Bahamas (Spring Break 2008)

I love my Spring Break 2008!
Trip to Bahamas was mad crazy, I got so tanned...and it's always great to hang out with my crew!!!Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!
Don’t ever trust the weather forecast, it's stupid. It's SUNNY everyday!
Seafood and desserts are always wonderful!
Screaming and laughing on the streets are our hobbies!
Ok, I keep writing the entry with present tense. I really have an issue with tenses. I will start to learn to speak and write in past tense.

Day 1 (March 9th): When we were checking-in at the hotel in the afternoon, we were asked to wait for 30 minutes. By the time, we gladly met a new friend, Uncle Raymond, who was with us and delivered us so much fun the entire trip. The first dinner we had in Bahamas was at Seafood Haven. We got all kind of seafood, groupper and some other fish, shrimps, lobsters, and the famous conch salad. I like the broth in the steaming part, it’s incredibly tasty and not oily at all. The only thing that tasted not so good was the plantains (fried bananas). Then we explored around downtown, but everything was closed at 5:00 p.m.

Day 2 (March 10th): Since the stupid lady says something stupid about the Atlantis Aquaventure, we went to Cabbage Beach at Paradise Island. Wooohooo our first beach in this trip! It’s windy and cool, but luckily it didn’t rain. And Ellis got her hair braided! We also took a lot of perverted pics with the two half-coconut and rose peanuts. Since I was starved (and I am sure that everyone was quite starved), we cleaned ourselves up and had lunch at Anthony’s Grill. Fried Conch Sandwich with tartar sauce and Grilled quaterly chicken were great!

At night, we chilled at the warm swimming pool at Sheraton Hotel. We took cool pics under the water! Thanks to Sylvia’s sheltered camera hehe! I cannot believe we finished two bottles of liquor in like 5 minutes?!!??!!!

Day 3 (March 11th): Atlantis Aquaventure! We did all the slides and rapids/currents. The tallest slide is about seven stories, and when you slide down, you can see sharks outside the tube. It was so fun and scary...many many screams from the girls and many many curses from the guys!!! After the slides, we hung out at the beach in Atlantis, immersing ourselves in the world of beautiful beaches!!! All of us except Sylvia jetskiied while Ellis and Sylvia parasailed. Super super exciting! Colette and Mung King fell haha! After our rinse, we had buffet at Market Place in Atlantis Adventure. Throughout the meal, I spilled ice-cream on the chocolate fondue area...and not to mention how many times I repeatedly spilled food on my clothes hahaha. I swear I wasn't like this before, NEVER! Then we visited the aquarium and the huge manta ray!

***On our way back, we were confronted by the rude taxi driver who tried to trick and deceive us! We had an argument with the taxi fare. Kevin and Nickie started the "discussion" with the driver, then a hotel’s staff intervened. She wanted to rally with the driver but failed. Soon I lost my patience and yelled at the driver with my aroused anger “Is that your trick? Are you deceiving us? We are in Bahamas for vacations, not for argument!” She couldn't utter anything and I asked everyone not to give her money. Kevin and I then handed in the fare we thought was reasonable. Yeah I think I was really reallllllyyyyyy cool. Haha this becomes one of the highlights and favourite quotes in our trip!!!

Day 4 (March 12th): Lunch at Twin Bothers near Downtown. We were kids, that’s why we had fried food! We had fried seafood, fried groupper sticks and conch frits. After lunch, we went to the Pirates' Museum (which sucks), walked around Downtown and the Straw Market (flea market). I also bought Tortuga Rum Cakes ("A taste of the Caribbean")!

After dinner (cup noodles), we went down to Sheraton’s pool (again). Took more under-water-photos because our previous ones were missing! Fun Fun Fun!

Day 5 (March 13th): Scuba Diving! Got trained and certified in Atlantis in the morning. Nickie and Mung King made fun of the "OK" sign! We did two tanks. Under the sea is gorgeous, but we were not allowed to touch the corals or the fish... My first time to dive was tiring and fun! I like it I like it! FYI: Mung King is from Cuba and the staff was pissed.

Dinner at the barbecue buffet along the beachside in our hotel. The woman performer who played with fire was wild! And Colette was invited to play the 蓮步舞!!!

Day 6 (March 14th): Powerboat Adventure! Another highlight of the trip! Take a look at our pictures, we were insanely excited from the moment we step on the boat. We screamed WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA just for the heck of it. The couples who took the group pic for us must have thought that we were crazy. We fed iguanas (some kind of lizards that eat grapes). I found a life conch but I had to let it go. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee, I so wanted to bring it back, grill it in live, eat it and keep the shell. We then arrived in another island (beach?) again with very soft sand and clear water. I don't know why the pig is called "Strange Fish", and it doesn’t look like me at all!!! The real show began with feeding sting rays, observing the staff feeding sharks, snorkeling and the open-bar-lunch. When we went back to snorkel in our free time, we got a real close encounter with the sting rays and the sharks. It was scarily awesome! Kevin, Nickie and I bought starfish. We were so busy to preserve them haha!

We had dinner at the Italian restaurant (What name?) at Sheraton. My spaghetti carbonara was ok; Leo’s Shrimp Scampi was good, but too mini. I accidentally broke the glass when Kevin passed me his spoon. Sigh...it's only because I was too excited about our trip! After dinner, Ellis, Kevin and I gambled at our Casino. I lost $2 haha but I like my $5-chip!

Day 7 (March 15th): I miss Bahamas!

I was so starved that I asked for snacks before the plane aired. I also finished the snacks I originally reserved for Mung King who was sleeping next to me. And in the end, I asked for more choco chip cookies wahaha!

Of course dinner and our last group pic at Joe’s Shanghai! I spilled my broth when I was instructed to do the weird finger games. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Then we met up with Ton Ton, Tham Tham, and the others at Cashbox Karaoke because Ton Ton was giving Ellis and Kevin a ride back! MISS YOU ALL!

As the story continues...it was Kevin's trick to have left his luggage at Nickie's place. We were impressed!