Blogs from Bahamas, Central America Caribbean - page 61

We've spent a little too much time here at Old Bahama Bay Marina, idling amongst the wealthy. The rest was welcome from the rough crossing, but the only thing to do here is while away dollars and show off your diamonds and your $1.50 boobjob. The locals can barely hide their smirk in the face of it all; they can play this game. They even have a patois so that the USers don't understand. These are the weekend jetsetters from Florida escaping their family and financial problems just to show off their motorcraft's widescreen TV during the Packers-Cowboys game. No worries, they'll head back in the other direction soon enough. As for us we're headed up through shallow waters to a few cays, where we'll anchor for a night, and then on to more cays with ... read more

I've discovered that the hardest part of sailing is actually getting off the dock. The captain had started several ambitious projects and was in no way able to complete them. We had planned to go south, and the winds looked good. But, a few more delays, a few more days, and the winds change. Fed up with waiting, we just came here to Grand Bahama Island! The crossing was rough once we left the harbor. We were greeted with strong waves and winds, strong enough to nearly knock off the wind generator at the stern of the 43ft boat. (Nautilus is her name.) Once we resolved that problem, we raised the sails and settled into a course of 78 degrees. A large family of dolphins greeted us soon after, diving under the keel and surfaceing playfully ... read more

I forgot the name of this place, but I'll fill it in later. Went snorkling with Deezel and saw some pretty interesting marine life. Her favorite part was putting rocks over the eels holes and watching them freak out and knock the rock away....Kind of rude if you ask me. It was sad because it was the last day and I knew I wouldn't see a lot of the people I was with for about 8 months but it was a brilliant day and a perfect way to end the trip!!... read more

Hello Bahamas! Disembarked for a short while Not much to see, do. Today’s fourth and final port of call is in Nassau, Bahamas. We didn’t book a tour for today’s stop and waited around for Christie to be ready to disembark so that all four of us could explore together. All of us didn’t seem very motivated to do anything in particular so we headed over to the Straw Markets to see what sort of last minute souvenirs we could find. Nothing! But that’s okay. It was nice to get off of the ship for a bit. We didn’t really do anything too exciting on our last day on the ship. I have made note that took a nap and we picked up pictures and our souvenir drinking glass and I did a bit of final ... read more

Can you believe that im in the Bahamas?? im honestly still pinching myself!! and the best part is that im on a frickin Cruise ship!! far out!! A 4 night cruise of the Bahamas after 10 weeks at camp - what more could u ask for?!!! Have had the best time here. the ship is amazing! its so huge and is just luxury! the foods great, the people are cool, the weather is mint and the islands are tropical! there is never a boring moment. am doing the cruise with 5 other girls from camp - Jes and Charlie (both from NZ) heather (england) claire (scotland) and Kia (aussie). the cruise departed from Miami on the 5th sept. we woke up on the 6th to find ourselves docked in the island of Nassau. Checked out some ... read more