Jan. 22, 2008- Today I woke up at 8am and realized that I had slept for 12 hours and that it was also only 5am back home. It was still raining and wet outside. Kristin and I had a mission today- to find the post office to buy stamps and mail postcards. We had a $4 continental breakfast at the hotel and headed out for the 5 minute walk to the touristy part of town. It was still overcast but surprisingly really warm. The large Disney cruise ship that was in port left and two other HUGE cruise ships came in. The MV Explorer looks miniscule compared to these gigantic fifteen story Carnival and Norwegian cruise line ships. Luckily, we found the cruise line terminal/ loading dock area and conveniently a post office near by. By then the sun had finally come out and the “liquid sunshine” as the lady that was trying to sell us beads on the beach called it, had disappeared. We decided to head back to the hotel to change into shorts and bathing suits and to try to connect to the internet again. The internet at the hotel, unfortunately, was not free but comforting to know that I could finally post on the blog and talk to family and friends. Around noon we laid out on the beach infront of our hotel until it got really overcast and windy out and then set off back into town to find lunch. The town was very crowded because both of the cruise ships arrived but we were able to find a cute little café that seemed really crowded and smelled great-Café Skans. We once again ordered hamburgers but were able to meet three other SASers who seemed really nice and excited. Then we visited the Nassau Pirate Museum Gift shop, Tartuga Rum Factory, British Columbia Hilton and the Straw Market.

Grandma- the Rum Factory’s Rum Cake was VERY Rummy! Cousin would’ve LOVED it!

After our adventure around town, we came back to the hotel too shower, watch TV, and play on the internet. We’ve met a few other SASers in our hotel.

I can’t wait for tomorrow! I board at 11:20am (8:20am PST). Hopefully I’ll be able to post tomorrow night or the next day when we’re at sea. Our first day of classes is Friday, Orientation on Thursday.

Pictures: top- our ship is to the right of the bigger cruise ship, you can only see the back of it. middle: the straw market- filled with wood carvings, straw materials and fake designer purses! last- outside the Tortuga Rum Cake Factory!