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Caribbean Moment: Sunset in San Salvador, The Bahamas

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - December 26, 2022 - 3:33 pm

It’s the most relaxing, beautiful island you’ve never heard of. This is San Salvador, the island made famous by Columbus’ first landfall in the New World, today a remarkably beautiful, endlessly serene, impossibly laid back island at the far eastern edge of The Bahamas.

That means ray-filled sunsets like these, even with clouds, where it’s just you, the waves and a perfect beginning to an even more perfect evening.

Enjoy this sunset from the beach at The Sands Hotel in San Salvador in the latest Caribbean Moment.

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