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Monday, July 17, 2006

As y'all know, Ms. Meowmix, Tra, Theresa & I went on a cruise to the Bahamas in November for my birthday. I didn't really blog about it because so much happened in a span of 4 days that I didn't even know WHERE to begin. We wound up sailing on Carnival and I can't rave enough. The ship was immaculate, the staff was always helpful and even our room was cute. We had this one steward who would make these towel animals which were hilar. I'd post a couple pics but then Meowmix will kill me.

Anywayz, I've never been on a boat in the ocean before, let alone to the Bahamas so this was a first for me. I have a deathly fear of sharks so I'm a big wuss when it comes to the ocean - my brother got a beatdown once when he tried to toss me in it in the Cape.

To start off the day, the first thing that I saw was my home away from home - STARBUCKS! So starting off the day right with a nonfat iced venti caramel macchiato, we trotted off and about to do what Lys does best - shop! The shopping in the Bahamas is FAB! I drove Meowmix mad dragging her to Gucci. See, my mother told me that in the Bahamas, Gucci is 1/2 price, but she was WRONG! Same price as in the states so no Gucci for this gal, more like GRUCCI. I wound up picking up some handmade jewelry, some presents for friends and family and even wound up locating a Cuban cigar, granted it was 3 years too late, but I still won the bet with A. & Bri. I even participated in a local raffle and won a diamond necklace. And, to top that, I won it ON MY BIRTHDAY! Now that was quite the birthday gift (along with the coffee).

We went to Atlantis and I rode on this little boat and the views were breathtaking. The water was clear, the colors vibrant and the people were soooo nice. I just wanted to sit on a beach, relax and drink rum out of a coconut (rather tasty if I may say so myself - I had two!).

Meowmix & Tra were more the adventurers with Meowmix zooming around narrowly missing a three wave runner collision with 2 other tourists followed up with Tra & Meowmix having a near death encounter due to a strong undertow which tossed them like rag dolls. (It looked like they were goofing around from the shore, however it was more alarming when we heard what happened). Tra got cut by the rocks and it was just, wow, unbelievable.

That evening we decided to visit Senor Frogs, a local bar and that was out of control. We met some nice boys and leave it to me to get hit on by the ONE guy from POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA (Can we say Dukes of Hazzard, anyone! Ugh!) All in all, good night and I got a whopper of a cell bill because I decided to drive JZ & BR nuts with my tales from da boat, and BR asking me exactly how inebriated was I. I wasn't drunk dialing that badly ;)

The Bahamas are amazing and a place I KNOW I will visit many times over. Too bad they don't ship the rum filled coconuts here.

www.bahamas.com

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