A short review of my Bahamas trip with pics
As you know, ny DH and I were off to the Bahamas last Saturday morning, for a short R&R trip and we returned on Wednesday. I'll start off by saying that this trip was free - because my hubby was top sales manager in September and we were awarded the trip by General Motors (GM). All we spent was $350 for tips, souveniers, and my day at the SPA. We couldn't have asked for anything more.
The flight was quick - flying time only about 2.5 hours. I fared well on the flight there, only having to go to the bathroom twice. The plane was not fully booked, so my DH and I were able to spreadout because we had an empty seat in our aisle. BTW, we flew Delta from LGA.
We stayed at the Atlantis on Paradise Island - in the newest towers - the Royal Towers. The resort as a whole is beautiful, but our hotel room was standard - nothing to write home about. But we hardly spent anytime in our room - but it did have a beautiful view across the resort and overlooking the ocean with a small balcony to step out on.
We ate like kings on the meal plan - the food in each of the restaurants at the resort was fantastic - oh, so delicious. I think I gained like 10 pounds and now DH teases me that my belly looks more like a basketball than the previous football look! We spent a lot of time in lounge chairs by the pools and walked the beach a few times. I'm not a sun tanner - I burn way too easily and avoid thd sun at all costs, but I still got some lobster red color! Because I just started my 7th month, I was not allowed to do much water sports, like slides or tubing or jet skis obviously, however, seeing that I was itching to do something, DH treated me to a day at the SPA.
It was heaven. I got a manicure and pedicure and a Swedish massage, which was the only massage they would do if you are pregnant, but it was wonderful nonetheless. That was about $175, so you can see the cost of our trip was nothing without this expense![]()
Worth the expense, I felt so good afterwards!
We didn't leave the resort at all (we could have headed to downtown Nassau to the shops), but we had only a few days, so we just relaxed and enjoyed. I will say that the Atlantis itself is very expensive - the food was really expensive. And the place was crawling with kids and their families, which I don't mind at all, seeing in less than 90 days I will be one of them. But at 10 p.m. we were having a romantic dinner in a fancy restaurant and there were kids running between the tables and knocking things all over and such.
Well, not much else to tell, so I will end with some pictures, which we didn't go crazy with because we spent most of our time at the pool.
The place is surrounded by aquariums in every place:
The view from our room:
Us in the couryard of the hotel:
The 60-ft. vertical drop slide I couldn't go on, and DH didn't either, although I wanted him too. You go through a tube at the end and you are surrounded by sharks.
Our walk along the beach:
Showing off the belly:
After stuffing our faces at dinner one night - notice my lobster red tan!:
I did wear a bathing suit, but DH is the worst picture taker - here's the best shot!:
We had dinner here one night:
Waiting for the bus to go back to the airport
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The flight was quick - flying time only about 2.5 hours. I fared well on the flight there, only having to go to the bathroom twice. The plane was not fully booked, so my DH and I were able to spreadout because we had an empty seat in our aisle. BTW, we flew Delta from LGA.
We stayed at the Atlantis on Paradise Island - in the newest towers - the Royal Towers. The resort as a whole is beautiful, but our hotel room was standard - nothing to write home about. But we hardly spent anytime in our room - but it did have a beautiful view across the resort and overlooking the ocean with a small balcony to step out on.
We ate like kings on the meal plan - the food in each of the restaurants at the resort was fantastic - oh, so delicious. I think I gained like 10 pounds and now DH teases me that my belly looks more like a basketball than the previous football look! We spent a lot of time in lounge chairs by the pools and walked the beach a few times. I'm not a sun tanner - I burn way too easily and avoid thd sun at all costs, but I still got some lobster red color! Because I just started my 7th month, I was not allowed to do much water sports, like slides or tubing or jet skis obviously, however, seeing that I was itching to do something, DH treated me to a day at the SPA.
It was heaven. I got a manicure and pedicure and a Swedish massage, which was the only massage they would do if you are pregnant, but it was wonderful nonetheless. That was about $175, so you can see the cost of our trip was nothing without this expense
We didn't leave the resort at all (we could have headed to downtown Nassau to the shops), but we had only a few days, so we just relaxed and enjoyed. I will say that the Atlantis itself is very expensive - the food was really expensive. And the place was crawling with kids and their families, which I don't mind at all, seeing in less than 90 days I will be one of them. But at 10 p.m. we were having a romantic dinner in a fancy restaurant and there were kids running between the tables and knocking things all over and such.
Well, not much else to tell, so I will end with some pictures, which we didn't go crazy with because we spent most of our time at the pool.
The place is surrounded by aquariums in every place:
The view from our room:
Us in the couryard of the hotel:
The 60-ft. vertical drop slide I couldn't go on, and DH didn't either, although I wanted him too. You go through a tube at the end and you are surrounded by sharks.
Our walk along the beach:
Showing off the belly:
After stuffing our faces at dinner one night - notice my lobster red tan!:
I did wear a bathing suit, but DH is the worst picture taker - here's the best shot!:
We had dinner here one night:
Waiting for the bus to go back to the airport
