After traveling the islands of The Bahamas extensively and setting foot on beach after glorious beach, we’ve narrowed down our Top 11 favorites.

There is a plane wreck in the shallows just off of Norman’s Cay. It’s a popular spot to snorkel and there’s a lot of speculation about the crash. The real story may not be as exciting as some of the embellishments over the years, but here’s the story from the mouth of Jack Reed, Carlos Lehder’s first pilot and resident on Norman’s Cay during the late 1970s.