Caribbean, Vacation

It took forever to up load these, so I am going to write all about it later. I will just say there is a reason it is called Paradise. Above is a picture we took on the shore of Half Moon Cay, of our ship, and of us when we first got on the ship waiting to go to sea. Below is a picture of me looking past my feet at the most beautiful beach, well all the beaches are beautiful over there. We just got back and I'm ready to go again. Our first stop was Half Moon Cay, we spent the day on the beach laying out and swimming in the ocean. We were always up early and some of the first of the boat. When we got there we hiked all the way over to the other side of the island, for the most part it was just us. We did go back in for food, there was a big bbq on the island. We also played some beach volleyball, and hiked over to the other side and checked out the lagoons.  

Hiking around the beach

This is a picture looking back at the beach on our way back to the ship. We didn't spend to much time there until later on in the day when people had cleared out. After lunch there was a reggae band playing, we rented floats and played around in the ocean while they played. 

Us in the morning, we booked a trip into ATLANTIS for the day. We had about and hour and a half to kill before the shuttle left so we went into town for a little. 

Me, pretending (or not) to be the karate kid. I love funny pictures. Right when we got to Atlantis we went to their beach first. We rented sea doos and went out in the ocean for a while. We took it down the coast and checked out all the famous peoples homes. We also went out to a few small islands off the shore.

After the beach we went into the Atlantis water park, and the Dig. First we walked through all of the outdoor aquarium. This suspension bridge goes over a bunch of different kinds of sharks. 

Steve is looking out at the aquariums. 

Steve is saving us. The shark tunnel is starting to collapse. 

Here we are going into the Dig. This was really cool for us because, James Williams, I grew up babysitting their kids 3 times a week, from the age of 17 on. I love their family like they are mine. I called him when I got home and thanked him for doing such a great job. My understanding of the Dig is that it is designed to look like the, "Lost City of Atlantis." It is also the largest aquarium in the Bahamas. I think I should have had a free trip here, seeing as how I was watching their kids, while Rachel and James were taking trips over, while he was designing it. Although, James went over a lot more than Rachel. He is the architect and engineer of, "The Dig," and it was worth the trip, it was beautiful.  

Remember I like funny pictures. Everyone else was sitting on the benches under all these different types of sea helmets. I told Steve to stand up and put his head in there. Then I did it.

Flying with the flying fish

Fun shot of Steve on Paradise Island , laying out by one of the pools in the water park.

I took this picture for James. That's the symbol  of, "The Dig,"  just right outside one of the entrances.

After Atlantis we headed back into Nassau, to tour around the town. We went to the  Festival Place, and the Straw Market. The Straw Market was fun, that's were all the locals and vender's are trying to sell you everything.

Our next stop was in Lucaya. We were of the ship early, went straight over to rent a scooter and off we went. We made about an hour trip through the whole island, which was a great way to see everything, downtown, how they live. We made one wrong turn and decided to pull over to look at our map. A taxi driver pulled up next to us and said, "don't stop here, never  on the streets of a neighborhood. Only on the main roads." We got our bearings straight and didn't have another problem driving. We made it to the National Park in Lucaya, hiked all around explored two caves and then hiked to the other side of the island to a totally deserted beach. We spent a couple of hours there, hanging out. Then we