Our Honeymoon

7/6/2004 Tuesday- Today we arrive at the Bahamas. It is hot and humid. As we departed the plane, we notice that the in general the service staff appears very laid back, in fact laid back to the point of disinterest or rudeness to any of our inquiries. Oh well! We arrive in Atlantis resort via a van driven by a nice lady who tells us all about the sites. In the Bahamas people drive on the left hand(Wrongside) of the road. She says it is a throwback to the days of British rule. When we arrive at the hotel, we notice that check in is at 3pm. It is 9am, so we decide to eat at the local buffet restaurant, Water's Edge. The food is okay, and it cost just a measley $40 (Yikes!) I decide to make the most of it and fill my stomach to capacity. Sydney still feels the ill effects of her stress flu and has little appetite. We eventually get to our room and rest up a bit. We upgraded our room from the Beach to the luxurious Coral Towers. Uh huh.. Luxury.. Later that night we walk in The Dig which is a recreation of an Atlantean City Ruins. It is pretty neat, kinda Disneyesque in its presentation. We have dinner at Mama Loo's which is a not-so-authentic Chinese Restaurant. Sydney has the Conch Salad. (Look up Conch, yummy) I have the Fried Rice as usual. After dinner we get back to our room and rest.

7/7/2004- Wednesday- We wake up late this morning and walked to the Mayan Slides. This is a recreation of a Mayan Temple with water slides. I take a ride down with a raft which propels you through dark tunnels and ends in a pool of sharks. Sydney took pictures, so you can see it yourself. Later we went back to the room to sleep again... Hmmm we must have the honeymoon flu or something... We play at the casino for a few rounds, and later have lunch at the Atlas Bar & Grill, a decent bar restaurant. I get a stomachache and go back to the room to drop off the kids. I later fall asleep again. Honeymoon flu! At night we get some Ice Cream and we walk around the Predators Reef which is a glass tube surrounded by all these cool predator type fish, such as Manta Rays, sharks and Barracudas. It is a very nice immersive experience...

To Be Continued...