We are Living the Life!

Hey Hey Hey!! Waz up? I’m going to tell you waz up here so listen closely cause I’m only going to say it once! Maybe twice if your super dopper nice to me! After leaving Atlantis with huge smiles on our faces we decided to try and get to George Town, Exuma, which is a big cruiser place with lots going on. We were still pretty far away from George Town (24 hours) so we were going to make a couple stops along the way to rest. The next spot we went to was Warderick Wells, Exumas. We did a brief stop here, staying only for a night and then we were off to Staniel Cay, Exumas. Staniel Cay is a fun spot to hang out and it has a really cool cave that you can snorkel! It also has underwater tunnels that you can dive under and come up on the outside! Plus there’s the Staniel Cay Yacht Club, which has all kinds of stuff going on! Like a gift shop a pool table and it’s also a restaurant. But we didn’t get to do ANY of that because we were still trying to get to George Town in time for the Family Island Regatta. So the next morning we headed down to G-Town!! (George Town) Yaaaaaaaaay!!! The Family Island Regatta was in full swing and there was lots of excitement in the air! The Family Island Regatta is a huge event and there are sleek sailboats where the boom sticks out way over the water and a bunch of people get on the boats and sail them around. There are different kinds of boats. The A class which is the biggest then the B class which is the medium size and then the C class which is the smallest. There are about 15-20 boats per class and all the boats race against each other. There are 3 buoys spread out in the water that the boats have to sail around and then make it across the finish line! I actually got to race again on the boats this year like I did last year! It was really fun! We even crashed into other sailboats… where I always learn a few new words! After the race my Mom, Dad, and I met up with Aly Cat who is a boat that we met a couple of years ago. There is Lou, Alison, and Caroline who is my age. We went to the beach after the race and swam in the ocean, which was a lot of fun! A beautiful day at the beach! So that night we went into town to have dinner with Aly Cat and watch the awards ceremony. It’s quite the scene…. Music blaring so hard it makes your chest THUMP, the streets are crowded with Bahamians and let me tell you some of the out fits…. WILD! They set up shacks along the street that serve every type of Bahamian dish, but lots of Conch … Conch Fritters, Conch Salad, Scorched Conch and Ribs, Chicken, Mac Cheese and always peas and rice. I also got a little trophy of a sailboat for racing and I got to shake the Prime Ministers hand! (President of the Bahamas) What a big day! The next day we said good bye to Aly Cat because they had to go home. As for the rest of the days we were there we played around and did a LOT of school (I had a DVD on Christopher Columbus due that I sent back home) but still had a good time! We stayed in GT for a week and then we decided to go down to the Jumentos and Ragged Islands, which I’ll fill you in on my next Blog. So until then…. May the wind always be at your back!

Finally in the Bahamas!!!

Heellloooo everyone!!! I imagine you are reading this right now so I’m gonna start out with telling you about our Bahama Trip! Since this is my Bahama Blog! Good idea right?! This is my 2^nd Blog as my first was last year. While you’re checking out this beautiful piece of work you should also read my Blog from last year because it is fantastic if I do say so myself!! So where did I leave off?... This is my 2^nd entry and my first one we were in Florida. So a lot has happened since then!! Whoa! Where do I start? I’ll try my best not to make you bored!

So we left Florida a couple of days later after my Dad’s B-Day and made an all night crossing to West End! Wow, and let me tell you sailing across the ocean not being able to see land for about 24 hrs, makes it a long trip! We arrived in West End and gave the boat a nice soapy wash because rolling all around in those waves got it really salty! We left the next day and did a all day sail to Great Harbour in the Berry Islands. Which by the way was the last spot we were at with all our boat friends from last year before we sailed back to Florida.

The next morning we left and sailed to my favorite place! Yes you know it!!! Wahoooooooo!!!!! Atlantis!!!!!This is also the spot we were at last year with our friends! We stayed for 4 nights!! 4 incredible nights!!! We got up each morning and did the slides and then walked around the stores on and got Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream! Yum! Yum! Plus there is Oh Sugar, which is like the BEST candy store in the World! The slides are so cool!! There’s the Mayan Temple, which has the Serpent Slide where you go in a dark tube and then you come out in this tube that’s under water and sharks are swimming around you!!! But you can breath even though it’s under water because its sealed and the sharks are just swimming around outside the tank. It’s AWESOME!!!!! Then there’s the Leap of Faith. It really is the leap of faith. It’s pretty much a straight drop down slide and you go super fast and through the tube that’s under water. I even lift off the slide for about a second. Just for the record… SUPER FUN!!!!! There is also the Challenger where you can race each other down steep slides right next to each other. There are so many other fun slides like the Jungle slide, which has plants growing around it and vines. Then you can take The Lazy River to the Power Tower. The Lazy River has all kinds of stuff like rapids and you can go under caves that have red smoke in them! You can also take it up a conveyor belt that goes to the top of the Power Tower! The Power tower has a bunch of slides like the drop where you go in an inner tube and drop down into the jet stream of water and it boosts you up into this dark slide tube. IT’S SUPER COOOOOL!! Then there’s the Abyss! It’s like the Leap of Faith. It’s a straight down drop slide, that’s in the dark and you end up in a cave!! There are also other slides like the Falls, which is similar to the Drop.

Not to make you even more jealous!... I got to have the experience of a Lifetime!!!!! I got to swim with Dolphins!!! It was AMAZING and the COOLEST thing EVER!!!!! There was a bunch of kids and we were about a group of 7. First he showed us this slide show on Dolphins and then he gave us our very own Dolphin Cay masks!! Then we got to hug and kiss the Dolphin and we all got our picture taken!! Next we got on our boogie boards and the Dolphin came up behind me and pushed me on my foot!!! The instructors showed us all the tricks the Dolphins can do and we got under water scooters!! They are fans that propel you forward in water and you control them by pushing buttons. The Dolphins did flips in the air, walked on their tails and even waved good-bye to us!! INCREDIBLE!!!!! It was an unforgettable experience that I got to do in Dolphin Cay Atlantis!!!!! So the 4 days we spent at Atlantis we packed everything in and we had the most AWESOME time EVER!!!!!

I am going to post another Blog continuing what we have been doing so this one doesn’t get to long and so you won’t get too bored! This is the Travels of Asolare, so tune in next week for another exciting episode of Our Bahama Trip!

TO BE CONTINUED…