Nassau, Bahamas

First full day on the cruise and we're in Nassau, Bahamas.  We've never been to the Bahamas before, so we were looking forward to it.  We we up early and off the ship by 8:15.  We had read online that Nassau has a nice little zoo that is within walking distance from the port, so we headed in that direction.  It took us about 40 minutes to walk there, but it was right along the beach so the scenery was lovely!  

The zoo was adorable and you could interact with many of the animals.  Mostly it was birds, a few monkeys, and some other various farmyard animals.  We were the only people there until about 10:15 am, when a tour group showed up, and Andrew was in heaven feeding various animals.  I took several videos of Andrew dancing with a pair of Amazon parrots while either whistling or taking turns saying "hello".  It's hilarious, but on ship wi-fi, I won't be able to post it here.  I'll upload it when we get home, I promise - you don't want to miss it!   

We were back on the ship in the afternoon and had a nap.  We didn't get much sleep last night because I had some sort of insect bite on one of my ankles that swelled up and was oozing and itching.  This required a run up two floors to get a bunch of ice.  After that, we were both pretty much awake for the next hour or two.  Combined with a 6 am alarm, it made for a short night!  

Dinner tonight was "formal night".  The nice thing about Carnival is that this has gotten less and less formal over time.  Some people still get really dressed up in tuxes/gowns, and other people are in kahk's & Hawaiian shirts.  We were closer to that end of the spectrum on this cruise!  

After dinner, we went to the piano bar for a little while and then went to watch karaoke.  The mix of singers was quite interesting including some young kids, and an adorable woman with Down's Syndrom singing Abba.  There was also a 250 pound white woman who sang (from memory) every word of Baby Got Back.  Highly enjoyable!  

Tomorrow we're in Half Moon Cay, which is the private island owned by Holland America (which is owned by Carnival).  We tender at 7:30, so we'll call it a night!  

Andrew and his goat friend.

This guy was putting on a show for the ladies

Flamingo - they did a show where a group of the flamingos "marched" on command.
Kind of weird but interesting that they could train them like dogs.  

Four ships in port today!  This is Junkanoo Beach, which was along the way to/from
the beach.  

Andrew feeding a lory

Nassau Straw Market - this place was crazy!
A million stands and as many tourists - we only spent a few minutes there!

View of Atlantis from the pier.  Probably the best-known landmark in Nassau.