Blogs from Nassau, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 6

4/8/12 - Galveston– We plan to start around 8 am but as usual are late. We leave the house at 8:30 am and start the long drive to Galveston. Rohan is his usual cooperative self, taking a nap most of the way. We stop at the rest stop in Columbus, TX and feed him and let him stretch his pudgy little legs. We reach Galveston at 1 pm and park at the EZ parking lot very close to the Cruise terminal. We catch the shuttle to the ship and are checked right away and are on the ship in less than 20 minutes. We love our room with a great balcony and lots of storage area to store Rohan’s stuff. We go to the Lido deck (Deck 10) and get some cheese pizza, the first food ... read more

Title: Boarding and First Day on the Ship Date: 1/20/12 Location: Nassau, Bahamas 1/19/12 First day on the ship!! Got up this morning early, ate a quick breakfast and got Starbucks, made sure everything was in my duffels, checked my email one last time, and got in a cab with other SAS students and parents to go to the ship. I felt very excited and ready to get going as we drove through the morning island traffic to the port. Upon arrival I got in a line and was given a nametag and paperwork to start filling out. I started to feel a little nervous and anxious as I was overwhelmed with the feeling that there was a lot to do. It hit me that this was actually happening and I could see all the students ... read more

This entry is specific to Nassau. Key West blog is here: http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Keys/Key-West/blog-681995.html Ship blog is here: http://www.travelblog.org/Oceans-and-Seas/Atlantic/blog-681988.html Thursday we docked in Nassau Bahamas at noon. I played tour guide and showed Heather Fort Fincastle and the Queens staircase. The fort used to be free to tour, now it's $1 and they've added tourist info to it. The queens staircase is impressive because it was carved and dug into the rocks by slaves without the modern machinery we take for granted ven. From there we took a water taxi to Paradise Island to see Atlantis. There was a woman on the boat that was all shades of green. She made it, but we ... read more

As of today, it looks like the answer may be Nassau! We are currently sitting out a big blow at Nassau Harbor Club in Nassau Bahamas. This year we stayed home in Guelph until the end of November. I had a really great job this summer with my past employer Centennial Optical and we were really enjoying our house and just being home. By the end of October, the cold weather was settling in and the lure of warm weather, beautiful Bahamian waters, and the peaceful boat life motivated us to head south - like the birds! After visiting our friends the Huibers in North Carolina, and the Verlaques in St.Marys Georgia, we arrived at Fort Pierce Florida, where About Time safely sat out the summer and hurricane season. We left the boat further south this ... read more

Our next stop is Nassau, three hours on the fast catamaran of Bahamas Ferries from Harbour Island. Let's put it straight forward, this place is simply not beautiful. Nassau, the capital of Bahamas , sits on Providence Island, and just across from Nassau Downtown is Paradise Island, the home of the Atlantis hotel complex. First impression, and I was warned by people in Harbour Island, Nassau doesn't really seem a safe place to walk around. We didn't venture out after 7pm to stay on the safe side. But you can see dodgy individuals wandering all around the secondary streets, not really a reassuring sight. We stay for 2 nights at the Hilton Colonial right in Downtown, thanks to complimentary vouchers from Hilton Group. The weather was back to what we should expect in July, overcast, and ... read more