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Freeport / Port Lucaya

Okee Dokee, seems I haven't blogged about our two port days on the most recent cruise.

We went to Freeport first. Freeport is an industrial port, nothing to look at for sure. I remember when we went there on our first cruise and it was Andy's first view of the Bahamas. (I had been before) He wasn't impressed. There is nothing to do or see when you step off, you must go somewhere!

Thankfully, I have very reliable friends @ Cruise Critic that hook me up on fantastic information. (Did I just say "hook me up"??) They've always steered me in the right direction!

We hopped off a little while after docking and breakfast, let the ones in a hurry move along. We hopped off and asked the super nice gentleman right off from the ship where we should wait on a taxi to Lucaya. There was a large grassy area right there beside the paved turn around for the taxis and buses. Buses for excursions to the right, taxis to the left. We waited about 5 minutes for the next taxi/van.

I get motion sick, BIG time in cars or vans!! So I asked the super sweet driver if I could sit in the front, of course "no problem 'mon". He didn't say that, but let me of course. It's $5 per person, one way to Lucaya. Not so bad! We were off... The ride is about 15 minutes, nothing scary or crazy either. (Unlike the St. Thomas mountain drives or Nassau crazy people) They do drive on the left and when turning it does tend to shock me each time.

They drop you off directly in front of the Isle of Capri Casino, which is very nice. (looking through the door anyway) You can walk directly across the street and there is the market place. It's a very pretty, clean, nice little area for eating or shopping. They have everything from t-shirts to jewelry, knick knacks to cameras. There are all sorts of places to eat from Quiznos & Subway, to local cafe's. You can eat burgers, hot dogs, chicken, sandwiches, salads, seafood, you name it. Inside or out, all up to you.


The market place area, not a fantastic picture. It is very nice! Of course I see yellow tape in my picture , I would get the only spot where they were working. They were working on patching part of the pavement & roof though, upkeep is important there.



There is a straw market there as well, you've seen one and you've seen them all though. We have been "over" them for quite some time. At the back there is a great marina, it looks like you're in Florida. There are beautiful boats galore. You can also take snorkel, sight seeing, fishing trips back there... like from a pier in Florida or something. Very pretty!!


The marina area, the resort way behind us is a place where they offer dolphin excursions: swim with and just experiences with. Such a pretty area!!



Then we decided to hit the beach. Back across the road, right beside the casino is a resort called "Our Lucaya". It's one resort, made up of two hotels. The Westin & the Sheraton. (You can google either hotel or Our Lucaya resort) It's wide open, you just walk through down a sort of board walk area. You walk straight back to the beach. You can pay $15 a day per person and use all of their facilities. You get a beach chair, chairs by the pool (with big ole comfy cushions) use of the pools and restroom facilities. They give you an armband. So we spend $40 for the day total and it was fantastic!!! Oh and right back in front of the casino to catch a taxi back, waited 5 minutes and had a really funny lady driver, she was a hoot!! She was talking about sharks and why she wont go in the water, cracking me up.

The view from my chair!



This is the Westin, looking up from the beach. It's kind of cloudy already that day, not a great picture. You can see the pool a little bit.



We came home to immediately look online and look into flying down and staying right there. It is such a great place. Andy said the entire day "I can NOT believe how nice this is" He didn't expect it to be so pretty, it is! (MUCH nicer, neater, than Nassau. And we love Nassau don't get me wrong!) We are also looking at taking this same exact cruise again and doing the same things! Both of us would recommend it to anyone, anytime of any age!!

It did end up raining on us that afternoon and we had to cut our day a little short, but it was fantastic just the same!