Bahamas

Pulling into Nassau International was interesting. You hear international airport and you think Heathrow / Logan instead we land at our local 7/11. On my flight there were several SASer's (I think that's the current term we are called) so that meant some quick bonding and taxi planning. I got my bags decently which was a big worry because one of my bags is the same as a bag I had on my last trip which almost ripped open (this comes up later). So everything in Nassau is good with a side of 100% humidity. The whole taxi ride I was hoping that my hotel (Nassau Palm Beach Resort and Conference Center) was not as bad as the reviews for it online said (I love sharing my bed with bed bugs). I get to the register and I heard the beautiful words "overbooked". We were offered a stay at the hotels sister all-inclusive resort (food and drinks…cha ching) on Paradise Island right near my friend Greg and the Atlantis for no extra charge. A lot of the SASer's where staying at the same hotel and got switched over to the much more luxurious one we are at now. Luxurious compared to bed bugs and bath tub size pool. Of course when we made it to the new hotel what happened my wheel on the stupid piece of luggage broke off, at least it wasn't the whole bottom.

Alright so here comes the drama. I was staying with Isaiah and Nicole from my school. I was on the same flight as Isaiah and Nicole was suppose to come in like 3 hours later and we would meet up at the original hotel. Well lets see we jumped at the first opportunity to go a great hotel and basically decided well we could leave a note for Nicole, things may work themselves out, we will be at the bar (no 4 pm is not too early for comp'ed drinks). Luckily Nicole has a caring boyfriend who called our hotel to let us know her flight was delayed he found we were switched and let her and us know that things were changed. So while I waited for Nicole, I went out to dinner with Greg and his parents to the Hard Rock Café. One the way over we saw something that has been hanging over our heads for about a year now, The Explorer, and it was glorious. Its blue was the bluest and its dollar store Christmas lights lit up the sky…until you saw the carnival cruise ship that was twice its size and had Christmas Tree Store lights.

Greg and I went back to my hotel in order to wait for Nicole. We got into stealth mode. We had to sneak Nicole into the hotel so we didn't pay an extra charge. As soon as her taxi pulled up we grabbed her bags and told her to go to the sixth floor at which point we would meet her. Everything went perfectly including the dirty looks I got from the hotel staff. All of us Babson kids finally went to the Atlantis hotel where we did a tour of the hotel. The place is amazing and I wish I could be sarcastic about it but I can't. It's like a Las Vegas style super hotel except on the beach and 3 times the size. We stopped over to the Casino where I made my one good comment for the night Nicole was talking about the women and noted how though they looked really good they were all older at which point I came in with the zinger "well parts of them are new"

DAY 2

    I woke up rather early cause I felt the big bed to myself was spoiling me. Today I spent most of the day at the Atlantis resort which I snuck into for free through Greg. We got to use their beach and equipment in particular their rides (there is a video). One of the rides was a water drop that led you into a tube filled with sharks all around you. I tanned for a bit and hung out at the pool def. could not complain. After that I snuck Greg back into my hotel for food and drinks, shady business. The whole time I told him to keep his hands under the table so they wouldn't see he was missing his wristband. After that me and a group walked the 2 miles to downtown Nassau to sightsee and buy gifts (maybe you will get something ;) Someone planned a dinner for all the SASer's in our hotel so there were 20 of us out for one of the more fancy dinners we will get on this trip. After that we had a group (including all the Babson folk) tripped planned to a Club called Bambu which was right across the street from our boat. It was amazing clubbing and seeing the boat outside of the window. To be honest I spent more time starring at the boat then trying to dance. Ive spent a year thinking about this blue ship and looking at pictures and finally I get to see it in person.

    Side note: I should go to the casino more often my buddy Zeek from Babson came back 1000 dollars richer pretty much covers all his current expenses. I hate being risk-adverse.

    Well that's it for now tomorrow I will be on the boat and getting settled in…Let the Voyage begin.