The Bahamas - Day 1, 2 and 3

Going to the Bahamas seemed like a good idea for a bit of business (H1B visa stamping) and pleasure (the beach, the sun, more beaches!). And we're back to report that it was.



We arrived at Nassau on Wednesday. After checking into the hotel (Grand Central Hotel) we immediately started plotting our way out. This hotel is nothing like its website suggests - I cannot even begin to describe our disappointment. But the silver lining was that local calls from our hotel room were free and after making a couple of calls we got a room at the Quality Inn, opposite the Junkanoo beach near downtown Nassau. Otherwise Wednesday was quite unevnentful - we hung out around town and had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe(!). In the evening we visited a local bar and sampled some cocktails.



Thursday was for the ugly business of the trip and touring some of the beaches - Cable beach where every good spot belongs to a resort and then Cabbage beach on Paradise Island - which was good. Pretty, pretty, pretty good (hat tip to Larry David).



Friday morning we visited some of the local sites - the Queens Staircase and a fort that was right next to it (forgot the name).



And then after collecting my passport we went back to Paradise Island to check out the Atlantis resort. In retrospect, we should have rented some scooters and gone riding around the island - the residential areas looked quite interesting and typically small town-ish, with most of the homes resembling "bungalows".