Nassau Bahamas

22 Feb

We walked into Nassau from our hotel on Paradise Island. Paradise Island is connected to Nassau by 2 one way bridges. Vehicles have to pay toll on the entry bridge. Collection booth is on the left side. Drivers with right steer cars have to reach across the passenger seat to pay the toll.

Looking back towards our hotel from the bridge. Our hotel is the second one from the left.

The walk to Nassau took 25 mins on Bay Street. This is the main street in Nassau, and probably the only with a footpath. You have to walk, for most streets on the road shoulder and is not recommended.

We have seen up to 5 cruise liners moored at the wharf in Nassau. The shops cater for the passengers on these liners.

Wang Theng is in there somewhere.

Police directing traffic on Bay Street.

There is a large building called the straw market. Here you will find crafts made from straw, wood, shells and so on. We were told the old straw market burned to the ground (don't laugh).

Went to lunch on this street. Deciding to eat healthy, I ordered a stewed fish and Wang Theng a conch chowder. The stewed fish was actually a piece of fried fish (batter and all) and then stewed, very average. Should have taken a hint from the name of the cafe - Skanz.

Wang Theng wanted to do some more shopping, so we parted for 2 hours. She bought a straw bag, some dresses and some T shirts from Hard Rock Cafe.

Meantime I wandered down to the cruise liner terminal on Prince George Wharf. Checked out the stalls in the terminal and took a closer look at the liners. You can get your hair braided Carribean style here in one of the huts at the terminal.

Then I went to the Tiki Bar where we were supposed to meet. Check out the other Bahamian beer, the High Rock, a bit hoppier than the others and also very nice.

We bought some supplies from the store and took a taxi back to the hotel. Taxi fare is $4 each if there a four people. We didn't want to wait, so that was $12.

For our dinner we decided to eat unda the bridge. The huts selling food is under the outbound bridge from Paradise Island. So again we walked across the bridge and ducked under on the other side.

The area under the bridge is called Potter's Cay (pronounced key). It has fishing boats and 2 rows of huts selling "conch" and other seafood meals. We appeared to be the only visitors there, probably a bit too seedy for tourists at night.

After taking a look at all the huts, we settled on Danny under da Bridge.

We ordered conch grill and fried Barracuda plus a couple of Kaliks. Danny shooed some of his local patrons away to clear a table for us. The police patrol car cruised twice past us while we waited for Danny's woman chef to fry up our feed. The beer was nice and cold as they usually chill them in ice rather than refrigerate. It was karaoke night at Danny's. The MC could not convince anyone to sing, so Danny had a go, singing a Kenny Roger's number - I believe in you, I believe.

Danny and I, and so that was day 2.