Stargate!!!

We have had several divers doing some Specialty dives lately. Last week one of our guests, along with Jeff and Divemaster Fede took the short flight down to one of our most spectacular dive sites . . . Stargate. Stargate is an inland blue hole only accessible by plane. The dive is 120 feet deep and is one of the most incredible dives you will ever do!

 

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Easter at Small Hope Bay Lodge!

We celebrated another great Easter weekend here at Small Hope. There was a full house with friends and families of all ages. The kids played on the beach, made sand castles and of course - hunted for Easter eggs. The grown-ups went diving, fishing or just relaxed on the beach or in a hammock. And, like all holidays at Small Hope Bay Lodge, we celebrated with a HUGE feast. Renauldo outdid himself yet again with a spread of roast turkey, ham, tempura lobster, shrimp and more. After dinner guests had their choice of 26 desserts! It was a great day and we look forward to many more to come . . . 

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Turtle Time here at Small Hope!

Turtle Time here at Small Hope!

Fisherman's Wall is always a favourite among the dive staff here, but it is quickly becoming more and more so with the frequent turtle sightings there. This week our divers got treated to a fantastic dive where we saw not one, but two Hawksbill Turtles, a shy Puffer Fish, a Caribbean Reef Shark, our friendly Snapper Frank, and a Honeycomb Cowfish! 


All in all a fantastic morning diving here at Small Hope! Divemaster Kate managed to capture it all on video too......check out the edited footage below. 

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Ole Style Guava Duff with Butter Rum Sauce

Dough

Flour – 4 cups

Brown Sugar – 1 cup

White Granulated Sugar – ¼ cup

Baking Powder – 4 teaspoons

Cinnamon – 2 teaspoons

Nutmeg – 2 teaspoons

Ginger – 2 teaspoons

Shortening – 1 cup

Milk – ¾ cup

Filling

Guava Shells, canned or fresh

(reserve liquid if canned) – 16 ounces

Brown Sugar – ¼ cup

Vanilla Extract – 2 teaspoons

Cinnamon – ¼ teaspoon or to taste

Nutmeg – ¼ teaspoon or to taste

Ground Ginger – ¼ teaspoon or to taste

Utensils: What's important for this style of guava duff is that you have a cast iron pot or any shape smaller pot of good height that you can place inside another pot of boiling water.  That smaller shaped pot is what the dessert will be layered in bare and then sealed tightly and placed in the other pot with water.

   1. Mix dry ingredients for dough together.  Mix in shortening until fully incorporated and flour mixture looks like cornmeal.

  2. Add milk bit by bit and mix until mixture comes together into a ball enough to be kneaded.

  3. Knead dough 20 to 25 times until smooth and elastic.  Divide in half, and set aside.

  4. Grease and flour cast iron pot or small high pot. Set aside

  5. Fill the other bigger pot with enough water so that when other pot rests inside it hits the top but does not overflow, then put on the fire on high heat.

  6. For filling dice guava shells into small pieces, mix brown sugar and spices and set aside.

  7. Layer in greased pot first half of dough, make a well in the center with edges built up then place fruit filling in the well.  Place other half of dough on the top of filling making sure no filling is showing.

  8. Wrap top tightly with foil, and place in the other pot with water and cover that pot with top securely so little or no steam escapes.

  9. Reduce heat to medium and cook until dough is done 1 1/2 to 2 hours.  Check periodically water level and replenish if necessary.  Serve with rum sauce and enjoy.

Rum Sauce

Butter – 8 ounces

Powdered Sugar, sifted – 2 cups

1 Egg

Evaporated Milk – 1/8 cup

Condensed Sweet Milk – ¼ cup

Rum (bourbon and dark rum) – ½ cup to ¾ cup

Blend butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, color will change light white.  Add egg while still blending scrape the sides.  Add slowly, the milk and sweet milk and gradually blend in the rum.  Do not over mix as to curdle the mixture but blend until well incorporated.  Serve over warm piece of guava duff.

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Special Offer for May/June! 

Here at Small Hope we have decided to offer another special to celebrate the start of Spring. Between May 1st and June 18th, we are offering 2 FREE snorkel trips or a half day land tour when you book a four night stay with us. Simply quote this ad and where you saw it during booking! Easy as that! 

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Small Hope has a new Hydroponic Shade House!

A project that has been long in the making, our new Shade House is almost up and running. The structure is now in place behind the back of the car park, and we are eagerly awaiting the first of our vegetables and herbs. 

At the moment the plan is to start out with a small herb garden (ranging from Basil to Rosemary to Chives), a few tomato plants, some onions and maybe some other vegetables thrown in for good measure!

       

Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, without the need for soil! Perfect for Andros where our soil quality is so poor.

Needless to say, the staff are eagerly awaiting its completion and the first of the produce! 

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Small Hope has launched our very first Photo Contest!

For a little bit of fun this February, we have decided to run our first, but by no means last, photo competition. All you guys have to do is sort through some of your favourite underwater photos and send them to the address above. We'll then put them all in an album together on our Facebook page and get fans to vote for the best ones. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place so get sorting!!

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