Blogs from Nassau, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 7

It used to be that we came regularly to Nassau. It was the place the kids flew into for Christmas and spring break from school, or the place we chose to do check-in formalities with the Bahamian government. While it is a big and dusty city, by Bahamian standards, we always found fun things to do like dinghying the canal into Paradise Island to try our luck at the casinos, or meandering down to Potter Cay for fresh local vegetables and conch salad. High church holidays like Christmas, All Saints and Easter have been celebrated here with GREAT pomp and circumstance. Sea planes landed in the harbor in those days so you had to watch where you anchored. These days we mostly by-pass Nassau for the quieter out islands. We like checking-in in small places like ... read more

Lose your 17 layers of clothing, stop sloshing around and park the woolly mammoth booths.. Trade it all in for flip flops and your skimpy attire! Unhook from the regularity and free yourself from the mundane.... This morning, when we turned on the radio to collect our weather information, our routers provided a quick update on the freezing storms hitting the mid-west and travelling towards the north-eastern coast of the US and Canada. Today is one of those days where we reflect on our surroundings in appreciation for the privileged way that we live. For the past several days, we have been anchored in a beautiful little lagoon, surrounded by turquoise warm waters and fair skies. The warm ocean breezes top the 80’s during the day and are a pleasant 65-70 during our slumber hours. ... read more

Hi everyone My name is Kevin Fitzpatrick and I am a 38 Y.O. father from Ma. I am currently looking for people to join my leisure travel club. I am a professional group travel organizer. My next trip is to the Bahamas. I have the cruise line and some tours of Nassau and Freeport. If you are interested in going please contact me no later than february 15th. You can call me @(508)857-6359. This trip includes round trip airfare, Two nights stay at the Embassy Suites hotel in Orlando, Fl. We leave on March 19th. We stay one night in the hotel. Get on the cruise ship the 20th in the Port of Orlando and we are on the cruise ship until the 25th. While on the ship we are going to two ports of call ... read more

Junk Junk Junkanoo, Junk Junk Junkanoo.... This is the rhythm that bellows threw the streets of downtown Nassau as thousands of people gather to view an incredible array of floats, costumes and dancers surrounded by musicians blowing their trumpets and horns, clanging their bells and pounding their drums to the beat of joyful songs. You can’t help but join into the beat and sway side to side as if you were part of it all...because you ARE part of it all!!! This year, we were privileged to be in Nassau during this annual festival. Similar to Mardi Gras in the southern US and Brazil’s festival in Rio de Janeiro, this is the mark of the Bahamas and what a colourful one it is indeed. We were mesmerised by the beauty of their costumes and hypnotised by ... read more

For a change, and upon request, I didn't attend Cup Match in Bermuda this year for my birthday. I went to the Bahamas instead. We stayed at the Wyndham Nassau resort in a room with a balcony and great views overlooking poolside and the ocean. The food at the Wyndham was mostly mediocre and overpriced; though best at the grill restaurant outside, despite the constant battle with flies. The bartenders at the swim-up bars made pretty good drinks, though little conversation. Fortunately the vaunted Fish Fry (actually kind of a strip mall of presumably locally-owned restaurants) was nearby with really good fare at reasonable prices. The macaroni and cheese was just like my mama used to make! A short bus trip downtown yielded the usual souvenir market, crammed with shoppers fresh off cruise ships buying fake ... read more