As rescuers search for bodies amid mountains of debris and the stench of death on the Bahamas island of Abaco, life on most of the archipelago's 700 isles is little changed.

Cruise ships have pulled in and out of the capital and tourist hub Nassau in the two weeks since Hurricane Dorian struck the northwestern islands, depositing foreign sightseers on shore who haggle for conch shells and T-shirts.

Waiters at the bayside Senor Frogs restaurant pour electric blue liquor shots straight into revelers' mouths, while at the Fat Tuesday frozen daiquiri bar nearby the sun-burned masses cool off with spiked pineapple-mango smoothies.