Bahamas Cruise Day 4 (Freeport)

Day 4 of our cruise was spent in Freeport.  We began the morning with another breakfast on the open deck.  I love eating outside.

While eating, the boys got to watch several boats down below. They were fascinated to see all of the work taking place around us.

They also enjoyed watching shipping crates being loaded onto this ship.

I think they would have spent the whole day just watching the workers do their jobs.

some cruise ships being worked on in the distance

Here they are playing a game of ping pong while we waited for our turn to get off the ship.

A beautiful view from our ship.  The water there was just gorgeous!

 Our family ready for a fun day in Freeport, Bahamas

We had a glass bottom boat excursion planned for the day.  We loaded into a van and traveled across the island to catch our boat. 

 walking the pier to catch our boat

our family on the glass bottom boat tour in Freeport

He was ready to see some fish. 

Looking down at the glass bottom to see if any fish were swimming by.

a shark swimming under the boat

We did not spend much time looking through the glass bottom. We could see more fish from the sides of the boat.  We could not believe all of the fish we saw.

We bought some food for the boys to feed to the fish.  There were fish everywhere!  It was so pretty.

 

they loved feeding them

me and Cruz enjoying a beautiful day in Freeport  

I had done some research on this excursion and we didn't book it just for the glass bottom boat experience.  What attracted me to this particular activity was the reviews I read, and the youtube videos I watched about it.  My boys love sharks.  What this excursion offered was some amazing, up-close views of sharks swimming in the ocean.   The videos I watched were cool but they did not compare to seeing it in person.  It was amazing and the boys were blown away.  It was so much fun!

 

watching the sharks and the fish swim right beneath us

There were a bunch of them.  It did make me a little nervous.

At one point our guide lowered a dead fish and caught one of the sharks.  He pulled it up for all of us to see.  Can you imagine how excited my boys were? Oh, they just squealed!

 

Cruz said it was the "best day ever"

headed back to shore

When we returned to the port we did a little shopping before we got back on board the ship.  The boys chose some wooden swords to take home.

pretending to be pirates

 our towel art waiting for us in our room

We had a nice supper in the dining room but dessert was what I waited for all day.  One of my favorite dessert choices of all is the Warm Chocolate Melting Cake.  It is a Carnival cruise favorite. I had this every night but one.  It is so delicious! 

The boys went to Club Ocean and we went to the evening show.  When we picked Ben up that night this is how we found him.  He was so proud of his web.  They had a creepy, crawly themed night in class.  As if he had not already had enough excitement that day he got to spend his night learning about bugs, spiders, and insects.  Have I mentioned what a fun trip this was?  We really did have a blast!

We had one more day of fun at sea before our trip came to an end.  I'll share how we wrapped it up tomorrow.

Bahamas Cruise Day 3 (Nassau)

Day 3 of our cruise began with an early morning buffet breakfast for me and Cruz.  He was so excited about the day he just could not sleep.  I guess we both were.  We sat down to eat on an outdoor deck and enjoyed a beautiful view of the Atlantis resort in the distance.  It was a fun little one on one time for the two of us.

having breakfast in Nassau

the Atlantis Resort in Nassau, Bahamas

me and Cruz enjoying the views of Nassau from the ship

our family ready to explore Nassau

our ship from the dock

It was our first time to visit the Bahamas.  I was excited.

He was excited too.

We started our visit with some shopping.  We walked up and down this street looking in all of the souvenir shops.  We were on the lookout for a shark tooth necklace for the boys.

pretty in pink

shopping in Nassau

We found one and he loves it.

We visited this Dunkin' Donuts/ Baskin Robbins shop for a morning snack.  What a great combination for a store.

enjoying a donut in the Bahamas

We could not resist stopping by the local grocery store.  When traveling to other places we always like to go in grocery stores to see what foods are sold there.  We are always comparing it to the foods we can get in Guatemala. 

My boys like pirates and we saw a lot of pirate stuff in Nassau.

After shopping we took a tour on a horse and carriage.

views from the tour

the boys were tickled to see a Burger King there

cold drinks, snacks, and news papers

We passed Zion Baptist Church while on the tour.  Our driver told us that Baptist work was large there.  In addition to looking for grocery stores, finding churches is another thing we like to do when traveling.

We ended our visit there with a stop by Starbucks.  We enjoyed some coffee and free wi-fi.

The ship sailed out in the late afternoon.  Here are some photos I took as we sailed away.

Me and Cruz at supper that night.  With all the fancy food options available Cruz most always chose a hot dog.

Ben and David

We ended the evening with the boys going to Camp Ocean and us going to see the evening show.  We enjoyed late night ice cream again before calling it a night.  

Next up- Freeport.