Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 17

Day 33- Massive floods everywhere. Amelia finds a sean kingston lookalike on the side of the road asleep and dribbling and decides to take pictures of him. Loz did the washing and ironing (something you dont see very often) and went for a run along the beach. Nat cooked dinner. Day 34-happy fridayyy! On the way to work and Loz not looking where shes goin walks into a metal signpost and goes into work with a bump on her forehead. loz went to bed at 8pm that night and amelia and nat stayed up watching immature videos. Day 35-Nat got woke up by loz singin and cracking open monkey nuts. Lozzas mummas birthday, so skype date it was. Went to the mall, shopped til we dropped. Saw a hamster giving birth. Went to watch what to ... read more

day 27- Spent the day at cable beach topping the tan up. Went to Senor frogs later for a meal. Nat screamed when a cocktail joined us for the meal. Ended up gettin on the yards, got a taxi home later. The taxi man was playing baby making music so we told him to put some rap and raggae music on and we soon turned the taxi into a party bus. Nat was apalled by the swearing in every song. Arrived home and woke up the majority of cable beach. Loz mooned the landlord. Day 28-Beach again, came back and found a lizard on the wall. loz attempted chasing it but failed and one of these mornings we will wake up with it on one of our faces. Went to downtown that night to sharkeys and ... read more

Day 20-went to work, Loz came out of work unexpectedly to be greeted by the major peri Gomez and was interviewed for Bahamian news. Came home from work and got caught in the heaviest rain, thunder and lightening. The road turned into a river. That evening popped the news on to watch loz searching for her 100cc normal saline on tv. Day 21-Went downtown nassau to get drinks in the supermarket, Nat found a shark postcard, knowing loz has a serious phobia of sharks she decides to chase her round the supermarket with the postcard and have her screaming. Went to see Nadine at the craft cottage and drank coconut water. Amelia drank watermelon juice and was told that it was a natural viagra. Later Nat got robbed outside senor frogs and cried. Went into senor ... read more

day 14- loz cleaned the whole of the apartment. The apartment itself was pretty much a beach with the amount of sand we had brought in. Later ditzy nat realised she had lost all her documents from the day before and ended up finding them later in the supermarket. Nat and loz went to Dominoes, ate a million lava cakes and were almost sick in the process. Mart went back home to manchesda. Day 15- Went to Sandyport, heaviest rain along with thunder and lightening. Roads were flooded. Nat and loz thought it would be funny to push each other in the flooded road. Arrived back at the apartment like drowned rats. Scrubbed up good and proper and got ready to go downtown. Before we headed out, had a competition..who could do the most embarassing dance ... read more

Hello folks. When we started our trip in 2009 a good friend said something to the effect of, "Don't spend too much time reporting back home. Just enjoy yourselves." Guess we're there now. Sorry for neglecting our 'blogligations'. The first part of this year has slipped by in sunny, tropical way. Thanks to finding a peaceful marina at Bahama Bay by Xanadu Beach, we've been fully occupied with warm breezes, great beaches, fish fries and fine new friends. Our tentative plan when we arrived at Freeport, Grand Bahama Island was to zip around the corners of the Bahamas, like proper cruisers. But instead, we found an opportunity to do all the things that we love and staying was not a decision. Being able to participate in a vibrant community and to be included in day to ... read more