Nassau, Bahamas

Benson	Look, they drive on the left side with left sided steering wheel!	Me	Anyone want to buy me a yacht?  Looks like a must when you're in the Bahamas	In addition to the yacht, I'll take this house too, thanks =)

Our Hotel, Comfort Suites

Atlantis

Atlantis Hotel	Atlantis King Benson	Atlantis at night (sorry bad picture)	Benson	Benson and me	Me	Me with flash on	Inside Atlantis (check out my sunburn) =P

Atlantis' The Dig

Relic in the aquarium	Stingrays	Shark and stingray	Nice shark	Check it out - this fish couldn't close its mouth	That's an odd looking stingray

Ahhh, school of fish	Look, they're holding tails	That's a lot of fish	Look at those lobster legs up above	That's a big fish	Besides the reflection, there's those expensive fish that made it big in 'Deuce Bigalow'

Benson and crab	Benson picking up crab	Underneath the crab	How colorful	Where's Nemo?	Seahorses

Me and eels	The eels slowly come out	to check what's going on	Look at those scary eyes	Benson and some Ancient Scuba Man	Me and some Ancient Scuba Machine

Pirate Museum

 Pirates play a very important part in the history of Nassau and this museum using dioramas, a few artifacts and interactive signage clears up a few myths. One is that the jolly roger skull and cross bone was the flag of all pirates, whereas each ship had it's own flag. Pirate ships voted for their captains and rules, being generally more democratic, leisurely and profitable than royal or commercial ships, facts that caused many to join the life of plunder. They also provided compensation to the high proportion of pirates injured in combat. Pirates who transgressed ship rules were marooned, being made "governors of their own island".

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Native Show

Scuba Dives

Here we are on our 4 Scuba Dives...

Sorry, there aren't more pictures, but unfortunately we didn't rent or buy an underwater camera.  We soon regretted it once we discovered it costs $15 a picture.  Although since we purchased more than 6, then it was only $10 a picture =P.  Oh yeah, an additional $3 for putting it on CD.

On the first 2 dives, we saw 2 shipwrecks, a coral reef wall, a plane wreck, and sharks

Shark Dive

Okay... so the way this worked...

We dove in the water and made our way to the bottom where we sat on our knees and patiently waited for the dive master to arrive with the bait box.  As he approached, a swarm of sharks followed him knowing it was lunch time.  Just a few feet away from us, the dive master would spear one fish head out of the bait box and pull it out.  Before you know it, a shark would attack the bait and swim off.  A few times as the shark took its lunch, it would toss his head back right in front of us and we got a really good look at the insides of his mouth.  Yes... at times I was worried it would accidentally take a bite out of us too since they came so close.  We were told not to make any kind of movement and to keep our hands close to our body.  If the sharks happened to knock us over as we were kneeling, we were to remain fallen for the rest of the feed in the event that the sharks would mistake us for lunch.  Once the shark feed was done, the sharks slowly left.  It is common for sharks to lose their teeth when they eat because they bite down so hard.  After everything was clear, we were allowed to search for shark teeth.  Unfortunately, I didn't find any, but luckily Benson found two! =)

CARIBBEAN REEF SHARK FACTS: Caribbean reef sharks typically are found on or near coral reefs. Adults can grow to be 10 feet long. The Caribbean reef shark is a member of the Requiem shark family. When we conjure up a picture in our mind, this is the "classic" shark. They are big, fast, full-bodied sharks.  Caribbean reef sharks typically are seen cruising the edge of the reef, over deep water. They feed on reef fishes, rays and large crabs.  Females have four to six pups that are about 2 feet long at birth.  Recently, dive operations in the Bahamas plan "shark" dives for their guests. They place bait in a canister on the reef to ring the shark dinner bell. Sharks appear out of nowhere, smelling the bait from up to a quarter of a mile away. Divers get a once in a lifetime thrill, and the sharks get an easy meal. Caribbean reef sharks are found from Florida south to Brazil.

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Exuma, Bahamas

After a rough 1	hour boat trip,	here we are at	Exuma Island.	Look at the three	tone water and how	clear the water is!	Our boat dock

Benson and me	taking a few	poses here and	there with the	beautiful island	in the background.	We went snorkeling	and then went to

a sand bar where	the current comes	up on both sides to	make a little sand	island.  Here we are	goofing around and	playing in the ever	so clear water.

Hound fish	Lizard =P	Lemon Shark	Our leftovers...	We threw the bones	from lunch off the	dock and the sharks	raced for their lunch

Stingray

Look! a stingray	The stingray came	up on the shore	and we put fish in	our hands, crumbled	the food up in our,	fist, put fist in water,	and waited for the

stingray to smell	the food and swim	up to us.  Then we	open our hands and	(Excuse my butt)	the stingray sucks	up the food right	out of our hands!!

This stingray	is a girl and is	about 3-4 ft wide.	I want a pet stingray now!!	Ahhh... I'm sad the stingray is leaving	Wait... she came back, but...	we didn't have anymore food	so she left =(

Iguana Island

(Over 500 Iguanas on the island)

As our boat approaches	Iguana Island all these	Iguanas slowly start to	creep out.  Apparently,	they know it's chow time.	Our captain and a bird

So we stick a grape on	a stick and dangle it in	front of them as we tease	them to come closer and	get the grape.  In the	process we manage to

make them do some	exercise and a few jump	'n' jacks for us.  Mmmm...	yummy rotten grapes.	This one was a little too	fat to jump up.

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