Quality Inn Cigatoo, Eleuthera, Bahamas

... with it like the tides being pulled by the moon&#8217;s gravity. I&#8217;d be swimming across the pool at a constant pace, but my progress would vary from a standstill to speeding forward. It was weirdly fun!<br><br>Anyway, we&#8217;re back in our rooms now and the boat is rocking again making this hard to keep up. We have to be up a little earlier than today tomorrow as we land at our first port, Labadee, tomorrow. Zip lines and Aqua park, here we come!<br><br>Adelle

... 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>

... Island but we decided to stay on board and catch a few rays. Today we've docked at Nassau and we've ventured off the boat to have a little look around! From the ship we can see the Atlantis hotel - but we've already visited the Dubai version so its not that special!<br><br>Overnight we're sailing to Great Stirrup Cay which is a beach privately owned by the cruise line.<br><br>Anyway, we're off to enjoy the sunshine.<br><br>Ta da!<br><br>K &amp; D<br><br>

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.<br><br>This ain ...

... also spent some time on Paradise Island, exploring the giant Atlantis Hotel, and sprawling out on Cabbage Beach (no cabbages to be seen!). After 2 days we got a fast ferry to another Bahamian island, Eleuthera. This island was very different to the capital island- very serene, and a much slower pace of life. We inhabited a little apartment by the sea which had lovely colourful gardens where we often sat out, and even saw a hummingbird buzz by on one ...

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.

... 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 ...

... conch fritters, pan fried snapper, sopadillos (a sweet fruit known as dillys for short), played cards, sunbathed, made friends, saw a band at a local hangout, danced under the stars at an after party and enjoyed cocktails with islanders and even met a rock and roll celebrity while he picked up his order of conch fritters! Oh yes and drank plenty of rum, which we bought at the local knick knack ...