Holiday Inn Paris-Republique Nassau

... of Charlie's we caught the Economy Line Bus. This bus does all the small streets the #19 bus didn't do. The windows were open, the door never closed, gospel was playing and everyone was talking. This was a very, very friendly bus. A very good looking kid got on with his Jamaican knitted cap, and asked if we were sailing? We obviously didn't look like we came off the Cruise Ships! He asked if we got down to Farmer's ...

It's been an interesting stay here in George Town. One nice advantage of being stuck here is that there are about 30 or more kids here in the anchorage, the most we've ever seen and several around the boys ages so they've had fun most afternoons (after the dreaded school work is done) running around in the dinghy, chaosing, swimming, playing volleyball or after dinner games. One boat organised a dinner barbeque on Hamburger Beach with all the ...

... way up and you can't really get down there on the banks. Everyone is plotting their next move and no one is moving!!! If you get to Farmers Cay then you're stuck with no hidey hole and have to go on the outside. Georgetown would still be a week away if we wait out the front. The weather has been really blowing out of the ESE now - it's been 15-20+ for the past week and continuing to blow but we see a break ...

... Cays Land and Sea Park which stretches 22 miles with an average width of 8 miles covering 176 square miles total. It is a protected area similar to the Dry Tortugas Park. Shroud Cay is located three cays down - Norman, Wax Cay, Little Wax Cay then Shroud. Coming into the anchorage was easy and the anchor held well in sand in 10' of water. We released the dinghy and put the ...

... of ferries and working boats along the wharf across from Atlantis. We got to a slip in the Nassau Harbor Club the least expensive marina in Nassau at $1/foot and free water! It was recommended to us by Dick in Bimini. Arrived around 6PM. There are lots of boats here coming up from the Exumas and going down. Everyone's purpose here seems to be get a decent shower and do laundry. We stopped in ...

... us leave our slip. It was the most difficult dock to get on and off the boat thus far with an almost impossible climb off and on the boat at low water, no ladder! After 2 days at Spanish Cay we were happy to be on the move again. It is not the most attractive place and we wondered about folks who had built large homes on this remote island. Yesterday a helicopter had flown in some folks ...

Today was our first A day of class aboard the MS Explorer. The class schedule aboard is divided into A and B days with different classes meeting on each. Since we really are pressed for time in class, we have class everyday we are at sea except for a few exceptions. I had Global Studies with everyone on campus on A and B days from 9:20am-10:35am. It's a requirement for everyone on the ship because we learn about the countries that we will be ...

... of the trip - feeding the sh*rks. The st*ff lowers * cr*te of fish where the sh*rks flock *round it while we were on top of the w*ter holding onto * rope *nd enjoying the site. The St*ff g*ve us 10 minutes m*ybe more to w*tch the sh*rks under the w*ter. Afterw*rd, when everybody w*s inside the bo*t, the st*ff slowly r*ise the cr*te *nd the sh*rks followed *nd were jumping *nd were *g*inst e*ch ...

... was 11 years old and it scared the **** out of me. I went again in 2005 and so a year later it wasn't any different. I remembered exactly where the Starbucks was and I fully intended to drop in and grab a Frappuccino just so I could say I've had Starbucks in two different countries, but sadly that didn't happen. We caught a cab right outside ...

... the hill, was a dark room we were scared of, we didn't go in. As we were following the tour, we met up with Tara and Matt at the Hilton, coincidentally. The followed us for the rest of the tour and then they went back to their resort. Now we are back on the beach on a cloudy day with more Kalik beer."