Grand Bahama Island

David and I took off for a week in late March for Grand Bahama Island. This is the island with Freeport and the Lucaya Port. I had traded a week of my time share for this stay so it was a super cheap week for us in that sense. We just wanted to go somewhere in the Caribbean, and this place, the Ocean Reef Yacht Club, seemed to be the prettiest that was available. Looks are deceiving. I guess I should have known it was going to be an iffy week when we arrived on the island and the power was off for the entire island. Some places, like the airport, had generators, but mostly it was no energy. Stayed that way for about 4 hours.

The suite was fine, very good in fact. But the ground and pool facilities of the resort left a lot to be desired. We didn't spend much time there. We went to a different beach or took a drive to a different part of the island almost each day. The beaches were beautiful, the water was a lovely turquoise color, and the snorkeling was fun. Overall, we had a very relaxing week and we were away from the neverending rain of the Bay Area. The worst part you might ask? Well, everything was quite expensive. As an example, a bag of chips that would cost $3.49 here in SF, cost around $8.49 there. Fresh anything was hard to get and if you got it you paid out the nose for it. The food on the island was sub par..mediocre at best. Everything was either fried or from a can, or both. When we did get some average good fresh food from a Chinese place on the beach, we paid triple what I would have paid for a much better Chinese meal from down the street. We were dying for a fresh salad by the time the week was done!

So here are a few pictures of our week. Hope you enjoy!