Nassau House

Under construction until I find all of the pictures we took! i KNOW Theyre around my house somewhere, but it could be a hwile... and i mean it. a WHILE.

... . We continued our walk along Prospect Ridge, which was the old dividing line between Nassau's rich and poor until we came to Government House. This is the official residence of the archipelago's governor-general, the queen's representative ...

The following day was our last stop on the Bahamas, Nassau the archipelago's capital.  We got off the boat and went exploring around the Old Town which included Forts Fincastle and Charlotte with their pirate lore, the Queen's staircase; 65 steps cut ...

We were booked on a snorkeling tour of Rainbow Reef (Athole -- no joke -- Island) in Nassau. OMG! If you can ever go snorkeling do it! Don't do it in The Netherlands or in the Pacific Ocean but the Bahamas is beautiful! The water is a light aqua to a ...

From the journal: "Super Bowl Sunday guys! Instead of doing the stupid party thing, we went to Chez Willie, which is supposed to be the nicest place on the island. I didn't think so. We had beef Wellington, pumpkin soup and Che Willie special salad. I ...

... self, there is a good reason to pay attention to world events lest they impact you!! This required that we get away from Nassau. My friend and I boarded a tiny 6 person plane (including pilot!) over gorgeous blue-green waters to one of the outer islands. ...

... ; I guess paradise is in the eye of the beholder.  Anyway - we've been getting great information from Dick on Nassau and surrounding waters.  To our starboard are two couples, from France but lived in Gainesville for the past ...

... but they managed to fit 10 more on. all I could think about were ferry disasters you hear about in the news. Ferry capsizes in Nassau Bay, 1,000's injured, many missing. Well, there were only about 40 of us, but to make headlines you have to up the ...

... so cool.  The view from the top of the fort was beautiful and we saw the cruise ships in port.  "Fort Fincastle, Nassau Bahamas, overlooking the town from Bennet's Hill was built by Lord Dunmore, about 1793 who named it after his second title, ...

... the night, but everything seems to amplify when darkness takes over.  We must have seen twenty cruise liners leaving the Nassau area, almost in a huge lighted parade, with some cargo ships here and there.  We had learned the lesson of preparing ...

... were not close.   There is a large ferry (like the Fast Cat in Key West) that goes between the islands and Nassau and a smaller ferry that stays pretty close to Spanish Wells going to Royal Island and Harbour Island.   We dinghied ashore ...

... other than a member. I guess if i was paying a million dollars a year (or whatever it is, and that is without even owning a house!) I would be a bit anal on people taking my deckchair as well Em and I are mad about find jobs at the moment and the latest ...

...   Need to get rid of a two weeks worth of garbage that we have not been able to get rid of since we left Nassau.  We have two boxes full of empty beer and plastic bottles and a large black plastic bag with burnables.  (At home after two ...