We got out of Washington National Airport just fine on Saturday, transferred in Charlotte flawlessly (as usual) and landed in Nassau, Bahamas with no problems. This time US Air did not lose any luggage and we were able to get to our hotel, the Wyndham Resort Nassau with no problems.
Word of advice, don’t arrive early at the Wyndham Resort Nassau. They are on “island time” here and you should arrive several hours after the nominal 4pm checkin if you want your room ready when you check in. Desiree at the check-in desk wins the award for the rudest hotel staffer we have ever met on any trip in our lifetimes. The room has two beds, one with mid-1970’s mattress and box spring, the other with a late 90’s (which is ok). We have an “island view” room rather than “ocean view” and frankly it would not matter except we are directly above the busy street and traffic noise is an issue.
Now for the good stuff… The hot tub is very hot, the pool is very cool, there is a waterfall, a waterslide, and a swim-up bar. The ocean off the hotel’s beach is not particularly nice to swim in, but the sand is nice and the beach has plenty of shade from our hotel towers as the beach faces North. Moso (asian fusion food) was fabulous, and so was Twin Brothers over at “Fish Fry” (a strip of local places halfway between Nassau town and Cable Beach). Skans cafe in Nassau is awesome and cheap (going to write a glowing review for chowhound when I get back). Mike and Joan got in last night and were missing one bag (dive gear), but the bag caught up with them by the time we finished dinner.
So far it is just good to get away from work for a while; this is the most I have needed a vacation in a long time. I post more on the trip and embed photos later. We cancelled yesterday and today’s planned diving because my sinuses are still blocked. Hopefully tomorrow we’ll be ready to ‘get wet’ in the Bahamas.
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