Bahamas
25.03° N, 77.40° W
Read the story →May 17
Base for the entire trip (May 17–21). Has a private beach with towels provided.
May 18
Breakfast buffet with custom made omelets. Had breakfast here on May 18 and May 19.
Private boat to Rose Island. Snorkelled with fish and saw a sea turtle! Afternoon spent swimming with the pigs and lazing at the beach.
Dinner on May 18.
May 19
Deepthi went for a massage on May 19 morning.
Seafood restaurant within SLS Baha Mar. Very overpriced. Ordered the Seafood Tower for $210 USD — not worth the money.
May 20
3-hour morning food tour through Nassau. Six stops — 2 historic buildings and 4 eating stops. Started with a typical Bahamian Sunday meal, then chocolate, rum tasting, and sweet plantain dessert. Stopped at Town Hotel for a fruit punch — great hotel. Also visited the renowned Greycliff Hotel which houses 270,000 bottles of wine (3rd largest collection in the world, worth $45 million) and the oldest bottle of scotch. Highly recommended!
Spent the afternoon here after the food tour. Tried the pilsner — really good!
Tips from this trip
- Take plenty of sunscreen
- Rains last for only a few minutes, don't panic and just stay out
- Bahamas runs on USD
- Bahamas is very expensive
- Bahamas gets 10 million tourists a year, so if you prefer a quiet environment, stay outside the main town
- Go for food tours and skip the touristy stuff — the people are great and the culture even better