Resort Town

The main things that the Bahamas is known for are the luxurious resorts and white, sandy beaches. Tourism has always been a part of this island, and people have flocked here to enjoy the island feel. What we did not know however, is that tourism is the only industry on this island. There is no economy without it.  

All of the money on the island seems to go to these resorts, so they are all in good repair with the hedges trimmed and grass cut. This resort hardly ever has people staying in this wing here, so we decided we should take advantage of the photo op. 

We have never seen people in or near this pool in the 6 weeks we've been here, so I thought it would be nice to take a load off. This is one of three pools this hotel has.

We found out this pool is actually heated, and feels so nice! The ocean water and also most of the pools we've been around are fairly chilly water, so it needs to be a really nice day to swim. There is a bar behind Reed where the shutters open to serve drinks to people in the pool. There are actually stools under water, although this too has never been open.

We thought this gazebo was pretty, and took a couple shots. It overlooks the marina here and at all times of the day you can see boats and yachts of all sizes.  

 

Here is another shot of the marina and the huge resort across the way.











Here Reed is showing off his flexibility and long legs. I couldn't reach, so I'm glad he could at least show off a bit.












 We haven't been able to determine if this lighthouse is actually used, or if it's decoration. We haven't seen it on, but I guess we're not normally out in stormy weather...

This is an entrance to yet another resort. Since tourism is down quite a bit this year, many of these places have not been full at all. We still see tourist all over, but most come in from cruise ships to spend the afternoon.





This is by far our favorite resort to visit; it is called The Grand Lucayan. We have to be careful to not look suspicious though, we have already gotten kicked out once. We like to walk through this hotel to the beach, because it's air conditioned and beautiful as well. They are tricky here though, they make you wear a wristband to show you're staying at the resort. Bummer...

The Grand Lucayan resort also has this beautiful pool overlooking the ocean. We want to swim in it so badly, but don't want to get into trouble.









They also have a lap pool that the local high school swim team uses. We could pass for high schoolers, right?

This is a view of one of the restaurants on the beach, owned by the last resort. We have never seen it open though, there aren't enough people to warrant having it open I guess.

There is a barbecue shack on the beach as well. They sell the typical burgers and fries, but they also have more Bahamian things like conch and chips.