We are in the Bahamas, not the "get off a cruise ship and go to designated areas" Bahamas. We are in a small marina that has a "hotel attached to it. The closest I can come to describing it would be a motel 6 on the back end of a small city or places your really don't want to go in a large city. The pool is clean, our showers are cleaned every day, there is a decent laundry room but this is not Paradise Island. We are paying $1.50 per foot to stay here, electricity is metered and water is 8$ a day if you use it or not. Wi-Fi is a pay as you go, or walk to the Starbucks across the street. Across the bridge is the Posh marina at $4.00 a foot, Plus everything else. You can understand why we are on this side.
There are private guards in the shopping center, the stores have iron bars and thick chain locks on the doors. Houses, stores with parking lots, car dealers, entrance to marinas, have thick walls and many have razor wire strung across the top. We have been warned not to go out at night.
It boggles your mind that people are that afraid, but they are friendly and care free during the daylight hours.
We decided to walk to town - this was a challenge - sidewalks are a hit or miss thing until you have gotten where the cruise ships dock. There are buses, or Jitneys you can get on if you know the places where they stop. People were very helpful directing us to a stop, after the walk into town I was pooped.
Shopping in Nassau is for the rich and famous or super budget 3 t shirts for 10$. There are dozens of high end jewelry stores that the Cruise ship people flock to. Gucci, John Bull, Carlo Milano , Breitling the names just drip money and there really weren't any bargains that I could see.
Tomorrow we are going to go exploring - the zoo's , forts, gardens, maybe find a beach.
It still looks like y'all are having great fun.
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