The Bahamas

       Written by, Savannah W.

Have you ever wondered what the Bahamas are like? Well. If you have,
this is an article to read! I have been to the Bahamas on a vacation with my
family. In the Bahamas, you have a great view of tropical beauty. The ocean
is just like it looks in those pictures. The Bahamas have great food and drinks
too, The only main problem with the Bahamas is that everything is super
expensive; for example, 1 jug of milk is like $8.00! The weather is hot, but
there is a constant breeze that cools everything down. There is also many
things to do in the Bahamas, I went to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas,
with my family. One thing I did with my family was go to Jaws Beach -
the beach where the movie Jaws was filmed! Another thing you can do is
go on a boat ride to an island and feed iguanas grapes, then the boat takes
you to another island and you can feed stingrays! You can also watch the
staff there feed sharks! You can even go snorkeling to a coral reef, but the
water isn’t on your side; my brothers went snorkeling and they had to swim
through rough currents and waves. But they thought it was worth it! My
grandpa and I climbed up a cliff and the view was so beautiful you could
see the entire island, and if you go a certain direction you can enter a
mini jungle-like place and leaves and trees surround you. On the
island there are bathrooms and there is a shady area where you eat
and drink. But when you’re in the water, BE CAREFUL WHERE
YOU PUT YOUR FEET! I was swimming and I put my foot on the
bottom of the shallow water and a sharp shell went into my foot. The
shell hurt a lot and, trust me, you do not want that to happen to you!
On the island you can also “swim with pigs” but it isn’t what it sounds
like. The only way to get to the island is on a boat ride called
Powerboat Adventures. Back in Nassau I went on a food tour that would
tell you about the history of the Bahamas and obviously you would get to
eat too. It’s way better than a normal history class! The Bahamas have
very unique food and its pretty good too! The first thing you go to
on the food tour is a restaurant and they will give you a conch fritter,
it kind of tastes like a hushpuppy. In case you don’t know what a
conch is, it’s the animal that lives inside conch shells. They also give
you a good sauce with the conch and it’s GOOD! Then they give a
plate of multiple things and most of it is pretty good. Then you get a
good drink that kind of tastes like lemonade, then you go to a nice
place and drink this really good fruity drink. At this place there is
also a Blue Macaw Parrot named Max. You can hold Max, but don’t
pet him……  Then you go to a chocolatier place, AND YOU GET TO
EAT TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHOCOLATE, WHAT COULD
BE BETTER?! Well on the way to the Chocolatier place there are lots
of KITTENS!!!!! And also on the way you get to eat tree leaves and
they numb your mouth. Then you go to the capital of Nassau and on
the way there my sister saw a kitten and she picked it up. The kitten
didn’t even try to run it just let my sister and I pet it. Then we went
to another place and we got to eat some cracker-like things with humus.
Next we went to a place and we ate some soup that kinda tasted like
chicken-noodle soup. Our final destination was this cake-ish place
and we ate some cake, it tasted pretty good but I’m not sure what
it taste like I just know it’s good! In the Bahamas you could go to
Atlantis but we didn't do that, unfortunately. In the Bahamas, you
can also go Parasailing, but we also unfortunately didn’t do that.
You can also go to a very nice restaurant called The Blue Sail. There
is so much to do in the Bahamas that I can’t list it all, but everything
in the Bahamas is fun and you will never forget it!

Conch Shell

Capital of the Bahamas

Fritters and sauce, YUM!