THE BAHAMAS

After sitting in the Nassau airport for 4 hours waiting for our delayed flight, 6.5 hours of flying time, and 3 hours of waiting for our delayed luggage, I finally got home around 11pm Monday night. But despite all of that, my trip to the Bahamas was definitely well worth it. I'll only talk about the major things I did to avoid making this a gigantic post.

We left late Sunday night from SFO and got to Nassau, Bahamas around Monday night. Our first stop was the Atlantis Resort which was disappointing when we first arrived mainly because of the incredibly HYPED up reviews of this place in every travel resource. If you haven't been to the Bahamas, the islands are laid-back and it's generally considered a poor country. Tourism is basically their main income source. Atlantis is their main tourist resort and after a few days there exploring its entirety, I could understand why their reviews are so good. The resort is HUGE and it's on its own island. The main attraction there is the built-in waterpark which in itself is bigger than a normal hotel.

This is a photo of one of their main towers at the resort. I don't have a photo of the water park because we usually left our cameras in the room when we went to the water.

Nevermind, I have one of my brother and I going down one of their water slides haha.

I'm the slanted one on the left who's painfully skidding against the side of the slide! So we spent four days here just using all their facilities. Lucky me, the Miss Teen USA pageant was taking place at the Atlantis that weekend so we saw many of the contestants walking around with their sashes all the time.

Here's another one of the Atlantis lobby.

My dad, brother and I by the marina.

And it wouldn't be the Bahamas without the beautiful clear water beaches. This is the beach outlining the island that the Atlantis is on. It's called Paradise Island. My photo here doesn't do it justice but oh well.


The casino! The legal age for gambling and drinking in the Bahamas is 18 so I was perfectly legal to participate in all activities..haha. I got carded so frequently that I ended up just carrying my ID in my hand. But, I still managed to pull some slot machines and play some blackjack with grandpas who looked at me funny. This is pathetic but I won a total of $3.00 there. But hey, at least I didn't lose.

After four days at Atlantis, we switched hotels and stayed at the Sheraton at Cable Beach to be closer to the activities that we signed up for. The first and probably one of the best things I've done was the Dolphin Encounter at Blue Lagoon.

This is a photo of the Blue Lagoon. We got to get in the water and interact with the dolphins! They let us touch, feed, dance, and swim with the dolphins in small groups. At the end, the dolphins gave everyone the "foot push". Definitely try to do this if you have the chance to be somewhere where they offer this.

The next day we signed up for Powerboat Adventures. We were basically taken on a tour of some islands. We fed iguanas, stingray, and sharks, and snorkeled around the coral reef. The owners of the island for some reason owed a few pigs so that was a little strange to see.

After all of that we had one day left, so my brother and I decided to go diving. I was terrified at the thought of going 30 feet underwater but after calming down, it was the best thing I've ever done! It's so hard to explain but it was awesome.


That picture was at the beginning when I first descended and my facial expression clearly shows how freaked out I was.
Ok! That's my trip in a not so small nut shell.