2/16/08: Saturday
Today was our last full day on the island. And we intended to make it a relaxing day at the resort. No real agenda, just beach time and pool time. We accomplished just that! This was the best day we had weather-wise.
I noticed that the number of people at the affiliated resorts had also drastically increased. I learned that evening that Michael Jordan’s celebrity invitational golf tournament was starting up Monday. There did appear to be some basketball players roaming around with their families.
So what did we do… Beach, Kiddie Pool, and Lazy River. We decided to visit the one part of the resort that we hadn’t spent much time at. This is the original resort. Merv Griffin’s RIU (Resorts International) Coral Towers. The exterior architecture is dated, like that of the 70’s. And it’s not quite as nice as the newer facilities, but it’s still great. And the kiddie pool we found was perfect. It wasn’t crowded at all. A little sanctuary for us to hang out with the kids. For lunch we went to the Cave take-out. A little fast-food type restaurant situated inside a cave next to a pool. Finally, I tried my conch-fritters. I’m sure these are nowhere near as good as the one’s at the fish-fry place. But they were good. I’d definitely try them again.
Later that afternoon, Traci and I tried to head over to the big Kiddie pool by the Mayan tower, however, we found out that it was closed due to some kid pooping in the pool. That was very unfortunate. Though we found some small waterslides for Kylie try out. So we got some video of Kylie on her first waterslide. Initially she didn’t know what to make of it, she’d been on slides before, but not a waterslide. When she got off, her smile was ear to ear teeth chattering and all.
Later that evening, Heather came with me to pick up my Bahamas Starbucks mug. Those that know me well know that I collect Starbucks mugs from their city collection. On our way back to Johnny Rockets for a… you guessed it… Malted shake, there was some street dancers bringing the audience into the action. One girl was dancing with a young boy.. maybe 13? Maybe his dad pushed him out there. But she was shaking her hips to the music and the boy was embarrassed but enjoying himself. Shortly after I said to Heather, you should go out there (I was kidding), one of the shirtless male dancers came by and grabbed Heather. To his surprise she was mucho preggo, and I was able to capture the moment for posterity.
Today was our last full day on the island. And we intended to make it a relaxing day at the resort. No real agenda, just beach time and pool time. We accomplished just that! This was the best day we had weather-wise.
I noticed that the number of people at the affiliated resorts had also drastically increased. I learned that evening that Michael Jordan’s celebrity invitational golf tournament was starting up Monday. There did appear to be some basketball players roaming around with their families.
So what did we do… Beach, Kiddie Pool, and Lazy River. We decided to visit the one part of the resort that we hadn’t spent much time at. This is the original resort. Merv Griffin’s RIU (Resorts International) Coral Towers. The exterior architecture is dated, like that of the 70’s. And it’s not quite as nice as the newer facilities, but it’s still great. And the kiddie pool we found was perfect. It wasn’t crowded at all. A little sanctuary for us to hang out with the kids. For lunch we went to the Cave take-out. A little fast-food type restaurant situated inside a cave next to a pool. Finally, I tried my conch-fritters. I’m sure these are nowhere near as good as the one’s at the fish-fry place. But they were good. I’d definitely try them again.
Later that afternoon, Traci and I tried to head over to the big Kiddie pool by the Mayan tower, however, we found out that it was closed due to some kid pooping in the pool. That was very unfortunate. Though we found some small waterslides for Kylie try out. So we got some video of Kylie on her first waterslide. Initially she didn’t know what to make of it, she’d been on slides before, but not a waterslide. When she got off, her smile was ear to ear teeth chattering and all.
Later that evening, Heather came with me to pick up my Bahamas Starbucks mug. Those that know me well know that I collect Starbucks mugs from their city collection. On our way back to Johnny Rockets for a… you guessed it… Malted shake, there was some street dancers bringing the audience into the action. One girl was dancing with a young boy.. maybe 13? Maybe his dad pushed him out there. But she was shaking her hips to the music and the boy was embarrassed but enjoying himself. Shortly after I said to Heather, you should go out there (I was kidding), one of the shirtless male dancers came by and grabbed Heather. To his surprise she was mucho preggo, and I was able to capture the moment for posterity.
Again, sorry for the rotated pictures. Traci and Kylie in the sand.
wading in the surf.
Kylie likes it when we bob up and down with the incoming waves.
This is the kiddie pool area... Poseidon's pool.
Getting our feet wet.
Video clip of me taking Kylie through the water jets.
The floating lobster and crab are fun to sit and play on, plus they are very colorful.
Kylie and Melina sitting on the lobster.
We took a short field trip to the shark tunnel and aquarium. (there are lots of shark tanks at the Atlantis). This one is one is near the rope bridge. You don't get a sense of scale, but this fish was large... by the looks Kylie's head could probably fit in it's mouth.
Here we are looking at it... and it looking back at us trying to determine if it can eat us.
Kylie's first waterslide experience.
Heather dancing with the shirtless Bahamian dude mentioned above.
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