We awoke to the sight of Freeport right outside our cabin window. Going ashore was quick and easy. We found a suitable looking snorkel tour and plucked down the $50 per person. A 14 mile trip aboard a small bus was enjoyable and unremarkable. The landscape, terrain, & homes could have easily been mistaken for South Florida. We boarded a converted sport-fisher boat and make a short journey to a reef that was maybe a mile offshore. The snorkeling was nothing short of amazing. Our guides were helpful and friendly. Upon returning to the marina our bus driver ask if we would like to spend the afternoon at a nice local private beach club, how could we refuse? The Junkaboo Beach Club proved to be a bargain with a $5 admission price. We enjoyed a Bahamian lunch of ribs, chicken, & local fish cooked right on the grill in front of us in their open-air clubhouse. Splendid! With full tummies we spent the next 2 hours playing on their pristine beach. We returned dockside with time to spare. 


Freeport

Day 3 found us in Nassau. Again getting ashore was fast and easy. We signed up with a local tour driver who charged us $25 a person and off we went. He gave us a very informative tour of Nassau starting with the downtown area followed by a stop at a small hilltop fort & straw market. He then took us through the lower class "over-the-hill" district all the while explaining what life is like through the eyes of a native Bahamian. A quick drive through more middle class digs and onward to what would be considered a high class Bahamian neighborhood. We then crossed the bridge to Paradise Island and took a 30 minute self-tour of the Atlantis resort. Pretty impressive but worth $500 per night? Not on my budget. The tour driver then offered us either a ride back to the docks or a stop at Paradise Beach. We chose the beach and it was a wise decision. A quick little trek up and over a small hill revealed one of the most beautiful stretches of beach I have ever seen. I negotiated rental of 4 beach chairs & an umbrella for $40 from one of the many local entrepreneurs servicing this stretch of sand. The water is absolutely amazing. Totally crystal clear with sand softer than anything this native Floridian has ever experienced. We played away the afternoon before catching a cab ($20 for 4 of us including tip) back to the ship. We cleaned up and ventured back out the short walk to the downtown shopping district. We selected Lum's Iguana Cafe for a late lunch. Located in the second floor of the Prince George Plaza, we got front row seats for people watching on the main shopping street. Blackened grouper, peas & rice all washed down with amazing daiquiris, Lum's is not to be missed. After maybe the best meal of our trip we ventured through the shops that seem to run the gamut from tourist traps to high end retailers. I have fond memories of Nassau. 


Nassau

R109 & R105. Very clean and well attended. No complaints. Large enough for 2 cruisers. Bathroom seemed larger than what we had on RC ships. Did miss the small table & couch.

The cabins were nice with enough room for two although I did miss the small table and couch that we had in Grandeur & Liberty I did seem to think the bathrooms might have been a bit larger on Sensation.Late lunch again found the Lido deck buffet line very long with only two of the main serving lines open.

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