Hello Nassau! We woke up this morning with the intention to turn on the $10 per day call plan that AT&T has. It was a good thing that we did. The excursion that I had booked to do with Jeff had been cancelled due to weather conditions (high winds, rough seas) and they were trying to get a hold of us. I was able to text them to let them know that I had received their messages. So what to do now? Denise and Michelle had booked an excursion off the boat to see the top 10 things in Nassau. So they were covered. Jeff and I decided to wander off the boat to see what the Bahamians had to offer. After a good walk off the pier (5 cruise boats were here), we were bombarded with men wanting to give us a tour of Nassau. Jeff was pretty quick to decide to do it. The price was half of what Denise and Michelle paid and seemed to cover a lot of ground. It turned out to be a pretty good tour, but pretty quick. Maybe 2 hours is all long. I think Denise and Michelle's was for over 4 hours. I'm writing this as I wait for them to get back.
The tour took us through Nassau. The country\city is a bit scary. Seems old, run down and so on. Pretty sad. We saw their government buildings, hospitals, etc.. Then we went to Atlantis, which was on Paradise Island. Rooms or very expensive there. To have a day permit to use the amenities...$190. Mikey Jackson used to pay $15k per night for his little room over the arch here! All over priced. We were dropped off so we could go through the casino...time enough for Jeff to drop $20 on 2 penny slots. He was teaching me how gambling worked. He did a great job! We were also taken to a park that stared at the stars homes across the water. We went to the Queen's Staircase where I swear the driver said 600 slaves created. That would be about 1 brick per slave as the staircase was not that long or big! Anyway...the funny thing was that in many of the stops we found Denise and MIchelle. They were seeing many of the things that we were seeing. I'll find out later if they saw more than us. I'm sure they did.
Jeff and I came back to the boat. I decided to get some 'Mongolian BBQ'. Jeff went for the awesome looking burgers they have here. Jeff could have eaten 20 of those burgers in the time it took to get my noodles seared! Holy smokes...30+ minutes in line to get my veggies cooked and there were only 6 or so people in front of me. Very slow! But it gave me time to visit and learn about other people in line. I kind of like that part of the cruise...speaking with people I do not know. Drives Denise crazy.
Pictures:
Pretty picture of harbor at Nassau...cloudy, windy day.
Atlantis casino and resort....
Fort at Queens Staircase....
Distillery Tour...a couple of drunk ladies.
Shelling Conk....
Chickens at the distillery...
Pretty flowers...
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