When we last left off, we had departed Freeport, Bahamas. The next morning we arrived in Nassau, Bahamas - population about 250K. Nassau is the largest city in the Bahamas and the capitol.

 

View from the cruise ship:

 

The historic British Colonial Hilton, featured in the Bond films "Thunderball" and "Never Say Never Again":

 

The Atlantis resort (which we didn't get to see up close):

 

Resorts and hotels of the Cable Beach area (3 miles west of the port):

 

Just across the bay from the port, this home has frontage on both sides of Paradise Island:

 

The main government building:

 

We hopped off the ship, I tried to get all 855 feet in one shot but oh well:

 

Most stores were closed for Christmas and for preparation for the Junkanoo parade:

 

 

The other side of the British Colonial Hilton:

 

En route to Cable Beach:

 

No egg nog this Christmas for me! :D

 

 

After a few hours of basking in the sun and frolicking in the water, we took the jitney bus (75 cents!) back to the ship:

 

 

 

Near the port is a tightly-packed area of shops:

 

 

 

 

Atlantis again:

 

 

I absolutely love their logo:

 

I decided to get some braids in my hair:

 

Just kidding! ;)

 

Another ship in port - note the submergables:

 

Later that evening was the beginning of the Junkanoo festival and parade http://www.junkanoo.com.

 

We were tired and considered skipping it - someone said the parade was mostly handcrafted costumes - we were thinking chintzy wicker - how wrong we were. The craziness goes until dawn, we made it till 2:30am:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next day, we caught another glimpse of Freeport:

 

And other enjoyable sights onboard ;)

 

 

 

Last sunset of the cruise:

 

And while I love Cleveland, it was rather sobering to see this on our flight back into the 216:

 

Hope you enjoyed!

Looks very, how do you say........cute.

Yay!

what lovely pictures....right up until that hairy beast appeared on my screen, I hope that isn't you partner  :-o, who needs some serious manscapping!