Bahamas – from the steel mar in Spanish which means shallow seas or ba-ha-ma in Lucayan (indigenous Bahamas), which means large upper middle land, is a Commonwealth country that capital is Nassau. Countries with a population of around 350,000 people have islands – small islands of white sand, the famous among them is the Cat Island, Harbor Island and Crocked Island and located in the Atlantic Ocean, bordering with the United States, Cuba and the Caribbean. With a beautiful beach and the location is not far from the U.S., causing many U.S. citizens who live or have a villa in the Bahamas.
From the balcony we could see the tourists who were sunbathing on the beach, swimming, diving, spurred his boat at sea, parasailing or just stroll the beach lane as I do. The beach is very clean with white sand and blue sea water clear.
I also stopped at the Atlantis Hotel, which was inspired from the Atlantis – the lost-continent. The hotel is very big and spacious. From a distance, shapes curved building with towers decorated like a castle and surrounded by Atlantis Beach and Paradise Beach.
Not only that, the hotel is also surrounded by artificial lakes are very beautiful, among others, Paradise Lagoon which inhabited a small fish with the colors beautiful, inhabited Stingray Lagoon stingrays types Spotted Eagle Ray.
Then, Hibiscus Lagoon inhabited Bahamas turtles and Mayan Temple Lagoon inhabited by fish species Caribbean Reef sharks, Silky Sharks and Nurse Sharks. Beautiful!. For those who like to try a variety of good food, Atlantis Hotel one place because here there is Nobu, the famous Japanese restaurant good, and Mesa Grill, a restaurant owned by Chef Bobby Flay’s famous Food Channel on television.
Walking behind the hotel along the Atlantis Marina are filled with rows of sailboats, a row of restaurants lining of Carmine’s Italian Restaurant to Burger Johnny Rocket and the shops of Versace to the Dooney & Bourke and souvenir booths at the Marina Village complex.
We decided to try the Bahamian conch (meat from a large shell) in Bimini Restaurant, I ordered a conch salad, conch meat slices mixed with slices of mango, sweet corn and lettuce, fresh taste, a plate of mahi-mahi and a glass of virgin fuel pinacolada. In the terrace restaurant, a band played Latin tunes to accompany guests to enjoy food.
At noon, rented a car with a mini van, we walked the streets of Nassau are not too wide, a lot of corners and a little dusty. Historic buildings in this city, like Christ Church Cathedral, Parliament Square and Government House is an architectural mix of Spanish and English.