Paradise Island

Conches

Big shells $10

Small ones $5
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Took the ferry boat from

Nassau to Paradise Island ($6 return)

on Saturday

Ferry to Paradise Island

(use to be Hog Island)

Our guide Theo

on board

Half of the island is not open for public

- it’s the place where rich & famous, like

Mick Jagger, Tiger Woods, Tom Cruise etc, have their holiday houses.

There’re no roads there so one must have boat to access there.

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Atlantis on Paradise Island

Michael Jackson had a suite here

-$25.000/night, minimum stay 4 nights regarded

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At yhe harbour of Paradise Island

- somebody had thrown a plastic bottle to the sea

& somebody had to go and pick it up

- no littering in Bahamas!

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Walked trough the Atlantis to Cabbage Beach

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Lots of small shops

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Huge private boats

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A shopping mall inside the Atlantis

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Cabbage Beach

at the end of the Atlantis area

Stayed there for sun bathing for some time

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On the way back walked through Atlantis again

- there's not only a shopping mall,

but Aqvarium & a huge casino as well

- everything very Las Vegas-style!

- nice to see once,

but not for staying there a week or so

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Had a snack, but didn't feed the birds

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Once again big boats there

Outside shopping area

- touristic stuff

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Waiting for the ferry back to Nassau port

- last ferry goes at 6pm
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Back in Nassau around 6pm

and ready for dinner

- very nice day!