Lee Stocking Island, Exumas, Bahamas

A great place to stop heading north from George Town, Great Exuma in the Exuma Sound is at Lee Stocking Island. The Caribbean Research Center has been abandoned but the hiking trails across to the windward beach are great. You can anchor off the twin beaches at Williams Cay and hike to several great beaches as well. At high tide you can dinghy into the salt pond in the center of neighboring Normans Pond Cay.

The closed Caribbean Marine Research Center 

The anchorage at Lee Stocking Island
The tug and barge island viewed from the anchorage
Beautiful reflections in the water and clear view of the bottom 
Caught two mutton snappers trolling along Normans Pond Cay
Beautiful blue waters
Sailboats out on Exuma Sound
Rocky shore
Rock climbing between sandy beaches
Shiny new growth on sea grapes
Abandoned coral experimental pools

Coconut palms galore

Salt pond
Trail head to highest point in the Exumas

Interesting designs in the rocky shore

Shades of blue
Repelling up the cliff
Rewarded with view off the cliffs

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