Sister's Trip '16: Step 2: Snuba

After a little ride around the corner of the island, we stopped at our second dive site. This time we got to do the snuba. It was awesome!! The clouds had cleared and the sun was shining (aka better light for pictures), the water was warm and the colors were amazing! It was so awesome. I kind of ignored the dive instructor when she said it was time to surface. I could have stayed down way longer. 

Above Sarah is the raft with the air tanks that we were all tethered to. We could go down 20-25 feet below the surface.

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Sister's Trip '16: Some Island Shots

Some sights around the island as we went from one dive site to the other...

Some high falutin' fashion designer owns this house/beach. From what the captain said, he doesn't sound like very good neighbor, but they did film the live action Scooby Doo movie here. That won over major points with Ben and Nick. 

Sister's Trip '16: Step 1 - Snorkeling

Saturday morning, we woke up early and got ready to catch our bus to Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas. Sarah's friends had worked with Stuart on some film projects in the past, and highly recommended it, so we wanted to give it a try. We were going to be doing the Snuba - a dumbed down scuba where an air tank is floating on the surface in a raft and 6 people are tethered to it with air supply hoses. We weren't quite sure why, but our first stop on the boat we snorkeled instead of snuba-ed, but that was ok. Our first dive location included underwater statues, artificial reefs and a sunken plane. The plane was used in Jaws 4. The coral and fish were much more colorful than the pictures show. I didn't realize I should have gotten a red filter for shooting underwater. Oh well, guess I'll just have to do it again so I can get better pictures...

Sister's Trip '16: Dolphin Cay

Friday was Dolphin day and Atlantis. The day started off with a lovely site-seeing tour of downtown Nassau, as we tried to get around the national labor day parade. We saw things that I don't think tourists are supposed to see. But, we had given ourselves plenty of time, so we just sat back and tried to enjoy the extra special ride.

Once we got to Atlantis, we had to find the Dolphin Cay. We walked around a few of the hotels and tried to get a lay of the land. That place is huge and very confusing. And very crowded. After Sarah made friends with a very friendly and enthusiastic bell hop, we found the right bus to take us to Dolphin Cay. We had a small group of six people, so we got lots of time with the dolphins. So cute!