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Article: Not-So-Grand Ambitions; Humble Grand Bahama offers a better, cheaper, faster getaway.
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- The Washington Post
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- November 12, 2003
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The plane dipped down out of the clouds and there it was, a
welcome mat like few others: the luscious turquoise of the Atlantic,
dotted with white-sand-encased cays. It was like staring upon a
mouthwatering dessert that you wanted to spoon or scoop or lap up.
Suddenly the flat expanse of Grand Bahama Island swept beneath us,
the scars of civilization first -- refineries, a few roads -- then
stretches of scrubby pines and hardwoods, with a few palms to
punctuate nature's stuttered sentence.
Just as I remembered it.
After the AirTran 717 rolled to a stop, another time capsule
awaited: the modest pink terminal, its immigration area as spare as a
church reception hall. By the door, looking ...