Travel with me #69 : The Bahamas, here I come!

in travel •  7 years ago 

Dear Steemit Friends :

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After an overwhelming response from what felt like the entire Steemit community, supporting me as I crossed a major milestone of 3000 followers (thank you so much!), I am taking the opportunity to celebrate the milestone by embarking on another one of my Sweet adventures.

I've packed my bags, and brought all my usual blogging tools with me. Camera, GoPro, Osmo Mobile, Drone, and my trusty laptop so I can work on posts and keep up to date whilst on my travels.

I never imagined that I would have the chance to visit this island. Growing up, I saw many pictures of this island in magazines, heard so many good stories about it, and thought it was out of reach for me. Yet, here I am in Bahamas, still in disbelief that I finally made it to one of my childhood dream destinations.

The Bahamas

For my first trip to The Bahamas, I will be staying in the capital city called Nassau, which is located on the island of New Providence. Actually, The Bahamas consists of over 700 islands, cays and mini-islands in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of Florida, and north of Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

Flying to the The Bahamas requires a stopover at Miami, Florida and then another short flight takes me to Nassau.

As a Chinese National, I am exempt from needing a Visa to enter the Bahamas. This is a breath of fresh air since there are few countries in the world that have bestowed this luxury to Chinese passport holders.


This is me getting ready to board one of these American Airline planes at Miami!

Peace & Love. A good motto to follow.

One last look out the window at Miami and i'm off to Bahamas!

Even though I'm used to flying, I can never see enough of the clouds up close, and all around.

In no time at all, I could already see the many islands and islets that make up Bahamas through my window, up in the sky. The islands look so beautiful, like the earth's very own stripy and spotty patterns. Around them, are very light coloured sands, so fine, and so white that the water above the sand seems almost colourless.

Landing at the airport, I see many wonderful displays of Bahamian history as well as examples of arts and crafts made by the original natives of The Bahamas, the Lucayan people.

I was surprised to see BTC in big letters on the side of a plane. For a moment, I thought it was an advertisement for Bitcoin, and that The Bahamas were advocates of crypto-currency, welcoming the use of Bitcoin.

Roaming with BTC is indeed easy, after all, you are in control of your own money, and you can spend it anywhere in the world! So far, it sounds exactly like they're talking about Bitcoin..

Following the direction of the police officer, we pass a corridor showcasing the Bahamian Olympic Hall of Champions.

These are a hall of fame of all the Olympic medalists who have represented Bahamas.

Do you recognise any of these Champions?

The roof lighting in the immigration control reminds me of some tropical leaves. I suspect they took this design idea from the abundance of tropical leaves on the islands.

At the exit of the airport, we have a wooden statue called "The Family" by a local artist named Max Taylor. I believe it is suppose to represent Nassau and The Bahamas as a welcoming place for families.

As if seeing the mini islands and beautiful oceans wasn't enough to make me feel endless excitement, checking into my hotel was about to take it up yet another notch!

The hotel I decided to book is called "Atlantis". It is actually the name of the sprawling resort which occupies the whole of Paradise Island.

This incredible island is staffed by 6000 soldiers belonging to The Bahamian army.

Here you can see a scaled map of the entire Paradise Island resort.

The hotel uses gold colours as it's base colour theme. Everywhere you look is bright shiny yellow colours.

The hotel lobby reminds me of an under water palace.

No doubt, the legend of the city of Atlantis, features strongly in the design of this hotel.

The check-in desks are fit for a royal! So much space, and not a lot of clutter. Both the desks and the flooring are marble, giving that extra bit of quality and luxuy for prospective guests.

Even the painting on the wall retains the theme of Atlantis, you can see it has many shell creatures in the painting, they look so 3D as if they're popping out of the painting. Quite incredible.

Here are some more shots of the lobby from various angles. In the center, there seems to be this colourful peacock like model. It might be a phoenix but i'm not sure.

It looks pretty good from the lower section of the lobby too.

As we take a walk through the long passage ways, one direction takes us towards the restaurants, bars and Pâtisserie, whilst the other direction leads us to the Casino.

Much like the main hotel lobby, the passageways use marble flooring and have what looks like spiral lamps for lighting.

Atlantis was originally conceptualised by the ancient Greek philosopher, Plato. And this bar which is named after him, is a tribute to him as well as the legend of the city of Atlantis.

For those of us feeling peckish, the Patisserie provides us with a stunning range of French pastries, baked breads and cakes.

This is a really relaxing living room style relaxing area just beside the Plato bar. It's surprisingly empty considering how many people pass by this area.

I arrived at evening, so by the time I was checked into my room, it was already dark outside. I took this opportunity to try get some pictures of the nightscape here.

Below, the infamous Royal Towers at Atlantis. The two towers are connected by a bridge suite which is said to be one of the most expensive rooms in the world at $25,000 per day!

As a water city, Atlantis has no shortage of water surrounding it's main buildings, and what was impressive to see, was the incredible amount of fish they keep in their ponds.

These ponds are build all around the main building, and are home to hundreds of different species of fish.

The pond, restaurant and the Royal towers make for a very pretty picture at night.

And then finally, we arrive back to the main hotel lobby, except this time the view from the outside. If you look carefully enough, you can see the Peacock / Phoenix in the middle.

I'm still in disbelief that I've finally made it here to Bahamas. In up-coming posts, I'll be showing you more of Atlantis as well as other parts of Bahamas. I hope you're ready !

As always, I really appreciate your support through up-votes, follows and comments. Thank you and see you in the next post!


首先,真的很感谢Steemit上一直在背后默默支持我的朋友们,让我成功越过了3000粉丝的里程碑,给我动力继续起飞。今天我背上装备,准备开始一个旅程,我从来没有想过,会真的来到这个海岛,这个我曾经在杂志网页上读过过无数次的国家----巴哈马。

巴哈马是位于大西洋西边的一个岛国,全国包含了700多大大小小的岛屿和珊瑚礁。这里有碧蓝的海水,淳朴的民风,更是中国护照为数不多的免签国家之一,所以我跺跺脚,就飞来了。从迈阿密转机,飞不到一个小时,就可以到巴哈马的首都拿骚。没想到曾经遥不可及的美丽海岛现在就在我眼前。从飞机上都能看到这片海域清澈见底的水,不知道你们会不会和我一样无比兴奋和期待。一下飞机就看到很多巴哈马历史上的土著留下的艺术品和古董展览。窗外BTC Everyday吸引了我,原来是巴哈马最大的电信服务商,我手机上的信号也自动转换成btc,人生真的离不开电子币呀。应该改成有了btc,生活更轻松。顺着巴哈马警察蜡像指引的方向一直走。就来到了巴哈马奥运会历届的冠军墙展览。有不少女生都在比赛中夺冠,好厉害呢。过关的地方,屋顶的灯好像热带的树叶。机场的出口有木质的雕塑,看样子是一家四口,好像预示着拿骚是家庭度假的天堂。如果说能亲眼看看拿骚蓝的发亮的海水,已经让我兴奋不已,那我将要入住的酒店更是让我心跳加速。这次我选择的就是岛上最有特点的亚特兰蒂斯度假中心,这个酒店我曾在无数个地方看到过介绍,也听过无数人赞不绝口,原以为远在天边的酒店,现在我却已经走进了它的大门,真的有些不可思议。亚特兰蒂斯位于天堂岛,酒店几乎占了整个岛屿,并聘用了6签个当地居民作为员工,是我住过规模最庞大的酒店。这是整个酒店的俯视图。整个酒店以金色作为基调,到处都闪闪发亮。

现在就请跟我一起去探索下酒店吧。酒店的大堂像是海底神殿,毕竟亚特兰蒂斯这个名字取自于柏拉图笔下那个神秘的落寞帝国,所以酒店建筑里都带着历史残留的味道。前台的装饰非常精致,很有皇家宫廷的味道。墙上的绘画和当地土著文化的摆设颜色特别相称。因为到的时间是晚上,所以进了酒店第一个任务就是去找吃的。这里有各式各样的吃的,法式甜品店还有酒吧。当然还有一个图书间休息室,装扮的象家庭影院一样,让人看到就觉得亲切。接下来带大家出去看看酒店的夜景,酒店模仿失落的帝国,用碎石做装饰,池子里的鱼被蓝色的灯光打着,好美。今天就在这样一个美丽的地方睡去了,明天起来谁知道会有什么惊喜在等着我们呢。希望大家喜欢我开启的巴哈马旅程,我们明天再见吧。

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This is an excellent post. And yeah, it's like getting to travel with you, looking at what you put up. The dress you're wearing in the first shot is crazy cool. What's it made of?

And that hotel lobby is stunning. I can't believe it's real!

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hmm

I was about to say the same thing :)
Hihihi

Please follow me @Yehey

That is such an awesome way to look at it!

Those are really nice pictures isn't it? Awesome!

I need your additions. Thanks in advance

Ha Ha agreed!

any food for me there :)

Nice pictures from Bahamas ;:)

What is that you hold in your hands in the first picture?

thanks! I have the Osmo mobile gimble in my right hand, and the Gopro hero 4 black in my left. Just some of my blogging tools!

Thanks for the info, I will check out those devices... and congrats on all the success.. you are going to be the richest girl in crypto ! :)

I was thinking of buying a GoPro a while ago. Is it still worth it?

What a wonderful pictures ! :)

Photos are great. Hoping to see more of the actual beach soon.

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I've read a few of your posts and I have to say that your photos are rich in colour and all well taken. You've travelled to many places, most of them I would personally like to be there as well. That make reading your post very enjoyable to me. Thank you for putting all those photos here. Please keep coming.

Wow .. good picture that you show in steemit,Very interesting, I've never seen pictures like this, I'm sure many people love and vote this photo, plus more background photos, very interesting photo frames, really amazing, the picture quality is very okay

Holy guacamoley - if the Bahamas wouldn't be pretty, you're staying in a killer hotel. It's really beautiful!

Make more pictures, I would love to see sure you! Even from the plane it already looked like _

I hope I'll be able to visit that place one day, too.

Very nice photos! Thanks you today.

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@sweetsssj again yet another nice great of travel, the photo is very clear. Somebody me put on jealous face of this great trip of your childhood dream. Enjoy...

thank you moksamol, appreciate you followng me on my journey :)

I admire the way that people in this busy world carve time out to travel and see what the LORD has made for us. I wish to be a travel enthusiast and learn what humanity actually is like on different pieces of our planet.❤️

watch out Bahamas Steemit muse in the house!
be safe and have fun out there!

so nice pictures and fantastic traveling !

OMG @sweetsssj you´re so beautiful I need to do like a 5 portraits of you..!

Wow very nice place to visit for holiday

Agreed!

Pls post some food pics all this is making me hungry

Wahoo, its amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Enjoy your journey!
With Love
:)

thank you

thank you eljvidaman!

@sweetsssj
Your style and careful quest for detailed narratives is worthy of emolation from a new found fan...keep it up. Nice pictures...wonderful scenery...good job...

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@sweetsssj Wow awesome place and hotel, I Wish could be there!!!
Photograph are beautiful.
Hope we get some more post about Bahamas, very interesting. BTW what about the weather? It seems very good in the photograph.
Well enjoy your trip, thanks for sharing with us.
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nice

I have always wanted to stay here, thank you for the greatest post I have ever seen. Incredible!

You are definitely #goals. It's been my dream to travel and experience different cultures. I love what you're doing and hope you're having a good time doing it!

gthongo, thank you so much. I know that many things in life can get in the way of us succeeding, and accomplishing our goals, but that should never hinder us from setting the goals and then striving for them. The best of us and those who never give up will always eventually make it, and I believe a good bunch of us on Steemit are those people!

Looking forward to going on the wild ride together.

Wow the Hotel is amazing :) Think you have enjoyed it :D How long ou will stay n Bahamas?

thanks goodbyematrix, I was stunned by it the moment I saw it. I will be in Bahamas for about 2 weeks total. No all the time in this place though!

Nice! Keep reporting on Steemit :P

Great photos, not a fan of the Bahamas though. Much prefer other places around the world even though the scenery is marvelous. Hope you have a great time and feel differently to I do.

Thanks for your honest opinion, I really value that! I'll try to make the best of it and hopefully i won't feel disappointed

Yeah it's just me, I live in Australia though and have been to Hawaii and Thailand which I preferred. The other you must try is Maldives :)

I love Thailand very much, and i've yet to visit Hawaii, Maldives was fantastic and i'm looking forward to going back again!

I need your additions
Thanks in advance

Dude.. That's epic! Can't wait to have enough to head to the Bahamas! Cash is freedom, so unless my photography blog goes 3000 followers ballistic, I'm going to have to wait it out :P

In the mean time, let me take you on a tour , and tell you my stories!

how lovely...

Great post! Thank you for letting us travel with you :)

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!!

You're welcome queeneleanor, thanks for checking it out!

:) can't wait to see the rest of your journey. P.s. You're so cute I can't stand it! 😍

I was at the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai, and that was already incredible - so different from any other Hotel, with incredible aquariums, water slides and more.
Enjoy your stay, I'm sure you will have a great time!

@sweetsssj have fun! I'm in bermuda right now and it rules!

This makes me really want to visit the Carribbean. The Turks & Caicos Islands have always appealed to me - you should check them out! But The Bahamas look beautiful here (like everywhere does when you visit!) and I'm not sure whether I should be more envious of your vacation or your steem success! Enjoy yourself :)

Looks like such a beautiful place. I've always wanted to go there.

Great again @sweetsssj :-) Follow your adventures!

Awesome! beautiful place and nice of your picture .. i wish to go there when have a lot of money lol should be nice if go some day .. so enjoy with your trip ..my name ann @annsita....i come from Thailand.... , i just new here and hope you have fun and share more post and hope we can be friend enjoy about our post...so my English is't very well, but will try the best for that....
so should be nice if we are follow each another and vote... i will follow you and vote, have a nice day dear. and see you soon dear ^_^

Great detailed pictures! I live in the East Coast of the U.S. and still haven't been there. Definitely booking soon!

Very nice pictures thanks for sharing them with us. Next year…. it is my turn to choose where we are going on vacation. I am searching and researching places I can stay and be happy for a month, possibly 2 months. The Bahamas looks beautiful. This could very well be my choice.

Always wanted to go. Great start already! Enjoy your trip and looking forward to seeing more of the beautiful scenery you will capture!

thanks breshepard, I get the feeling that I might be making multiple trips to Bahamas, with so many islands, I'm not sure I can see much of it in the short time that i'll be here! But anyway i'll make sure to take snaps of as much as possible :)

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Beautiful you and the pictures too... Keep sharing

thanks indiantraveller, you're too kind :P

I'll be sure to post updates as I go along. Stay tuned!

I am also a traveller specifically say trekker.. give a view to my profile.. you will love the posts

Hey @sweetsssj my boy jerry image
will love to treval with u an upvote for him 🖖😀

Wow ! Very nice photo from Bahamas. Thanks @sweetsssj!

thank you lazarescu!

HAHA @sweetsssj You look ready to meet the bahamas.... Never been there i would love to travel ther one day.

Steem open new travel ways... Please post some awesome picturs

I will follow your adventure from my computer ( :

Please follow me at @mrstaf

ps will try take a weekend off and share some island pictures from here in #Thailand

Best regards

Excellent pictures and very detailed story @sweetsssj. The hotel you stayed at is so luxurious. How much does it cost to stay there roughly? For 1 day :)

Oh, it's not as luxurious as the bridge suite though! My regular room is under 200 dollars a night.

It's a fair deal for such a hotel I think. Thanks for information!

Holy !! where did you get that deal from?? I think the most expensive thing was the flight ?

I managed to get a killer deal by booking it like half a year ago!

Nice, in german its like "Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm -> The early bird catches the worm" =)

Wow... that's pretty good. During my last visit the royal tower rooms were alot more. We really wanted to stay at the Cove but they were booked up. On your next trip, you should definitely stay there... Besides having the most chic rooms at Atlantis, there's so many other things to check out at the Cove. The name is fitting bc it's like a separate "Cove" for adults only. It has a gorgeous pool and bar areas where celebs hang out. The beauty and elegance of the Cove would be the perfect place to honeymoon!

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Nice! It has been at least two or three years since I went to an island like that. Last time was St. Marteen.

waoooo.. such a nice travel with your photo. gr8 keep it up..

VERY BEAUTIFUL PICTURES and thank you for posting

Beautiful and nice but please upvote mine too

thanks, i'll take a look :)

nice views....

wow.....

Wow congratulations!!
Very jealous!
Upvoted and followed :)
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Thanks! I'll check your page out!

Congratulations @sweetsssj!
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Awesome @ sweetsssj !!! you are travelling me with your photos!!! Βe jealous!!!

Amazing pictures, amazing hotels, looks really incredible. I hope you will make even more travel pictures, and hope that.. some day.. i will be able to travel this way :) Thanks for sharing this great experieces :)

you're welcome cryptomonitor, i'll take plenty for your viewing pleasure and post them soon :)

Thank you :)

Thank you again for this article. I really hope I can make my once in a lifetime family vacation to the US. Please read it if you have some spare time.
https://steemit.com/travel/@rival/help-needed-west-coast-usa-what-to-see-on-once-in-a-lifetime-family-vacation-2017620t21552720z

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Everyday Above Ground!! TRAVEL AMBASSADOR @sweetsssj

Interesting name for a hotel. Greetings from Europe! :)

OMG !!! WOW!!! I want to experience this also with my special one.

Good job....I am new on steemit... Can i get upvotes please...???

Wow this place is really amazing :) you are lucky you could visit such places. Im new to steemit community and im wondering after reviewing your profile. You are a real inspiration for newbies like me. Hope so i can learn from you :) you can upvote my comments to encourage my passion toward the community. Looking forward for more posts in the future

Wow! So beautiful places!!!
I wanna be there! :)

Dream destination. I envy those who travel and gets paid :(

I'd travel anytime, anywhere with you🙏🏻

wow

Have a nice trip!!

thanks elteamgordo, i will! And i'll share what I get up to with everyone, that's for suree :)

Looking forward to it :)

I upvoted and am following. Please return the favor! Thanks! Great photos!!

Amazing Photos of Bahamas!!!@Really Cool Pictures Love it....

Wow, fantastic photos! If you haven't been to Mongolia, be sure to visit someday. :) A place with rich history and friendly people are waiting for you ;)

Oh you know that place has been on my list for a long time too.. I had a period of time when I was younger where I listened to nothing but Grassland music.

I just followed you today and it was great to know that you love traveling :)

Ohhh bahamas seems to be beautiful, ive been to thailand 2 months a go, maybe bahamas is my next one 😍

Trying to reach 100 followers this month guys @itravel follow and i follow back

These pictures are amazing. I hope to see these places myself 1 day

Thanks wolvesabyss, I'm sure you will one day. And when you do, you know where to share!

True I hope but definately sharing on steemit.

Wow. Good job

Beautiful photos! I often wonder how the Caribbean is holding up after major storms. Would love to go there for a vacation!

Let's Go!! :D

this is so inspirational & these photographs are breathtaking!

Awesome pics! Bring back memories when I also visited Atlantis two years ago. Unforgettable! See you in our steemit group! Cheers

yo yo yo im going to check out this hotel....
Thanks for sharing

Wowww nice pictures 😊 I wanna go lol

Thanks for the post, hope to meet you on my travels?

Where are you going next?

Bahamas is indeed heaven on earth, I have been there twice :)

you are so lucky sid, at this point i'm so jealous of you!

I will love to be their with some special 💗💗💗

really very nice post i up vote to you plz i you interested nature and tourism visit my page to support me thanks again

Enjoying your posts. It's fun.

thanks pratikchordia, my pleasure :)

Wow ! The Bahamas !!! You are so lucky !!

Nice!! amazing pictures you take.
I always follow a Poker tournament that takes place there in the Atlantis every February... looks so fancy! Would love to visit someday!

Thanks for sharing and Enjoy !! :D

Thanks! It has been a dream of mine to come, and for no particular reason, I just never made it hear until now. I guess there are just too many places in the world to visit, and never enough time to go! I haven't seen the Casino just yet, but I will definitely check it out and post about it when I do!

Ok first of all you look so amazingly beautyful thats sweet second your story make me want to go to those countries where you went.
Its nice to see people travel and have fun.
PLEASE KEEP FEEDING US WITH LOTS OF THIS THANK YOU

thank you dx7200, i'm glad you can enjoy my posts as much as I do making them! :)

great i cant wait for your next post please hurry looking for it YES

Congratulations! I hope to have 3000 followers some day.

you will! stay at it, keep going!

Great post and very nice photos! Hope you gave a great time. Wish i could some day visit bahamas :)

thanks behemoth, i'll do my best to show you what to do here!

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Great post . I enjoyed reading this :)

Looks amazing. You really do an incredible job with these posts. Keep up the great work!

thanks fronttowardenemy, I do my best. Stay tuned for more :)

Enjoy your stay beauty!!! I would love to visit the bahamas one time

thanks lisa! Maybe it'll be sooner than you think!

Through your post i love bahamas.want to visit there.

Wish I was with you. Oh well. Off to work I go.

Great, proud to be a part of Steemit family.

Beautiful!! I wanna go there as well!! Have fun!!

wowowow!! indeed amazing Bahama hotel!!

Amazing post, exciting and very inspiring to travel again soon :)

thanks woozelwazzel; i'll be updating throughout my journey here so make sure to stay tuned :)

I am tuned :) I am gonna read your earlier posts now :)

Just love the Bahamas!!

As a girl who has vetured only a few times remotely near the Bahamas, I'm so blown away by how different everything is. I can't wait to let loose and go crazy

大力👍上去

谢谢o哥的支持!

应该谢大神,我借花献佛而已😄

What a lovely place to be staying at @sweetsssj! The Royal Towers sound like the perfect place for a Bahamas trip :)

it's good photo.~
Thank you

Really Amazing.I love your posts.Happy journey.

thanks cute girl. Make sure to stay tuned for more posts soon :)

Yes I'll be waiting I also posted my first travel adventure hope you have checked it out friend :)

Bahamas is the place where we all should be :), thank you for sharing your experiences with us.