Have you ever been asked, or overheard someone else ask, “Are you going to stay on the boat in Nassau?”
The answer you probably hear is “Yes.... We are staying on the boat!” (Snobby like)
Well look. For the first timers to Nassau, get off the boat. It’s a “Right-of-Passage” really. You are not “entitled” yet to make that decision on your own! (Wink wink)
But seriously, Nassau has a couple of cool places to go see, and I would bet a lot of people that say “don’t get off the boat there” probably haven’t really explored the cool parts themselves.
So huddle up and let’s go.
Get off the boat ... no rush... you may only be off for 2 hours or so.. wear swimmies & bring a towel if you want to swim in the ocean... otherwise dress cool with street walking shoes.
Walk down the ‘Like it’s Never Gonna End Dock’, and enter the maze of the Street Market jungle. They don’t want you to leave that place, so they make it seem like you can’t. They seriously want you to think that this Street Market IS the only thing you can do in Nassau. #Wrong. Don’t buy anything now!! Don’t. Get it on the way back. They will still be there and the prices will be better.
Once you have escaped Nassau Alcatraz, you should hit the sidewalk, and turn right. Walk towards Senior Frogs. Stop in if you must, but at the very least stop and take a photo with the iconic frog. Then keep walking, all the way around the building and keep going. Same side of the street as the beach. Destination is #JunkanooBeach.
Yeah. Walk it. It will be hot, but it will make you thirsty, and it’s a good time to just talk and cut-up with your friends or family. No. Not cut up your in-laws. Like literally. Anyways... when you get there, find a mediocre “local” brew from a beach vendor and chug-a-lug. The water at this beach is BEAUTIFUL!! Some of the most aqua colored ocean in the whole world. I swear, whenever you see a photo for an Ad that is trying to sell you paradise, I think they took them in the Bahamas.
Hang out for 30 minutes and you will probably have had your fill. Now. Walk back. This time. Take note of some bars that are on the other side of the sidewalk.. pick 2 or 3 of them (random theory here works) and just stroll on in. Resign yourself to just have a drink, and then Roll On. The waitresses will offer you Caribbean shots of some concoction... I always refuse... but then somehow I always take them. #TwistedArmSyndrome #CruiseLife.
Look around. Fall in Love with the vivid colors in the Bahamas! It’s just so perfectly beachy! The reds, blues, aquas, greens, yellows. It’s just a painted portrait of THEIR life on this island ... the locals. It’s not a rich place. It’s not fancy. It’s not the cleanest. Not the most 5-Star. It’s just rich in history. Authentically, Caribbean.
And remember. A month before you booked that cruise, you dreamt for weeks about going to the tropics, sitting on a hand crafted wooden chair at some local white sand beach, drinking a cool Caribbean brewed beer, soaking in the ocean breeze blowing across your face, sand squeezing between your toes,,,, and just letting it all go. Letting all the crap you have going on in your real life, Go. That’s what you wanted. And that’s what you’ll get. Let it Go, in #NassauBahamas.
This is what life is all about.
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