Welcome back, everybody! It's been a whirlwind but the dust is settling a bit and I'm getting caught up on everything...including posting!
For my 39th birthday this year, Brian and I went to Nassau in the Bahamas for a beachy getaway. After work, we drove down to his parent's house and took a red-eye to Nassau.
We landed at about 9 am, picked up our rental car, and immediately found our way to a beautiful beach until we could check in to our Airbnb. We had it all to ourselves with the exception of a cute little crab. After a couple of hours, we were hungry and there happened to be a food truck right across the street selling chicken and rice, so we grabbed some and ate it on the beach.
Once our apartment was ready, we went and dropped off our bags and then went out to explore a little bit more of the island. We found our way to Jaws Beach on the west side and spent the afternoon swimming and walking around the little cove. The water there was absolutely beautiful and crystal clear.
That evening for sunset, we went to a private beach that we had access to with our Airbnb and then got dinner at a little Conch Shack nearby and then took a wonderful bath.
The next day, we got breakfast and then spent the day at Clifton Heritage National Park, exploring some of the old plantations and learned about the history of slavery on the island. Then we found a secluded beach that was part of the park and spent the rest of the day there. Brian snorkeled and I sunned myself in my lounge chair and walked along, checking out shells and sea glass.
Saturday we went out to breakfast closer to where the cruise port was and circumnavigated the entire island.
We hung out on a beach for a few hours but it was a bit cloudy and windy so we ended up getting take-out and going back to our room in the early afternoon. Brian got caught up on some work while I took a bath and we just chilled and ate popcorn and watched Alone.
Sunday was spent back at Jaws Beach where some local men spotted a shark. There have been a couple of shark attacks in the last few weeks, so we just stayed on the beach for the day. Luckily, it wasn't too hot. We got Conch Salad at a little roadside stand for dinner.
On our last day, we went back to one of our favorite beaches in Clifton Heritage National Park and had the whole place to ourselves for the whole day. It was bliss. We found another car on the side of the road with chicken and rice and we just ate on the beach and hung out for 7 hours. And that was it! We really didn't do much of anything...just chilled and relaxed and soaked up the sun. It was perfect.
