Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 6

We have been given details of a place called ‘Paradise Cove’. Apparently, from there you can snorkel out to a remote island which we thought would be something nice to see. There is apparently much wild life in the sea around this area. We managed to negotiate the 20 mile route from our apartment to Paradise Cove without getting lost too many times. Our route took us over many bridges that joined tiny islands together and through many native Bahamas villages. We felt like we had seen the real island here. When we got there, we were disappointed to find that this was another of their attractions that does not really do much out of season. We drove back to the International Bazaar to see if it was any more alive today than it was when ... read more

Got up this morning to find that it had been raining all night long. Temperature was still in the late twenties though. Unsure what to do, we decided to try out the local ‘Garden of the Groves’ park. We packed up the car with towels, trainers, socks and swimming suits as we were really not sure what to expect and what the weather was to bring today. As we got to the park, the heavens literally opened again. The rain is amazingly warm and not unpleasant. We parked the car and contemplated what to do. Then another car, exactly the same as the one that we had hired, pulled up alongside us. The four Americans inside the care all looked at us and shrugged their shoulders as if to say, what do we do now. They ... read more

We had been given details of the International Bazaar, including the perfume factory, by the complex on which we are staying. The bazaar is just around the corner from the supermarket that we visited on the first night here, so we know roughly where it is. Whilst driving there, we spot the Grand Bahamas port marked on the map. As we both like boats, and this is not too far from the bazaar, we decided to take a quick detour to look around the boats. At first it looked like we were not going to be able to get very close. The first place we looked was on the wrong side of the estuary. We continued down the road and came across another road sign posted to the port. This took us right down to the ... 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