New Friends in the Bahamas

Before I left for this trip, I signed up with the Ministry of Tourism in the Bahamas to participate in the People- to People program on Friday, Feb. 13. I was excited to meet some new friends living in the Bahamas so I could see what their life was like. So a teacher, her husband and their 5 year-old son picked me up at my hotel and took me to their house for dinner. Their ranch house was made of cement painted a pretty green-yellow. Like a lot of people in the USA, they have done a lot of the work on the house themselves and they are proud of their home. The son liked to talk a lot about his toys and friends. He is in Boy Scouts and loves to play on the computer. I showed them pictures of snow, my family and dog. I brought them a serving tray with snowflake decorations. The mom is actually from another country, Trinidad, which is an island in the Caribbean near Venezuela. See this map link and find the Bahamas and Trinidad:
http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/caribean.htm
She gave me a pretty necklace and earrings from Trinidad. Then we went to go for a walk and have ice cream. There was a band playing some music from a Bahamian festival called Junkanoo, which is kind of like Marti Gras and takes place twice a year. See some pictures and read about it on this link:
http://www.travelmuse.com/articles/bahamas/junkanoo
We talked a lot about the schools, the culture and the economy. Everything is imported in the Bahamas, nothing is grown or made here. Their main industries are tourism and banking. It was a very special day and I learned a lot about what it is like to live in the Bahamas.

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