My name is Edmund, and I live on Andros Island in the Bahamas. As you can tell from my picture, I make baskets for a living. Andros Island is the largest of the 700 islands in the Bahamas. However, very few people live here -- it's mostly mud flats, forests, and beaches. I love it here, and I can find lots of plants (like palm fronds) to make my baskets. After I make the baskets, I send them to Nassau, which is a large city on another island.

We don't get very many tourists on Andros Island, although fishermen like to come here. We have some of the best fishing in the world. Divers also come to Andros to explore the great reef and see the coral.

Andros Island is also famous for blue holes, which are deep pools and water caves that glow from different minerals. There is a legend that sea monsters, called Lusca, live in the Bahamian blue holes. Lusca are part squid, part octopus, and part shark. They lurk in the blue holes and attack ships or swimmers. Very few people can survive an attack from a lusca, which is why I never go near the blue holes!

Map of the Bahamas. Nassau is the Capital.