BEARS ON THE ROAD

When we got to Nassau, I couldn't believe it. It was the exact opposite of Freeport- warm, sunny, with fish swimming in the port. We didn't have to wait to get to our bus, and we got in immediately. While waiting for the boat, we cruised the shop. I saw a shirt that I wanted. It had a shark on it. Then the boat was ready to leave. Our first site was famous. It has a prop from one of the ''Jaws ''movie. The prop was a sunken plane. We saw many fish through the CLEAR and WARM water with the ALIVE reef. After that site, we visited a site with lots of other fish. The snorkel gear was much better, so I could actually snorkel. The last site was the site I had been most afraid of-the shark site. After much hmming and hawing, I decided to get in. The sharks were about 25 feet down. I saw 3 of them. Then they brought the bait box up, and I saw one of the things I'd always wanted to see-the dorsal fin of a shark sticking out of the water. ( we were out of the water wh

InFreeport, or FREEZEport, we got to enjoy about an hour of standing in the cold. After that, we FINALLY boarded a boat. We were allowed to sit on deck, and we saw flying fish! After a while, my parents made me get off. >:-(!! When we got into the water, I discovered something else-Bahamian water is deceptive. When you are not in it, it looks warm, but when you are in it, you know that it's cold. 9 tenths of the reef was dead. After several attempts at snorkeling, during which I nearly drowned twice, got a drink of saltwater through my leaking snorkel, and got a huge rash on the inside of my leg from my flotation device, which seemed to be busy making my rear end hurt rather than making sure other boats didn't kill me on accident. In the end, I gave up, of course, right before my parents saw a trumpetfish, a needlefish, and a moray eel. So, of course, ONCE AGAIN, I miss the interesting stuff. Bleh!