Blackpoint Settlement

Today was a workday.  We are at BlackPoint and need to get some Internet work done.  I’m told that Lorraine’s Café has an Internet room with awesome Internet speeds.  We took both our computers and headed ashore.  At Lorraine’s, we were finally able to download a program I’ve been trying to get.  It takes your Word documents and converts them to how they would display on a Kindle.  I am going to try my hand at writing and will put it on the Kindle for the world to read … okay, for maybe the handful that will actually do so.  I will let everyone know if I ever succeed in getting something published.  I have tried to download this program various times I’ve had an Internet connection but until now, it had always given a 2-3 hour download time.  Our connections have been slow at best!  But today, it downloaded in about 5 minutes … thank you Lorraine!!!

We also did some necessary Internet chores like banking, weather, etc and also took the time to upload some pictures onto Facebook.  We’re starting to get quite the little collection of our trip in picture form!

We are trying very hard to keep our expenditures down but since we were spending so much time at Lorraine’s working on projects, we thought we should at least have a bite to eat.  We shared a “Conch Snack” … cracked conch (deep fried) and french-fries.  It was very yummy but the batter must have had milk in it because Larry got a very sour tummy.  The cost … well, we were told it was $12.  Larry gave Lorraine a $20 and got $7 back.  Bahamian math???  Either she took her own tip or the Conch Snack was actually $13.  In either case, it was worth it so we didn’t complain.

About 4pm, we finally stopped working for the day.  Lorraine’s has a donation bucket for Internet users.  We put in $10 or $5/each.  It was money well spent.