A Second Home in the Bahama Islands

Many people dream about owning a second home in the Bahamas. This couple made it a reality.
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Joe and Melissa Debes fell hard for the Bahamas after taking a month's cruise through the islands in 2008.
Joe, an engineer at Silicon Labs in Austin, Texas, and Melissa, a senior exec at Advanced Micro Devices, wanted a place to escape from their fast paced lives; a place where their families could get together and enjoy each other.
“This place was really a perfect place for all our families,” said Joe.
Melissa's sister introduced the couple to the Bahamas 10 years ago. But of all the islands, it was Abaco the couple fell for the most.
New Plymouth is a small island a short ferry ride from the Abaco mainland. The village is dotted with quaint New England style cottages in soft pastels.
Green Turtle Cay is an island of powder white sand beaches, dive spots and secret coves waiting to be explored.
The Debes went house hunting with our broker in Green Turtle Cay, Chris Farrington
They found Villa Pasha, a beautiful home on the beach painted hibiscus pink. (Hibiscus is our beautiful native flowers). Villa Pasha's a Colonial style home with balconies capturing magnificent views of the Sea of Abaco.
It's not too casual, not too formal. It's comfy and it's home.
For the Debes, their three children, siblings, nephews and nieces, Villa Pasha's become the favourite gathering place.
‘It's a great place to escape,” says Joe. It's got all the amenities you can want, such as internet and phones.
But in Joe's words, “you can turn it off and listen to the beach.”
The sound of the sea in its different moods is one of the most soothing things in the world.