Sunday the three of us wandered over to the other side of the Harbour to Paradise Island. Some wise marketing person figured changing the name from the original "Hog Cay" would probably be better for tourism - I'd agree. We all agreed that is was surreal - everything was immaculately clean and lovely. It felt like being in Disney World. They had a huge aquarium in the lobby that guests could pay to snorkel in (they were more entertaining to watch than the fish). The casino was typical - subdued lighting, and Chris caught hell for taking pictures from Security. Ken and I dropped a whole dollar in a slot machine.

The worst part was how badly the guests were getting dinged. Conch fritters for $50-$60! Go to Potter's Cay for $3.00, kids, and they will be better. Breakfast was $25.00 per person, but only $13.00 for children. It is nice they have a man-made beach for the guests to swim in, with lots of toys, but I'll take the secluded beached any day. If they get thirsty while playing, they can pay $6.00 for a bottle of water. Water goes for $1.00 on the street. Beer's cheaper in town than the water there!

We escaped back over the bridge to the Nassau side of things. Whew, back to a world we can relate to!

Today we are preparing to go down to the Exumas tomorrow. Chris flies out tomorrow afternoon, and if we don't leave tomorrow morning, we will be in Nassau until the weekend. Nassau isn't so bad, but we don't like anchoring here, and the cruising budget does not enjoy being on docks. Chris will kill a couple of hours on his own before heading to the airport.

So, today was shopping, laundry, and filling the water tanks (Nassau water is now drinkable!). Ken even scrubbed the decks of the grime of the last three months - it was a good thing it was overcast or we would have been blinded looking at the decks! Thank you elbow grease and VIM with Bleach!

For the photo hounds out there, go the link on the side bar for our "Web Album", I have uploaded a bunch of pictures from the last couple of weeks!