A member of the congregation managed to snag us day passes to the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. It was INCREDIBLE! Trust us, the pictures do not do it justice. The premise is that in the 1920's an expedition discovered the city of Atlantis and the hotel has recreated the archaeological dig site and built this enormous hotel on top of it.
The picture of the building is actually about 1/4 of the actual size. It goes on forever and they are building more. We were able to access the water park, which has a water slide that goes under a shark tank. There are water slides off a Mayan temple and a crazy tube ride that ends in "the drop"! We couldn't count all of the pools, but the ocean was just over the sand dune.
We took a few picture of the more lavish things we saw in the hotel. The picture of one of the chandeliers is for our friends the Essers and the Vanderhydes. Believe it or not it is all blown glass. There were several of these is various colors throughout the casino portion of the hotel.
The bottom floor of the hotel is a gigantic aquarium, with all different kinds of tropical fish, some of which can reach a length of 6-8 feet and live up to 20 years. The fish picture we have included is of a Lion fish, it is pretty to look at but painful to the touch and deadly to eat.
There was a 'touch tank' in the middle of the Atlantis dig site and the girls got to touch starfish, conch, horseshoe crabs and sea cucumbers. There was also a little white fish that kept avoiding of the tourists...smart fish!
We spent the majority of our day playing in the water, trying the water slides and getting fried beyond our wildest imaginations. We are apparently slow learners. We did test the theory that two layers of SPF 50 equals SPF 100, we were wrong.
As we came home over the bridge, Mekayla commented that the Bahamas certainly looks different from the Paradise Island side of the world. It is eye opening and somewhat shocking to realize that people pay anywhere from $400 to $20,000 a night to stay at Atlantis, while just across the bay, people are struggling to make ends meet.
We hope all is well in your part of the world.
Peace,
Emma and Keri
2 comments:
Pics are great! Love that you could touch a starfish! Sounds like a great time and the contrast to your real place on the island was enlightening. Pierce Brosnon stars in a movie called "After the Sunset", Most of it is set in Nassua and there are shots of the Atlantis and the Junkanoo festival. I watched it on cable a couple weeks ago, so some of what you are seeing is vaguely familiar. Hope the sunburns go away soon.
Love you all,
Debbie
Kurt, please read your email.
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