Here’s the quirky part. You can be in a different country faster than you can reach the next county. You leave the U.S., and customs is basically a 30-minute puddle jump.
Want to feel like a jet-setter? Go for a long lunch in Nassau. It’s only 184 miles from Miami. That’s like driving from New York to Philadelphia, but with no highway, just ocean.
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The “Almost-Land” Fact
Here’s a weird one. The Gulf Stream flows between Miami and the Bahamas. That warm current makes the water glow in impossible shades of blue. The distance is short, but the water color changes completely.
It’s like someone took a paintbrush and said, “Okay, from here on out, it’s Caribbean.” Strangers will ask if you used a filter. You didn’t. It’s just that close.
