Unpacking and repacking everything at the Menschels the night before I left for SAS. |
Two little boys in Nassau who offered to sing to me for $1. They promised they'd be singing a native song, but that only lasted about 2 measures before they broke into "Jesus Loves Me." |
I let the boys play with my camera and take pictures of each other. |
My first time off the ship I took off for a little walk on my own to this fort and water tower above the city. This canon was pointing directly at the ship. |
View of the Explorer (the small ship in the back) from the fort. |
The Queen's Staircase. |
My first night off the ship in Nassau, Chris the photographer and I went walking around Nassau and found these kids jumping off a pier. He helped me take some great stop action shots. |
My first night off the ship in Nassau, Chris the photographer and I went walking around Nassau and found these kids jumping off a pier. He helped me take some great stop action shots. |
On our way back to the ship Chris and I stumbled across this festival where the Bahamians were doing some fire dancing and Junkanoo which is a traditional dance. Photo by Chris Bolin.
Photo by Chris Bolin.
Photo by Chris Bolin.
Photo by Chris Bolin.
Chris, who claims that he has no sense of rhythm and will never dance, got dragged up on the stage to shake his bootie with the fire dancer. |
We tried to leave, but the dancers convinced us to stay and then I found myself wearing this costume and in the middle of their Junkanoo dance. Photo by Chris Bolin.
We tried to leave, but the dancers convinced us to stay and then I found myself wearing this costume and in the middle of their Junkanoo dance. |
The Junkanoo marching band. Photo by Chris Bolin.
I had many boyfriends that night. A couple of bothers from Jamaica wanted to be my boyfriend and this guy latched on to me and helped me jump off the pier. Photo by Sony Stark. |
Krista preparing to jump off the pier with her new friends. |
Beth, Krista, Sony, and I went back to the pier where Chris and I had been the night before so we could swim with the locals and Sony could get some good video footage. |
Jumping off the pier in Nassau. Photo by Sony Stark. |
Krista and I swimming with many of the local kids climbing on us. It was very fun. |
My new friend Asia and her father. Photos by Sony Stark. |
Our ship, the MV Explorer. Photo by Sony Stark. |
Beautiful food sculptures the crew made for the parents' reception. |