Blogs from Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Today’s blog has a special guest appearance: Chris, a fellow Canadian, and my current work partner in crime. He’s been doing his new hire training on the Conquest for the last few weeks and is moving with me to the Ecstasy where he will be running the younger teen program (Circle “C”). This blog is epic, so sit back . . . Bright and early yesterday morning, I signed off the Carnival Conquest to transfer to the Carnival Ecstasy. Chris and I knew it was going to be a long day - we were signing off at 6:30am, being shuttled to Houston to fly to Dallas to fly to Miami to fly to Freeport and based on the flight times we figured we would reach the ship around 10pm. The Ecstasy is currently in dry dock ... read more

New pics: http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/ Hi, Everyone!! I hope this email finds everyone well. So, I'm currently still in the Bahamas finishing up my last semester of the "general sciences." I'm currently in the second half of my second year. This semester has been the best semester of all - we're doing physical exams and going into the hospital more and more. This is my last semester here in the Bahamas, and then it should be off to Miami in September. I cannot WAIT to move back to the states. The Bahamas have been nice, but I'm ready to leave this island life. Included you'll see a link with some new pics. Some of these pics are from the Bahamas, some from my and Tom's trip home over break, and then another album from our Dolphin Dive yesterday. ... read more

New pictures: http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/ March 23, 2009 7:41pm, Home in Freeport Hi, Everyone!! Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve last written - my life has been extremely busy. Third semester is full of classes, clinicals, patient interviews, and studying. So what’s new? Well, my parents just left today after being here for a week. We had a great time together and it was nice to show them around the place I live. They stayed in an all-inclusive hotel on the island, which they enjoyed, although there were about 800 spring-breaking college students there at the same time. They also rented a car and rode around the island for a bit, although there’s not really a whole lot to see outside of Freeport. We went to a fish fry one night, which didn’t go over so well, ... read more

New pictures: http://brookeroebuck.shutterfly.com/ ________________________________________ Bermuda, Bahama, Come my pretty Mama!! Thaaaaat's right! I'm in the Bahamas! And let me just say, it is PARADISE!!! Yes, it's wonderful here. There are grocery stores, movie theaters, lines on the road, and white, sandy beaches. It really is pretty awesome. I love it. I've been here for a month to the day now and have enjoyed every moment of it. For the most part, the weather has been warm and beautiful. The people are very friendly and helpful and there's a lot to see and do. Oh, and school, almost forgot about that... yeah, school's fine. So... what to mention? Wellll, I am now a second year medical student and that means I get to do fun things like dress up and do interviews and exams on patients. That's ... read more

It is time for some overseas travel. It is in our blood and nature. We have to go. This time we flew to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island on February 6th. We wanted to see our many friends there. The original plan was to stay in the apartment of our friend, Herb Hucks. He was off the island and offered his apartment for us to use. The apartment is in a building on the waterway West of downtown Freeport, just across the road from the beach. Herb and Ken Farino have been developing the property there for years. We knew that it would be a nice, quiet place to relax. However, once we arrived we were a little stunned. We had not seen this building since we left Freeport in early 2004. In the years since then ... read more