The Yachts and Yacht Nots

The Bahamas is a country of "haves" and "have nots". We notice it all the time and wonder why people are confused that there is so much crime in this country. You only need to go "over the hill" and see how people are living to understand why there is a drug problem in those neighbourhoods. When Mark worked here a few years ago he refused to use his laundry per diem to have the hotel do his laundry (good Scot that he his) and would frequently drag Lisa "over the hill" to the scary laundromat. Most Bahamians are appalled when they hear this.

We love Nassau with it's dirty downtown, rowdy bars and shifty locals - but most people who come off of the cruise ships and expect Walt Disney World type paradise are in for a huge disappointment. Kansas it ain't. It's all OK though because the Bahamas offers a pill for when Nassau ails ya... it's called Paradise Island.

Emily has this week off, and with no play date was a little restless this morning, so we took her over the bridge to breakfast on PI and followed it with a walk through the Atlantis Marina. This is how the half lives. It is quite a display of ostentatious wealth and Disney perfection. A nice place to visit but we wouldn't want to live there. Unless of course we could live on one of these yachts.