I know todays post was supposed to be about my trip to Cuba however, the city of Havana was hit with a very rare F4 tornado earlier this week, killing at least 4 people, wounding close to 200 and leaving many homeless. As excited as I am to share my experience in Cuba with you, this is not the right time, as compassion for others in this world will always take top priority over plugging vacation destinations on a blog.

So instead, with most of the country experiencing sub zero temperatures this week, it only seemed appropriate to gift you with a different slice of tropical heaven, The Abaco Islands in the Bahamas!

The Elbow Reef Lighthouse, Hope Town, Bahamas (2014)

I have had the awesome opportunity to travel to the Abacos twice now, thanks to my parents who were living aboard their sailboat at the time and sailed down there for the winter two years in a row.

My first visit in 2014 was a bit of an unplanned whirlwind. This was their first time sailing the boat over the Bahamas, so they weren’t quite sure of the exact locations they would go to, how long they would be in each area or what those areas were even like.