'ENCHANTMENT OF THE SEAS'
A Cruise Ship of Royal Caribbean International

The massive vessel dwarfs Sue at the mooring in Nassau, Bahamas mid-way through our 4 night, 5 day cruise in this British island chain off the east coast of south Florida.  The cruise originated in Port Canaveral, FL just north of our winter digs.

The first stop was a day-long visit to a Coco Cay (a small island) owned by the cruise line where there were lots of activities and amusements for the passsengers.

They were ferried by a tender from the ship anchored
close off-shore.  One of those tenders, which rotated ships to shore all day, makes its way back to our ship which has been joined by one of  it's sister ships of the Royal Caribbean line.

My main activity ashore was finding my first International Geocache which was located near the grave--well sort'a--of Blackbeard the pirate.  The famous pirate was not actually buried here; just part of the fictional charm of the island. The ruins in the background of the grave photo are real, however, thought to be built by slaves in the 1700s.

Sue, Dee and Dick Weeks, cruisemates and friends from Syracuse, NY, (below) are pondering a visit to the "Atlantis" attraction (background, orange hue) located on Paradise Island. Nassau.  We'll wander over there for a visit in the next installment.

   

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