Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 43

Hello all, I need to correct my entry from yesterday. I stated that we arrived on New Province, and it is New Providence island. We are having another great day on our trip. To begin with, we toured the Harold Wilson's Pond National Park, and then went to the Bahamas National Trust headquarters for a brief tour of one of the largest collections of palm tree varieties in the world. Then we were off to present at the East Nassau luncheon meeting where we met Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette. Our afternoon was spent touring the Commonwealth Brewery which is celebrating its 20th year brewing Kalik. Now we are back at our host homes preparing for an evening out. We will be having dinner by the sea with some of the Bahamian GSE team and then ... read more

J and I, the two sea food lovers, would not miss any opportunities to sample local cuisine while in Bahamas. It was our mission to search for authentic restaurants in Nassau. The Poop Deck Restaurant A casual water front fine-dining experience. We couldn't resist the "catch of the day", red snapper. Basically, you can choose the cooking method: grilled or steamed. We chose grilled red snapper since neither of us like steamed fish with tomato sauce. For dessert, we had "guava duff". It tasted almost like bread pudding but mixed with guava pulps. It was good; however, too sweet for me. The Fish Fry A strips of restaurants located between Cable beach and Nassau downtown. We went to "Sea Food Heaven"and "Twin Brothers". Loved "conch chowder", "conch fritters", "conch salads", "cracked conch", steamed groupers, fried red ... read more

Two weeks ago, when we had our charter cruise, the Liberty relocated our home port from Fort Lauderdale to Miami. Along with the relocation, the ship has made an itinerary change. We now rotate between two seven day runs - one in the Eastern Caribbean and one in the Western. With my contract extension, I get to have one cruise of each of the new itineraries, a nice little treat right at the end of my contract. The new Eastern run takes us to St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, Grand Turk and a new one for me: Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. Half Moon Cay (also known as Little San Salvador Island), is a private island owned by Holland America, one of Carnival Corporations' lines. It's southeast of Nassau and only partially developed. You have to tender ashore ... read more

Today was so much fun. All of us went to Winding Harbor, and enjoyed ourselves with the blue floaties, played beach tennis, and Susie, Cheston and I all tried out paddle boarding. Pictures to illustrate.... read more

Recap on our trip out here: Was supposed to leave LA at 11 pm, but because of 11 drunken men on the plane, and a crowd of security, a yelling stewardess and pulling the airplane all the way back to the gate from the runway, we ended up leaving more near midnight. It was definitely the most excitement I have seen on a plane. Got to Miami, and slept on the chairs waiting during our 5 hour layover. Let me let Chet describe the airport in Abaco here: The runway was a little wider than our driveway and all the signs were hand painted...at least there were no typos. As we waited in line for customs the lady had to tell us to "compact the line" so we would not be "standing on the runway." They ... read more