wo vhmasce

iy

he ede

ce RT ee ee ear tae Pa nn EE eA EY

15 - Friday, May 24, 1985 - North Shore News

Relax in the beautiful Bahamas

FREEPORT in the Bahamas, famous for its beaches, shopping and recreational facilites, is poised for its annual invasion of fun-seeking visitors.

The curtain rises on Freeport’s ‘‘season’’ in December, and the show runs right round the calendar.

Freeport’s pattern of nightlife — glamorous casino productions and top-rated hotel entertainment — is well-known to the average visitor. However, for the sports fan, there are some ex- tra attractions on Freeport's winter show bill this season.

Historic Bahamas motor racing was revived with a ma- jor motorsports event on Grand Bahama Island.

Pilar Donaldson

The Ministry of Tourism and the Grand Bahama Istand Promotion Board jointly sponsored ‘Grand Bahama Vintage Speek Week"’, a 10-day festival of facing and social events designed to conjure up memories of the years when Maseratis and Shelby-Cobras roared around the old Oakes Field course in Nassau, climaxing the international racing season.

Although the original Bahamas Speed Week ended in 1967, many of the historic

island

Eleuthera

Pilar just returned from fémmea. The food was superb! She tried tennis, wind- surfing, scuba, and a trapeze! So, for a perfect and fun holiday go to Club Med ... Special Summer Prices!!!

Haub Med

cars that raced then are still alive and participated in the vintage car classic.

Freeport has five 18-hole, championship golf courses which form an impressive tropical setting, notonly for the casual golfer but for top rated players.

While golf is a top attrac- tion on the Grand Bahama sports scene, it is by no means the only activity for visitors seeking outdoor ac- tion in the sun.

Visitors who like to find their thrills under, not on, the water will find the Freeport is a diver’s paradise.

The city is the home of the famous Underwater Ex-

plorers Society (UNEXS0), the largest dive organization in The Bahamas. Almost 1,000 sport divers from ail over the world dive with UNEXSO each month and more than 40,000 people have learned to dive since 1965.

UNEXSO is munaged by John Englander, a former president of the National Association of Underwater Instructors in the United States. The dive facility at Freeport is one of the most sophisticated operations in The Bahamas offering courses up to advanced certification.

For those who prefer the

fraveltime international

2420 Marine Dr., West 1. fi since 1979

Paradise

Royal

Orient

Nov. 16-Nov. 29

Shirley Hartman

We invite you to come along on

our exotic cruise visiting Hong

Kong,

China,

Thailand,

Malaysia and Singapore.

ROYAL VIKING LINE

water’s surface, the billfish season opens in December. Offshore anglers may pit their skills against blue and white marlin and_ sailfish. Freeport has a fine fishing fleet with well-equipped boats and skilled crews who generally have ‘‘a nose’’ for where the big ones furk.

Bonefishing, once regard- ed as the ‘‘sport of millionaires’’ because of its former high cost, is another activity which is now available at a reasonable price to those with a fairly thrifty outlook on fishing. The ‘‘silver foxes of the sea’’ are found on the tidal flats off the island’s north shore.

Equipment needed for this type of fishing usually con- sists of spinning tackle and an outboard skiff. Dockmasters at most marinas in Grand Bahama can put you in touch with a qualified guide.

in addition there are glass- bottom boat tours, water- skiing, buating, parasailing and windsurfing. And, as a bonus, the island offers horseback riding o a type that is seldom found anywhere else. Here, eager riding en- thusiasts may ride their mounts along the beach where turquoise waters lap white, sandy shores.

Where else could one find so much in the sun?

"922-9344

Europe ’85 A touchi of

Shirley Ann Egan

Class

52 escorted tours in England and Europe from $488.00 Cdn.

Globus Gateway

GLOBUS - GATEWAY.