The Swimming pigs feature in photo contest in one the world’s biggest travel trade shows, the ITB in Germany!
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Travel Blog by : Rose Thomas There is a little island in The Bahamas, inhabited entirely… by swimming pigs. There’s some disagreement as to how the pigs came to live on the island. Some claim pirates left them there, intending to return and eat them. Some say they swam there themselves (tenuous). Others say the…
We made it onto CNN’s website as the explore they world for the odder places to visit during the summer vacation period! The #SwimmingPigs made it right up there in the # 2 spot!! We Rule! The article excerpt below: Swim with the pigs: Bahamas The only permanent residents on uninhabited Big Major Cay in…
[widgetkit id=3] Pink is the new red. Red carpet? More like the PINK carpet. Penelope the Pig stole the show yesterday at the WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival in Miami. Held at AMC Theaters Aventura, there were no shortage of camera flashes, as just about every journalist in the joint wanted a snap and…
For 7-year-old Jillian Crockett, of Westminster, a tropical island vacation seemed impossible, especially considering the host of medical issues she deals with daily. But then the Make-A-Wish Foundation stepped in, proving that sometimes dreams really do come true. “For everything we do and everything we plan, we have to consider if there is a hospital…
The internationally acclaimed film ‘When Pigs Swim™’ has taken home top honors back where it all started, winning the “Haven” Oscar for best short documentary at the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF). The 15-minute short, exploring the history behind Exuma’s famous swimming pigs, took home the hardware due to its originality and the explosive popularity of…
As with most people, I heard about the pigs before I saw them. And by pigs, I mean THE swimming pigs of Exuma. Stepping onto the catamaran, I knew what I would see that day: beautiful water, hundreds of islands, iguanas, tropical fish, maybe a dolphin or two. However, the attraction I just couldn’t get…