. Wouldnt that be funny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&MCruisin Posted December 1, 2009 #84 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Bringing back a dead thread...has anyone else got more info on this? Some of the graves look somewhat covered or uncovered (depends on how you look at it) with sand. Are there alot of graves? Its very interesting. If your heading out to Princess Cays and want an adventure...check it out. I wont be there until my cruise in spring of 2010. :( If you read through, you will see photos of the graves, you can see the princess ship in the background on one. I think its interesting. They said the graves are bout 1/2 mile down (south end), but I do remember reading somewhere in here that at one point, you have to climb over some rocky shoreline. There was an old story that at the northern tip of this island, people would flash lights and the ships, thinking it was a lighthouse in the night, would crash there and then the people would try to siege the ship. I dont know if its true, but I find it interesting that there are graves at the opposite end...maybe people were trying to hide and some died there. who knows...wish someone had the answers to this mysterious grave site. It almost reminds me of the movie "Fools Gold" that came out...maybe there is an old library on the island with records of the people that died there. Wouldnt that be funny? I have about 5 and 1/2 months till I get to finally visit this mystery grave site. I sure wish we had more information on the people who died there. I really find this so interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted December 1, 2009 #85 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Thanks for resurrecting this thread from 2005. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARGIN Posted December 1, 2009 #86 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Thanks for resurrecting this thread from 2005. :eek: Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhopal21 Posted December 1, 2009 #87 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Thanks for resurrecting this thread from 2005. :eek: Yes, I hope you get some relief after 4 years. Mike:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
923libra Posted December 1, 2009 #88 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Thanks for posting this "old" thread!! We will be there in 18 days, because there are 7 in our group and we were trying to be frugal and were planning on making PC a "water day" this will be a great adventure for those of us that don't want to just sit or swim all day!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo70 Posted December 2, 2009 #89 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thanks for bringing this "back to life". Sounds like a great adventure to go check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare A&L_Ont Posted December 2, 2009 #90 Share Posted December 2, 2009 We were just there over a month ago and if I had known i would've gone for a walk. I know where I'm going on my next stop at PC. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoGvmnt Posted December 2, 2009 #91 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Guys, when you are looking on Google Earth put a check mark next to panoramio in the layers section. This will bring up little squares on your Google Earth pane that are actual pictures. When you place your cursor over the little squares you will get the label of the picture, go down to the one that is labeled "PrincessGraves" and that is the graves that are the issue of this thread. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Prince Posted December 2, 2009 #92 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Hi, Jim, I cannot see how to do this. Can you please give us a Link. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrivesLikeMario Posted December 2, 2009 #93 Share Posted December 2, 2009 You could try Ancestry.com. Do a regular search with the info. you have and then also do a separate search under "Family Trees". There may be someone else who has made a family tree that they are a part of. Another idea is to write the city council of Eleuthera (if there is such a thing - may be called something different there since it's roots are English). The best idea is to actually talk with an "oldtimer" on the island. Ask around next time you're there and the locals will point you in the right direction. There's nothing like getting info. straight from someone who knew them or possibly was even alive when they were. Good luck! I love a good hunt for information! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulcards99 Posted December 2, 2009 #94 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I definitely want to try to find these graves in March! I love mysteries and old grave sites!! This sounds like a wonderful little adventure. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted December 2, 2009 #95 Share Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) We found the Graves last year on our visit to Princess Cays, there is an unmade road that you can also follow to the Graves that can be found to the rear of the volleyball court which is to the Right and behind the Toilet block as you look at the Cays.... however the photo`s on Google earth that show the Graves are in the wrong place! the Graves are a little further South of where the picture is posted. Around 2 weeks ago we once again passed by the Graves on our way down to Lighthouse point at the end of Eleuthera which is a 3 mile walk along the many beaches and involves some minor climbing for which decent footwear is needed.... the effort to get there is worth it to see the Pink sand and only your own footprints all the way along the last beach. We took a map printed from Google Earth and followed the unmade road back to Princess Cays, again this walk requires decent footwear.... do not attempt this walk either way in Sandals. Edited December 2, 2009 by sidari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidari Posted December 2, 2009 #96 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Here are a few pics of the Beaches on the way to Lighthouse point at the end of Eleuthera. Just our Footprints The End of Eleuthera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&MCruisin Posted December 2, 2009 #97 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thanks for resurrecting this thread from 2005. :eek: Ditto Yes, I hope you get some relief after 4 years. Mike:) These were helpful...thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&MCruisin Posted December 2, 2009 #98 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Here are a few pics of the Beaches on the way to Lighthouse point at the end of Eleuthera. Just our Footprints The End of Eleuthera Beautiful pictures! Thanks for posting. Makes me ready to go today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted December 2, 2009 #99 Share Posted December 2, 2009 These were helpful...thank you! and maybe in 5 and 1/2 months we will know more. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulcards99 Posted December 2, 2009 #100 Share Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) We found the Graves last year on our visit to Princess Cays, there is an unmade road that you can also follow to the Graves that can be found to the rear of the volleyball court which is to the Right and behind the Toilet block as you look at the Cays.... however the photo`s on Google earth that show the Graves are in the wrong place! the Graves are a little further South of where the picture is posted. Around 2 weeks ago we once again passed by the Graves on our way down to Lighthouse point at the end of Eleuthera which is a 3 mile walk along the many beaches and involves some minor climbing for which decent footwear is needed.... the effort to get there is worth it to see the Pink sand and only your own footprints all the way along the last beach. We took a map printed from Google Earth and followed the unmade road back to Princess Cays, again this walk requires decent footwear.... do not attempt this walk either way in Sandals. Those pictures are beautiful!! I would love to go to Lighthouse Point. Would you say it is easy to get lost trying to get there? Or should you just follow the beaches south? Edited December 2, 2009 by ulcards99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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