Cramer Cruise 2012 – Day 2 – Nassau Bahamas

We pulled into the Bahamas bright and early and set out into our first port of call, Nassau. We were treated to an amazing view of Paradise Island as our ship pulled into port, alongside the Carnival Glory which would be following us throughout the trip.

We were told the night before that a lot of the locations would be shutdown due to the local holiday of Jonkanoo. It slowed us down a little bit as we had to navigate around the parade to get anywhere, but it was pretty cool to hear about the tradition and see the very creative costumes and floats. The floats were pulled by guys wearing football pads! They squeezed in front and then lifted the entire contraption up on their shoulders and started dancing down the street. Amazing.

We took a slight detour from the dock to Cable beach, before we ended up on the beach people really go to (Cabbage). Cable looked nice, but we are glad we turned back for Cabbage because the beach there was amazing. Brown sugar sand and amazing water.

We read and relaxed on the beach and then headed back to the ship. We had a great night with the fam playing cards and exploring the many activities on the ship.

• Steve and EB’s blog for the day
• Janet and Joe’s blog for the day (definitely worth checking out as they have some awesome aquarium shots of Atlantis)