05/20/09 Wednesday
On Wednesday we thought we'd venture into Nassau. I got up in the morning and exercised (I'm doing Tracy Anderson workouts--she trains Madonna & Gwyneth Paltrow, and does a combo of ballet, dancing stuff, and pilates), we ate breakfast, then went down to catch the bus. When we got off the bus we headed down the main street. We checked out the Straw Market and Adam bought me a pair of neat earrings, and he got three for $5 shot glasses...so classy. They had lots of cute fake purses so I might go back and try to bargain with them to get one or two. The ones I brought back from China got so much use they're falling apart. When we emerged from the Straw Market, Adam decided he was hungry and I still hadn't gotten my ice cream, so we stopped by an Ice Cream Shoppe, where I got a super sweet flavor called Junkanoo, and Adam got a strawberry daquiri. Only appropriate!
When we left the ice cream place we got to see the huge cruise ships. They are just gigantic! We stopped in a few more shops and decided we might be tired, so thought we'd grab some rum (so much rum here!) and head back. We bought two diet cokes, two juice drinks, a bottle of Old Nassau mango rum and a bottle of dark rum, (all for $25) and hopped on the jitney to head back. We were the only ones on the bus, and after a bit of a ride decided to stop at Arawak Cay (pronounced 'key'), which is home of the Fish Fry. We asked the bus driver and his friend what they recommended, and they said the Fish Fry restaurant (which confused me, because I thought the whole thing was a fish fry) and to order the conch ('konk') salad, which I was planning on. We got to sit out on the covered balcony, though it did start raining and got us a few times with big drops. I got the conch salad & Adam got conch fritters and macaroni & cheese. Delicious!
After we finished eating we realized we only had enough cash to get back to the hotel, but not back into town to get more cash. Darn. So, we rode the jitney back into Nassau and pulled out some cash and then rode the jitney back to Orange Hill, and the whole thing took like 2 hours. A couple staying at the hotel has a really cute baby, and they sat in front of us during the ride back, and Adam was making faces at the baby the whole time and making it laugh. So cute!
When we got back I was pooped, so we ordered Domino's again (this time, thin crust cheese with buffalo wings!) and practically inhaled it. I also had a rum and coke that was mostly rum, so we were having fun.
Junkanoo ice cream!
Adam & the ice cream workers
Healthy lunch!
Looking out to the cruise ships and colorful shops
Action shot
At the Fish Fry waiting for our yummy food
Surry ride
Conch Salad
On the jitney heading back to the hotel
Hanging on the balcony drinking rum & coke :)
Sunset from our balcony
Close up of the sunset and pretty clouds
When we left the ice cream place we got to see the huge cruise ships. They are just gigantic! We stopped in a few more shops and decided we might be tired, so thought we'd grab some rum (so much rum here!) and head back. We bought two diet cokes, two juice drinks, a bottle of Old Nassau mango rum and a bottle of dark rum, (all for $25) and hopped on the jitney to head back. We were the only ones on the bus, and after a bit of a ride decided to stop at Arawak Cay (pronounced 'key'), which is home of the Fish Fry. We asked the bus driver and his friend what they recommended, and they said the Fish Fry restaurant (which confused me, because I thought the whole thing was a fish fry) and to order the conch ('konk') salad, which I was planning on. We got to sit out on the covered balcony, though it did start raining and got us a few times with big drops. I got the conch salad & Adam got conch fritters and macaroni & cheese. Delicious!
After we finished eating we realized we only had enough cash to get back to the hotel, but not back into town to get more cash. Darn. So, we rode the jitney back into Nassau and pulled out some cash and then rode the jitney back to Orange Hill, and the whole thing took like 2 hours. A couple staying at the hotel has a really cute baby, and they sat in front of us during the ride back, and Adam was making faces at the baby the whole time and making it laugh. So cute!
When we got back I was pooped, so we ordered Domino's again (this time, thin crust cheese with buffalo wings!) and practically inhaled it. I also had a rum and coke that was mostly rum, so we were having fun.
Junkanoo ice cream!
Adam & the ice cream workers
Healthy lunch!
Looking out to the cruise ships and colorful shops
Action shot
At the Fish Fry waiting for our yummy food
Surry ride
Conch Salad
On the jitney heading back to the hotel
Hanging on the balcony drinking rum & coke :)
Sunset from our balcony
Close up of the sunset and pretty clouds