We were excited to be underway again and looking forward to exploring our next landfall. We knew that George Town was a popular spot for cruisers but really did not know what to expect, especially after talking with other cruisers that have been there before. We often heard cruisers say; you either love it or hate it. George Town is also known as "Velcro Cove or "Chicken cove" because often cruisers stop here (year after year) and do not go further b/c they either LOVE it there or decide that they do not want take the challenging leap through the "thorny patch" of beating against the prevailing south east winds as they head further SE towards Puerto Rico.
Because we had to wait out a couple of storms that were back to back, we got a chance to explore the town and nightlife during our stay in George Town. George Town has a lot to offer, it has a small marina, Exuma markets (groceries), strawmarket (local crafts), restaurants, airport, marine supply (limited) all for a price $$ and if interested you can be part of any imaginable "committee" that you can think of (i.e. volleyball, yogalates, bridge club, men's group, yaddah, yaddah, yaddah) that the cruisers have set up.

The town was quite interesting but you just needed to know the code to find things. For example, you had to go to the Real Estate office if you wanted your laundry done or use the Internet or send a fax. To get a Wifi card you had to go to the car wash/pet store and if you wanted fresh fish/conch you had to go to the hair salon, maybe at this point you might be getting the code??? If you guessed that if you wanted to get your haircut you had to go to the attorney's /notary's office, then you are right! We got a chance to meet up with some other cruisers that are heading our way. Between storms, the weather was sunny and warm, with low humidity. Depending on the storms we would anchor on one side of Elizabeth Harbor or the other. Although it was a bit more crowded, we stayed mostly in Kidd Cove, due the proximity to town and we were able to get Internet on the boat!
We walked around town and ran into some other cruisers that were walking to the "fish fry" so we joined them for a yummy crack conch lunch washed down with a couple of Kaliks (local beer). One night we enjoyed listening and dancing at the "Rake and Scrape" with the locals and other cruisers at Eddie's Bar & Restaurant. The instruments used in this musical gathering are traditional tools like a saw scraped with a screwdriver; washboard and a bucket also included were guitar and drums. Although we did enjoy our evening the only danger we were afraid of was if we drank too many rum punches, we would be part of the "scrape" as in being scraped off the floor! Because it was between storms (again) we had made an attentive plan to move further south/east the next day but because it was my birthday we decided to hang in George Town for one more day. It also gave us a little more time to get a few last minute things done before leaving the Exumas.