While spending time on Grand Bahama Island on The Bahamas the conch shell is hard to ignore. The conch is considered the country’s national dish. It is served in a variety of ways: as fritters, eaten raw, breaded and fried (cracked conch) or as a salad. But what to do with the huge amount of conch shells once the meat has been taken out? Near the town of West End we found a few conch shell deposit areas or conch graveyards as you might call them.
Let me start by introducing myself. I'm Frank from the Netherlands, currently sixty-eight years old and retired for over a decade already. This gives me plenty of time to spend on one of the most fascinating hobbies I have, photography. It combines really well with travelling, another.. Read more…