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The roads in town are getting signs so finding these side streets should not be a problem. The easiest to get to are from the settlement-just take the Cemetery or Ballfield roads and head away from the harbor. The Northern direction is longer and will allow you to see more water along the way. Heading North or South on the Queen's Highway is another. Walking through the side streets to look at the houses or to head to the beach is one walking option. Spanning most of the island is the 'Queen's highway', which becomes a sand/dirt lane once you are out of the settlement.

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The main harbor area (the settlement) has two main parallel roads and a series of side streets that link the harbor with the ocean. The island is only 2.5 miles long so it is easy to explore on foot. Most reach the island by private boat or by scheduled ferry service. You wont regret it, I is one of the family islands off of Abaco. If you are into fishing, diving, boating, shopping, eating, or just want to relax in a tropical paradise and feel at home, go to Man-O-War Cay, Abaco Bahamas. Most are a 20 min to an hour long boat ride away, or there is a ferry service that can get you many places with a flexible schedule. We have gone to a lot of the other Out Islands. Season residents are people that live there for several months out of the year. Not just the locals, but all of the transient sailors and the seasonal residents. Life is tranquil and the people are great. There are also a few scooters and motorcycles as well. The prefered mode of transportation is the golf cart. Mostly, cars I've never seen in the states. The ones there are, are smaller than normal. They're all good, but Lola drives us around in her golf cart. We buy are bread and coconut pies from Lola's Bakery. The menu is basicly the same as most eateries with a few changes. If it gets too windy, they drop down these rolled-up plastic, see through walls. The Pavillion is an open air restaurant right off the water. The dinner menu rivals most up-scale Bistro's I've eaten in. Grouper burgers, conch fritters, dolphin(durado/mahi-mahi)burgers and coconut prawns just to name a few. The Hibiscus Cafe has some American fair, as most do, and a lot of of sea food. You need a circular saw? At home, a Craftsman saw is about $59.99. Somethings are more expensive than in the states and other things are cheaper. If not, ask if they can get it and more often than not they can accommidate. If one doesn't have it, the other probably will. Both stores sell a lot of the same items, but each sells somethings that are uniquely their own. Albury's Harbour Store and MOW Grocery, affectionately known as 'the upper store', for geographical reasons. We purchase many of them for gifts and they are always a hit.

Duffle bags, carry on bags, shaving kits, hats, and other bags of all sort of shape and sizes for a multitude of uses. Between my wife's family and I, I bet we have 15 or more items that we use regularly from the Sail Shop.

Norman Albury-Sail Makers, aka the Sail Shop, specializes in hand making just about anything you can out of canvas.

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The Dive Shop sells clothing also, but different clothes mostly, a full line of snorkel gear as well as dive equipment. He makes them from indiginous Bahamian woods. For those of you unfamiliar with these, they are just that.a half of a model, cut in half the long way, that is mounted to be diplayed on a wall. Joe's sells clothes, jewelry, lots of local artist stuff, touristy things, not-so-touristy things, practical items such as placemats and placesettings. Some of my favorites are Joe's Studio, the Dive Shop(at the marina), and the Sail Shop. It's like I never left.ĭid I mention you can shop and eat there? There are several places to do souvenier and gift shopping. Whenever I visit, the locals remember me and we strike up a conversation that seemingly left off from the last visit. It's also a small town, where everybody knows everybody.with fantastic people and great places to shop and eat, fish and boat. It's a tropical paradise with fantastic people and great places to shop and eat, fish and boat. MOW is what I consider to be the best of both worlds. In some places in the Harbour, at low tide, you could literally walk across to MOW. It's a small island of between 10 and 15 homes, next to Man-O-War Cay that together make up the Man-O-War Harbour. My wife's family has had a home here since 1954. I just finished my 5th trip to the Abaco's, specificly, Dicky's Cay. I actually look forward to my next visit before I even leave the current one. My visits to the Abaco's are always a welcome trip.