We stepped off the ship into Nassau about 9:00 a.m. and found ourselves surrounded by beauty. Many ports drop you off in industrial surroundings, but not this port in Nassau. The ship docked right in the middle of paradise, and the picture taking with our telephoto lens had begun. We got some of our most beautiful photos here. We went straight over to the Straw Market where locals set up shop. I was looking forward to and planning this so I could haggle over “knock-off” designer handbags. There were four ships in port, so the Bahamian women wanted a little more than I wanted to give for a bag, but I ended up getting a good deal. They also had wooden carved items, straw made items, and various other items specific to this type of outdoor market. Once we were satisfied with our purchases, we headed back over to the ship for lunch (only about a 10 minute walk). We ate lunch, put our bathing suits on and dropped off our purchases. Then we rushed back out with our wide screen lens to get some more shots around the beautiful port and catch the jitney bus for only a $1 to Cable Beach. Chad had done some research and found that we could get a day pass at the Wyndham hotel for $15. This included using the hotel facilities such as beach chairs, swimming pool, towels, etc. The pool had a neat swim up bar with bar stools. I took a cool picture of it that evening when nobody was there so you can see the stools. We got back onto the ship in time to get ready for dinner and go get some sushi before dinner at the trolley bar again. After dinner, we went to the show: The Amazing Juggling Manuel Zuniga and the Comedy of Lewis Nixon at 10:30 p.m. We had seen Manuel Zuniga on another cruise and really enjoyed his show then as well. He is in the guiness book of world records for the fastest juggler.