Our first stop on our trip was Coco Cay. This is a small private island owned by the cruise line for the pleasure of their guests. It was pretty much beach paradise!
There were various shore excursions available, but Mariel and I decided we just wanted to hang out at the beach. It was great, temps in the 80s, water temps also in the 80s! Mariel coaxed me into the water and we swam for quite awhile before returning to the beach and just chilling out on beach chairs. So nice, and we didn't even get sunburned. After our sun nap, we walked around the island and snapped some pictures before heading back to the ship.
That's me on the ship with the island in the background! No fat jokes! Check out the color of that water.
Anyways, after that our next day was in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas:
As you can see it was a bit of a rainy day, and our shore excursion was canceled. However, Mariel and I came up with our own shore excursion. We took a walk into the city and visited two historic churches. One was an Anglican church that dated back to the 1600's and the other was a Catholic church that was a little more than 100 years old. The rector at the Catholic church talked with us for a few minutes and let us in for an up close look at the old church. It was awesome.
The interior of the Anglican church.
After checking out the churches, we headed back through downtown for some shopping (Bahamian rum baby)!
What are my impressions of Nassau and the Bahamas? Well if you're not a beach bum, you might be hard pressed to find something that will really hold your interest. There's a huge shopping arcade just out of the customs area from the cruise port, and it's filled with what you'd expect, local folks selling their goods to the tourists. However, with just a couple of exceptions, we found the local folks to be nice and hospitable. I'd keep my hand on my wallet right around the docks though.
If you choose to venture out in the city, make sure you have some good shoes and be very alert of the traffic, though the streets are small, Nassau has all the traffic of a major city and it can be difficult at best to cross a street. The city itself is a bit on the dirty side, but no more than you'd expect from a large city, and honestly, out of the foreign cities I've been to, I'd have to say Nassau was one of the cleanist. There are several museums in the area, including a Pirate museum and an art gallery, If you head up to the art gallery, make sure you check out the Catholic church up that way. Overall, we had a good time, and really enjoyed our trip the Bahamas. If you're looking for a short, cheap cruise get away, I couldn't recommend the Bahamas any higher!
Check out our honeymoon travel photos on our photobucket!
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