We could hardly believe that Nassau would be our last stop in our itinerary. We had been looking forward to this stop since we scheduled our cruise because we had heard so much about the Atlantis Resort and the island itself having so much to explore. Unfortunately for us this was 4th of July weekend and the Atlantis was booked to capacity. All the excursions and day activities were booked from almost before the cruise set sail. Consequently we decided to acquaint ourselves with the island and follow our own excursion! It was so fascinating to observe the local Bahamanians (as they like to be called, according to our cab driver "Eslie aka: "Bobo, which means royalty, in his country, according to him) in preparation for their 36th year of independence. They seem to be pretty patriotic, as are Americans. We took a cab to the local "Cabbage Beach" just for a quick stop so we could gather our souvenir for our sand collection (now we can say we own a bit of Bahamas :-).
After a few hours of stay we had to return to our ship because we had signed up to participate in a "Walk on deck for the cure" one mile walk to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen foundation. There were over 3000 passengers aboard the ship so we figured that at least 50 would participate in such a noble cause. Much to our disappointment the Leyva's and the organizer were the only ones that participated! The activity director mentioned to us that it was likely that many "participants" donated but chose not to do the walk. Interestingly enough as we walked and walked our ten laps, we could smell the food and see the people on the lower decks binging (large plates with mounds of food). Ten laps went very fast, and we felt great for having contributed to finding a cure for breast cancer, a great cause and our own health.
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