day 3: relaxation station.

We got to sleep in a little on our second full day in Cable Beach, since it was the only day we didn't have a scheduled excursion.  We still ended up getting out of the room and to the pool by about 10:30am, though!  We grabbed breakfast from Starbucks and headed right for the pool, early enough to get two prime seats by the bar and water's edge.

We sunned ourselves for about an hour, alternating between the chairs and cooling off in the pool.  We even tried out the waterslide in our pool, which I found a little scrapey, but Jeremy loved.  Around 11:30am, poolside Bingo started.  Jeremy won the first game and was rewarded with a Bahama Mama, woohoo!  

By noon, I could feel that my SPF 30 wasn't doing too much for my pale Scotch-Irish skin, so we decided to venture out for lunch.  We hopped across the street and grabbed a burger from a vendor and a few daiquiris from the Daiquiri Shack.  The Shack was amazing-- every drink was made to order with fresh fruit of your choice.  Drinks only consisted of fruit, cane syrup and rum.  For $6, they were definitely the best drinks on the beach!

After a few more hours on the beach in the shade of umbrellas, we headed inside to shower and decided to catch a jitney (bus) to downtown Nassau.  We arrived downtown around 4:30pm, when most locals were heading home for the day.  We spent about 2 hours walking around and souvenir shopping... didn't buy a whole lot because everything in the Bahamas is EXPENSIVE, folks!  Bottle of sunscreen = $20.  

We'd heard much ado about Senor Frog's, a spot especially popular with spring breakers, which made me hesitant to try it.  However, it turned out to be a great choice!  The restaurant was open-air, right on the beach and cruise terminal.  We spent our dinner marveling at the ginourmous Disney Dream ship in port.

While the food at Senor Frog's wasn't amazing, the drinks and atmosphere were!  We enjoyed a few margaritas, a congo line with free shots, karaoke and a few silly contests.  Our waiters were definitely the friendliest folks we met on the island and treated us well.  

 

After dinner, we hailed a cab back to the Wyndham.  It was a beautiful night, so we decided to spend some time in the hot tub and heated pool.  After two hours and 20 wrinkly fingers, we headed back to our room for some rest.  We needed lots of rest to prepare for Monday's excursion to the Exuma Cays!