Pineapple Fields Hotel Condo Eleuthera

About 40 miles south of Paradise Island and an hour boat ride via IslandWorld Adventures..... we reached Saddleback Cay, a part of Exuma Islands. This is another out island adventure ..... i will say the best so far I had from Nassau.

Lemon shark feeding shoreside in a ...

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.....

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.

Here, you will see the entire length of the shark under the very crystal clear waters, just one meter high.

... s been practicing his golf skills on the upper deck by hitting the ball into a net - he reckons he's get good at it now - anyone fancy challenging him to a game? Maybe you could come and join us in the Bahama's :-) - Warmley golf course isn't sunny enough for us!

We've also tried our hand at a little bit of basketball - but neither of us are too good at it and the americans are showing us up!

Yesterday, the ship stopped at Grand ...

After few hours of sailing, we arrived at the port of Harbour Island. We rented a golf cart for 50 dollars ovenight with full gas without having to worry about insurance and returning the cart with full gas. The instruction to us is to just leave the cart at the port with it's key in it when we leave.

This ain ...

... pushy. We declined to buy anything and tipped them. We purchased a weeks use of the spa, which included use of the steam, dry and mineral saunas. Also, there was an area with heated lounge beds made of tile. The beds were really relaxing and we used them everyday. We were given a robe and towel each time we checked-in to use the spa.

Our time at the Princess Cays aboard the ship was a wonderful start for what would be a very memorable and exciting cruise.

... our own meals mostly, using fresh fish (Nassau grouper and trigger fish) that we bought from the locals. We also tried some conch fritters at a restaurant which were yum. Last night we attended the local fish fry, a big bbq party for the local community, and bumped into many fellow vacationers (mostly American) that we had met earlier in the week- its a small town and all that. Now we are back in Nassau until Sunday when we fly to Panama. Lots of love xxx

We had an awesome first full day of the cruise. Woke up early so we could get over to the beach for a full day of snorkeling and we weren't let down. Bought a few packs of fish food and we had feeding frenzys around us. Unfortunately we didn't take the camera ashore.

... garden of our very own... I kep on humming... "I'd like to be... under the sea...!" That was until our last day... and the experience that I had always knew might happen. At this stage of the trip, I considered myself an accomplished snorkeler and I was busy tracking some fish around the coral reef to get some close ups with our underwater camera. I had been tracking one particular red puffer fish and was just getting close enough to get a picture ...

We decided in order to experience the local feel of the Bahamas, we needed to go to one of the "outer islands", far from the huge resorts and spring break - yes we timed that perfectly, requiring that we get away from Nassau. So my friend and I boarded a tiny 6 person plane (including pilot!) over gorgeous blue-green waters to one of the outer islands. We caught a taxi for about $35 to our hostel Surfer ...