In the valley below Fort Charlotte there is a traditional cricket field. Last night, the full moon illuminated the cricket field and lured Rache and I to the Cricket Club. I felt like we learned about one of the best kept secrets in Nassau. Walk past the gentlemen playing dominoes and go up the creaky staircase to the open air patio upstairs. It was almost magical. The food was rich and succulent but the best part was the live blues being sung by a gravelly voice. Today we took the ferry back to New Providence where Rache got a chance to [View Full Entry]

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Who dares to start their morning with a bit of dolphin training and end their day with a dive in a SUB down to 20 feet over gorgeous reefs? We DO! We started the morning off with a dolphin encounter. Rachelle had her very first experience with dolphin training. After getting her wetsuit and a training orientation, Rache headed into the water to meet... Noah! It was love just hearing the dolphin's name. But even sweeter when Noah the dolphin gave Rache a kiss. The dolphin lagoon was jumping as the rescued Katrina dolphins showed their love for Atlantis by showing [View Full Entry]

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Summer is almost over but before I let my suitcases rest, I headed off to meet my sister, Rachelle, in Nassau. Since this is her first time appearing in my travel blog, I put the pressure on and asked her write today's blog. Without futher ado, here's her update on today's adventure... Traveling back to the lost continent was an experience in food, water, and fun! Arriving late last night, we went exploring around Zeus and Hera's tank in The Dig. Zeus and Hera are manta rays with at least a 20 foot wingspan. Their welcome to the island was spectacular [View Full Entry]

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Crete is over 60% mountains and there are more than 3,000 recorded caves on the island. With that in mind, we thought it would be fairly easy to find these caves and explore them. We thought wrong, but we were determined so we spent the past two days looking for the perfect cave. We pushed our little rolling box to the limits encouraging it to go up steep inclines to "that gap over there in the mountain top! It's a cave!" We finally explored about 6 really good caves and one awesome tunnel. We confess we might have been distracted from [View Full Entry]

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Today was our day to visit the northeastern end of Crete, situated around the main city in the region, Sitia (sih-tee-ah). The Rolling Box again encountered rugged, mountain terrain, and while we were a little bit green from the hairpin turns, we made it in short order. Sitia is a busy oceanside city that caters to tourists, farmers from the surrounding countryside, industrial entrepeneurs, vacationers from mainland Greece, and a large boating community. Unfortunately, it does this all at one time, and the little comment in our guidebook that says "Sitia is off the main tourist routes, guaran [View Full Entry]

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Today's blog actually starts last night, with an evening briefing with our hotel owner here in Crete, Vassilis. He is a wizened old Greek man who manages the hotel during season, and spends the offseason in Ft. Lauderdale, so his English is very good. He spread out a map of the island, and gave Rickelle and I a twenty minute lecture about the various places we could reach for day trips, including historical tidbits, point of interest, and the timing of when things occur this week. More importantly, he mentioned that "the best lamb chops in Greece are just two kilometers [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Crete yesterday afternoon. Our island hopping jet landed right on the shore by Heraklion. It was difficult trying to decide if we should go to the terminal or straight to the shore, but logic prevailed and we went to the tiny airport terminal which reminded me a lot of Georgetown. After getting our rental car and a new map with more squiggly unnamed lines, we headed off to find the town of Makrigialos on the southeast coast of Crete. It took about 2 hours and 140 km of winding mountain and seashore roads before we arrived at our [View Full Entry]

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Ask thy question, mortal, and behold..... THE PROPHECY OF THE ORACLE! *cue hissing vapors, lightning crashes, and strong breeze* Today, Rickelle and I left Athens in our zippy Subaru in the early morning. Our destination was the city of Delphi, along the southern edge of the Greek mainland. We traveled along the Greek "autobohn", E-75 -- the only things of note being (1) it has one lane with a speed limit of 100 (km/h) and one lane that is 'anything goes', and (2) the Greek idea of 'rest stop' is a virtual small city with a cafe, gas station, RV park, [View Full Entry]

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After picking up our rental car this morning, a compact little red car that resembles a strawberry, we headed off to find the Cape of Sounion. Winding roads along the coast of the Saronic Gulf lead you to the cliffs where the Temple of Poseidon overlooks the Aegean Sea. It was quiet except for the sound of the waves crashing on the shore below us. I have been many beautiful places in my life but I can hardly remember one as beautiful as the Cape of Sounion. The pictures will have to be my words because I have none to describe [View Full Entry]

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Early this morning we boarded the Flying Dolphin to the island of Aegina. The Flying Dolphin is a hydroplaning hovercraft that essentially zips (zips is a technical term) above the water at a much faster speed than a regular ferry. If Jimmy were writing this blog, you'd get fascinating details about how compressed air is released to propel the craft above the water. But since I'm writing this blog, I'll tell you that it was the coolest watercraft I have ever been on and I want one! We arrived in the seaside town of Aegina to the smells of the morning. [View Full Entry]

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