Flamingo Bay Club Cat Island

... of the things I got was an Apu J. and won two prizes from Skittle Ball. Oh I also played the jump rope game in the arcade… I only got like 10 jumps, but I think it’s pretty good. Anyways. We went to a fancy shmancy restaurant for Grandma Claire’s birthday. I got the Caesar salad (Eh I spelled Caesar right) and then filet mignon… Yumm. Then we had birthday cake for dessert. After we came back to our rooms and found dog pillows with glasses on. I ...

... aquamarine water... we were also greeted by the local stingray..... and a little historical tour of the island..... and a moment on a sandbar.... This is privately owned cay (pronounced as key) ... 44 of them owned by one person. <br><br>I would say this is one real Bahamas......

On our way to the island tour, we were welcomed by a friendly stingray and gave us the experience of being suctioned by its mouth as we tried to feed him. But then, he realized that we don't have any food for him so eventually, he left but gave us the knowledge of not fearing them. They are gentle creatures of the sea.

A different kind of experience... feeding shark in broad daylight.....shoreside.....<br><br>Free port has one at Pier One, but you are like so high above the waters and in the evening. So all you are seeing are but splashes made by the shark as they feed. <br><br>Here, you will see the entire length of the shark under the very crystal clear waters, just one meter high.<br><br>

... case bread and feed it to them. Then a frenzy begins, in which the fish swarm you in search of goodies, the odd finger or body part might get involved in it, but no blood is drawn..... We also had the pleasure of dining at the yacht club where most of us had the Bahamian favourite, Conch Burger which comes in small battered pieces and tastes similar to calamari. Very Yummy. Much to Tom and Harri's disappointment this is where O'Vive left us to head for home, their company sorley missed.

... finally we arrived back at Bella, looking like drowned rats, sore body parts from being slammed around but we were successful in keeping our clean washing out of the salt water. We all took turns at doing the same run into George Town a few times with water bottles to fill up our tanks and it was the same result every time, wet, aching and bruised bodies. Yes clean clothes again and water to drink but the stinky bodies are still another matter! The price we pay for paradise......

... It's an all-too-real reminder of "there but for the Grace of God go we!" We rounded the high dunes to port and entered Thunderball (where 007 was filmed) where there are moorings and past Thunderball Cave to Staniel Cay Yacht Club Marina. We passed the Thunderball Grotto which is a sky lit underwater cave featured in several films including the 007 Film. We'll stop here ...

Bahamas Beach house of 3 1/4 acres The Boathouse is located on Pigeon Cay beach, in easy walking distance to the Pigeon Cay Beach Club. Our 3 1/4 acre property has a breathtaking, white sand private beach on the warm and gin clear water of the sea. Pigeon Cay is located on the leeward side of Cat Island making for calm waters &amp; beautiful clean beaches. Our beach is ...

... friends. Carribean islands, white sands, palm trees turquoise seas, how boring !! Then it was time for us to go back to the ship. Now the tendes were being tossed about quite a bit. But it seems the Canadian magicthat woman had worked on me , really did the trick. I was like all the other passengers ( a new experience for me in many ways !! ) just sitting there riding the waves, not really minding that one minute the bow was right out of the water and then ...

... began to swim away from the reef and into shallower water. After a minute or so I turned round to see how far I had gone and I knew I was in trouble... the Barracuda was right behind me, following me at pace!! I will never forget... the fish looked straight at me and I could see its ugly face coming towards me. It was at that point... ******** myself that I was glad I wore my rubber safety pants!! I began kicking my flippers as fast as I could and I swam ...