A Sunday like no other - one for the ages. It started out pretty ominously - the bus that was supposed to pick us up did not show up on time. But once they did show up to take us to the ferry dock at Paradise Island - it was all good.
And I do literally mean "all good!"
We boarded the 57 foot proud catamaran, paid our balance, got introduced to the crew and set sail. The plan was to cruise to a reef, do some snorkeling, anchor on the Rose Island beach for lunch (with unlimited rum punches!) and then chill out till it was time to head back.
Needless to say it all went perfectly according to the "plan". The sun was out - it was a beautiful Sunday (pardon the pun). We got our snorkeling gear and instructions on the way to the reef. Kai, our on board snorkeling instructor, was quite funny ("No questions? I must have had it right then! How would you'll know anyway?"). The water was clear as a (clean) fish tank and the fishes and the reef were beautiful. We saw a bunch of tiger fishes and some others - luckily no lion fish, which is a non-intrusive but poisonous fish.
After an hour of snorkeling we headed to the beach at Rose Island where we had lunch on the boat - salad with dressing, bread and fruits for the veggies but we had unlimited rum punches to wash that down and we were not complaining a bit!
Rose Island is one of the islands that is under development - so I'm glad we got to it before it is off-limits to "regular" folk. The sand was soft and white, the water was blue and clear! We took a short walk on the island and then bobbed about in the water for a bit before it was time to go back.
We wanted to sign off this post by saying a big "Thank You" to the Flying Cloud crew for making our last day in the Bahamas one we will never forget!
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