Monday, April 13, 2009

You Will Want To Bring The Olympus Stylus 1030SW To Grand Bahama Island as Well!!!! Here's Why...


This huge fish was caught on camera just as the sun was going down. Larger fish seem to visit the reef when night falls.


You want a camera to take perfect underwater photos on Grand Bahama Island don't you? I knew I did when I booked my trip. However everything I came across was either priced in the $800.00 range, needed batteries, or couldn't go down further than 10 feet.

When I came across the Olympus 1030SW, I was more than excited because this camera could travel down to depths up to 30 feet, did not require an expensive waterproof chamber, and it was pretty indestructible.

Read my review on the Olympus 1030SW, look at my photos, all of them were taken with this camera!

A few months ago I began planning a trip to the Bahamas. Before going though I wanted to make sure I had absolutely everything I would need for such a vacations.

Some thing, I didn't quite need, but I sure as hell am glad I purchased them.

One item that I considered more of a luxury item, actually became the one thing I was so glad I didn't do without.

The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera.

This beast of a camera will not only take photos on land, but you can also tote it along in the water with you, without having to worry about destroying the camera.

I wanted it for just that. To take pictures of coral reef, and tropical fish.

I never in a million years thought the Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera would have taken such beautiful photos, and at such a rate of speed.

The camera has all sorts of different functions that take no guesswork. Functions include snow & beach settings, underwater, underwater macro, portrait, night scene, candle light, fireworks, behind glass, and so many more easy to adjust settings.

The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera features 10.1 mega pixels, so each and every picture you snap with the camera is flawless.

I bet you are wondering how well it works though right?

Well it took phenomenal land photos, and I was able to take photos of children blowing out birthday cake candles, without the annoying yellow squiggly lines that my old camera left behind. I also never missed a shot with the shutter settings. Basically all I had to do was hold down a button and it would take a snap shot at lightning speed rates. It continues to take shots till I lift my finger. I love this feature because I never miss a moment.

Land photos look fantastic.

Sea photos are even more beautiful.

I was able to snap shots of tropical fish, and corral reef without an issue whatsoever.

In pools however I get a very deep blue saturation hue, which can be adjusted using the Olympus Master software that comes with the camera.

Mainly though, I picked the Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera because it offered the best features for the price range I was looking to spend.

I ended up picking it up at Circuit City for $342.99 after using a promotional code I had found online.

The Li Battery is fully rechargeable, and does a full recharge in about 2 hours. The first charge took longer though.

One of the main reason I choose the Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera over other underwater cameras was based off of the fact that the battery was rechargeable. Other cameras required 4 AA batteries which I knew would be very annoying, and very expensive... not only that it would add unnecessary weight.

If you take a gander at my slide show, you will see just how beautiful the Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera really is.

I'm sure you can find better, but that is only if you are looking to spend $500 or more. The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Shock and Waterproof Digital Camera in my opinion will take just as good a shot as those high end money gobbling underwater cameras.

What Dive Mask Should You Bring?



The Mask You Should Bring With You For Perfect Viewing While Diving or Snorkeling Grand Bahama Island!
As I may have mentioned in previous posts, a mask to snorkel with is 100% necessary if you are going to be on Grand Bahama Island. If you leave these equipment behind, you may be charged a rental fee on resorts, so if you plan on being in the water bring your own mask.

I went absolutely crazy trying to figure out which mask would be best for me; which mask would offer the best view without fogging up, or without causing strain on my face.

In the past I simply went with whatever I could find at Walmart, however if you are traveling to experience Grand Bahama's waters as they are intended to be viewed than you are like me, and you want the best of the best.

You can get the best of the best for just $42.00.

It's called the Tilos Excel Frameless Mask, and what makes this mask so phenomenal compared to other dive/snorkel masks is that it is frameless. Basically there is no large plastic head piece which causes extra weight and strain on the face and head. Besides just that though is the low low dip in the tempered glass plate. This low leveled pane allows you to see all the way down to the bottom of the sea without having to tilt your head down causing strain.

Now new masks have a tendency to fog, however if you order this mask you should definitely give it a toothpaste rinse, followed up by a scrubbing with baby shampoo. Repeat this daily for up to a week, this will ensure that your mask does not fog while in the water.

It is my advice that you also bring a travel sized bottle of baby shampoo in case you need to do rinses while snorkeling. It really wont be necessary so long as you do the toothpaste and shampoo rinses while still home. Trust me, you do not want a fogging mask while snorkeling the beautiful reefs in Bahamas, and ALL masks fog no matter what they write on the package. Do the rinses though, and you will have a fog free time in the Bahamas.

Anyhow, with that said, definitely consider the Tilos EXCEL.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach; A Review of The Hotel/Resort We Stood At

When booking our trip to Grand Bahama Island, I was so nervous to book a hotel because I did not know what hotel would be best for us.
After searching around endlessly, and changing my mind every other minute, I finally decided that Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach would be the best resort for our needs.

Not only did this resort boast about a beautiful reef just a few feet from shore, but it was also all inclusive; which meant drinks, food, taxes, and booze were all included in the price.

Although I knew nothing about the island at the time, I took my chances with the resort; and let me tell you...we were not disappointed.

We booked for late September, early October so the price was exceptionally low for the off season months. The total came to $798 per person in 2008 for a 5 night stay.

On arrival I fell in love. I had such low expectations because over at TripAdvisor many were complaining about how horrible the resort was.
I was immediately drawn to the tropical mini garden they had going on at the entrance of the building.
After taking in the outside entrance of the Viva Wyndham, I then walked inside through the opened wooden doors where I was greeted by a doorman who took my luggage and left it in the middle of the floor till we were assigned a room.
While waiting for the front desk to assign us key cards the doorman then handed us a nice cool Bahama Mamma as a greeting drink. He had a large sincere smile on his face, and even though he must have been sweating his rear end off in the suit he had to wear, he never broke his smile.

Once we got our key cards, and were given our resort bracelet's, the doorman then took our luggage and showed us to our room.

We took a slow stroll around the walkways of the resort while on our way where the doorman told us where we could find the restaurant's, pool, dive shop, and other activity centers located in the resort.

We walked past the bar which was also the home of a pool table, a ping pong table, a fools ball table, and a large outdoor chess set.

(Photo of pool area)

Immediately my eyes were drawn to a large trapeze that was located on the resort! The thing was huge, and although I was deathly afraid of heights, there was no way I was going home without at least trying it out...(or at least watching my boyfriend try it out. Hehe!)

The pool was gigantic, and located in the pool area there was a nice large stone jacuzzi which was located up a small set of stairs. The jacuzzi was surrounded with all sorts of large tropical plants making the area seem like a nice private cut off little cove. It was simply stunning.
Lounge chairs are lined around the pool as well. You can walk from the pool area out to the beach if you'd like. The views are gorgeous.

On the way to the room I also spotted a bunch of curly tailed lizards and gecko's. The area also was home to some gorgeous tropical flowers, and a large tree that grew some sort of interesting looking fruit.

After strolling through the resort and getting a feel for the place, we were taken to our room. My heart sunk because I thought they had made a huge mistake. I paid extra for an ocean view room.


However the doorman raced ahead of me, and pulled away the curtains.

And there it was...

(Views from our balcony second level room)

The dream vacation I had dreamt since childhood. Outside of our sliding glass door balcony stood an ocean so beautiful, so captivating...so glorious, that I had to pinch myself. This had to be a dream, this could not be real!

Yet there it was, no dream, no illusion. The white powdery sands were there, the palm trees with actual coconuts, all there, the tiki umbrellas, all there, the lounge chairs, the sun, a sky of blue like I'd never seen before. Even the clouds seemed fuller and fluffier here. Brighter and more beautiful than where I am from.













I didn't focus much on the room. I could care less about the room. I could literately be standing in a flooded room and I could care less...so long as this beach were here for the taking I could care less about anything.

For those interested in the actual resort though, our room was a second level ocean view. In the room there were two comfortable queen sized beds, a lamp, central air conditioning that worked like a charm, a TV set, dresser, full sized bathroom, a desk, wall plugs, a coffee pot, a mini fridge, a safe, a large nightstand, a phone, and of course a bible in a draw!

Everything that we would need for the week was provided. I couldn't have been happier.

Food is served in 3 different restaurant's. The Junkanoo, The Bamboo, and La Trattoria. The Bamboo serves Oriental foods, while La Trattoria serves Italian.








The Junkanoo was my all time favorite place to eat. It is large, and set up in a salad bar type theme.

The food was changed up every day with cuisine themes to go along with them. Italian food, oriental, etc etc... deserts were always plentiful and delicious, and breakfast at the Junkanoo was my absolute favorite. Just thinking about the egg omelets the cook whipped up every morning makes me drool.

Everything from scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausages, and bacon were all served every morning. Normally I am not a breakfast person, but the delights I had to chose from every morning enticed me to get up earlier to enjoy them.

The 2 other restaurant's need reservations. In order to make reservations you simply go up to the resorts front desk, where you chose a time, and are given a reservation slip.

Although it was fun, I found having to do reservations a bit annoying. The food at these restaurant's were good, the menus were interesting and plentiful, but I actually enjoyed the Jukanoo best.

There is another snack bar located on the right hand side of the beach where you can walk up and order fries, burgers, soda, chicken nuggets and so on. The food here was delicious, and served fresh right in front of us.

Late at night if you were feeling hungry and the restaurant's were closed you could walk over to the very far right of the resort and order yourself a pizza. The pizza was awesome, and another favorite of ours.

Remember all of the food is included. We did however leave tips which I know the employees appreciated.

The only minor set back when it came to the resort was that if you were not a Wyndham By Request member they did not fill your fridge with drinks. You had to walk down to the on site deli to buy your own. I found this annoying because I was a member, however seeing that I did not book directly with the hotel (I used Travelocity) I could not be rewarded drinks in the fridge daily.

Some of the drinks sold in the deli though are very interesting indeed!!

The activities you can do right on the beach include snorkeling, wind surfing, and kayaking. You can rent a wave runner for an additional fee.

We brought our own snorkel gear. I recommend anyone going to ANY hotel or resort on Grand Bahama Island do the same. Some places charge a rental fee. If you have your own gear you skip the fee!

We skipped on wind surfing, but we did take a kayak out for about an hour to just paddle along the shores. It was wonderful; there is no other way to put it.

Snorkeling was fantastic. There were many, many clusters of reefs located just a few feet from shore of the resort. The reefs are teaming with life. Fish in every shape, size, and color could be found here.




The larger reef is marked off by a white floating barrel buoy, making it easy to find.

If you go outside of the roped off swim/snorkel area keep to the left and don't go all too deep because a wave runner may pass through. I would recommend bringing a small floating buoy flag and attach it to your body so it floats above while you swim. You can buy these buoy flags online. They are brightly colored and read 'diver below'. Although it will likely not be an issue, it's best to be safe than sorry right?

To the left there are many clusters of reefs that house different tropical fish that the reefs at the Wyndham don't have. These fish are more solitary and like hiding. They can all be found though to the left!!! Don't miss it!

If you really are in for a long snorkel tour of your own, if you continue snorkeling or walk the beach to the far left you will come across a snack bar on the beach where you can purchase Bahamian lobster, fried conch, and other foods that the resort does not have. The food here is cheap, delicious and fresh! I highly recommend you take the walk, or snorkel down to enjoy some delicious Bahamian food. I only with I could remember the name of it!!!

Anyway, back to the resort.


The beach is simply lovely at the Wyndham. There are blue lounge chairs all nicely lined up in rows at the shore. The chairs though are spaced as to where you have plenty of privacy. Some lounge chairs are placed under coconut trees for natural shading, others come with tiki umbrellas, and some are placed right out in the sun for serious bathers.

Getting a chair was never an issue. We woke up at around 9am everyday, and never had a problem getting a plot of our own. We could leave our sandals, towels, and smokes all on the loungers and no one dared tough our belongings. We however went on the off season months, so crowds were never ever an issue! The place was pretty much all ours with the exception of a few others, the place was relaxing, quite, and very private. Just a wonderful place to kick back and rejuvenate the soul.




There are also plenty of activities to take part in at the resort. There was a dance show one night while we were there.












There is a kiddie club for kids, a dive shop where you can book diving and snorkeling excursions.

If you don't know the island all that well, you can ask the front desk for help on booking excursions outside of the resort. They will provide you with a binder that is loaded with all sorts of excursions outside of the resort to enjoy.

Transportation:

Transportation waits right outside 247. If you need to take a cab somewhere outside of the resort, you don't have to worry at all about the cab arriving late. There is usually one waiting there at all times, and you will not wait long periods of time for one to pull up to the resort.

We had one female cabbie that was an absoulte doll. Not only did she stop off at a canal for us to take photos, she took photos of us! She also filled us in on some not to miss locations. We ended up calling her for every cab ride we needed because we both fell in love with her larger than life bubbly personality.














Seriously if you just take the time to get to know the locals, you'll go home missing them. They have a lot of infomration to share on the island, the lifestyles, and the places not to be missed!

One cabbie even invited us along to a fish fry that was happening that evening. Unfortunatley it was out last day on the island so we couldn't attend.

Cleanliness of Resort:

Not once did we ever experince anything negative in regards to cleanliness that I had read on some 1 star rated reviews on TripAdvisor (about the place being dirty)!

The resort was always clean, and our room was cleaned throughly everyday. We tracked sand into our room everyday, and when we got back to the room at around 7pm, no traces of sand were present, beds were always made up neatly, and the bathroom would be cleaned daily.

We did experinced a few issues while staying our full 5 days. During one of the days they forgot to give us new coffee packets. It annoyed me, but I was able to walk down to the Junkanoo and pick up some that are always located there.

Expectaions:

The Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach Resort was spectacular all in all. I could not have wished for a better place to stay at while on the island, and it's a resort I highly recommend. It is a low key place, with a smooth atmosphere, a friendly staff, and it was just an all around great time. If you are used to all out pampering though this place just may not be for you. This resort is for people looking to stay in a gorgeous resort without all of the yuppiefied commerical amnmeties. This resort does not charge a lot, all is included, and frankly I don't think we could have done better!

I Can't Take it Anymore!!! I'm Heading Back!

I just figured out how to use Google Analytics. This program pretty much gives you an idea on where all of your traffic to your site is coming from; how many clicks, and average time spent on site.

I was excited to learn that not only people from the USA were frequenting this site, but residents from the Bahama's were stopping in as well!

Anyway, I figured I would inform all of you that I am taking yet another trip to Grand Bahama Island this year. We loved the last hotel we stayed in so much, we deiced to head back.

We of course are going to visit Lucayan National Park/Gold Rock Beach again; however we will be doing a few new excursions that we didn't know about such as taking a boat ride to Sandy Cay, aka Gilligan's Island. We will also be taking an hover air boat ride, and we're going to explore some of the Cays that we missed during our last visit.

I'm beyond excited about the boat ride out to Sandy Cay/Gilligan's Island. I stumbled upon a website that was offering tours to Gilligan's Island. I wish I would have known about this tour sooner, but thankfully I found it this round and will be sure not to miss it!

You can book a tour to Gilligan's Island at www.smilingpat.com.

I am hoping that the tour is running when we visit this upcoming September. I sent the site an email, but have yet to hear back. I'll likely call the number on the site before I book my vacation, so I'm not all too concerned. Even if the tour is not running, I'll find another way to get to Sandy Cay; there is no way I can miss it!!!

If you want a photo of Sandy Cay, click here. It is simply spectacular isn't it?

Man I'm drooling just thinking about it!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

My Favorite Sighting

Although spotting a Sharp Tail Eel was phenomenal, my favorite run in was one of the most unexpected sights.

I was swimming along the coast right outside of our resorts doors, about 10 feet off the shoreline, and in about 3 feet of water I found myself drifting right on top of a Barracuda!!!


I panicked and didn't know what to do. I knew swimming away like a frantic idiot would only cause the Barracuda aggravation, so I began to swim backwards using my flippers very slowly.


As I swam away, I took a very decent shot of the Barracuda. It barely even seemed to care that I was there. Here is what I caught though. I think it came out pretty damn good!
Just look at that beauty!!! When I have the time, I will clean this photo up in photoshop and re-post it for better viewing.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

A Sharptail Eel

When I spotted this guy, I had no idea that I had spotted an eel that many divers, and locals of the island have never seen before. Our dive instructor who had been giving dive tours for years had never spotted one of these before, and when I showed him the picture I took, he was baffled at what the creature could be.
At first I thought I was seeing a water snake, so I stood as far away as possible, because I didn't know if it was poisonous, or if it would strike at me.

When I got home, I had to find out what this long eel like snake actually was. After hours of endless photo searching on Google.come, I came across the Sharptail Eel.

The sharptail eel is a rarer sight, and is normally found in Panama, but sometimes seen in the Bahamas, only more rare.

I felt pretty excited that I managed to see this eel up close. It's actually really pretty, with a long slender brown body, and white colored dots on it's body.

The head is the most interesting because it actually looks more like a snake, but the Sharptail Eel seems to have some sort of whiskers.

This fella was literately no more than 10 feet off shore, and he seemed to be slowly cruising around the bottom of the sea. Maybe looking for some crabs to feast on?




Don't Forget To Feed The Fish!!!

I don't think there has been a day that has gone by where Grand Bahama Island has not been on my mind. Coming home was nice, but honestly I don't think I will ever look at the waters here where I live, quite the way I did in the Bahamas.


Here there are no magical worlds of colorful reefs underwater, nor are their fish swimming at your sides.

One of the first things we did when we arrived was feed the fish some bread that we took from the resort. I had no idea that we would have such a large school of fish in just seconds. It was surreal, amazing, and unforgettable.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Paradise Cove Tours












Ahhh... sweet sweet serenity.

Before arriving to the island, we pretty much had a mapped out itinerary to follow. We were going to go on a snorkeling tour through blue holes. Blue holes are large craters in the sea, which is the home to so many different tropical fish, and I knew this would be something not to miss. Unfortunately the tour was no longer operating Blue Holes, which was sad.

Instead of sitting around though, we figured we'd simply do another tour for the day we were going to do Blue Holes.
We were given a book of activities to do on the island from the customer service desk at our resort.

In it we found Paradise Cove Tours, which was an all day tour to Paradise Cove, which is located on the west end of the island.
For only $35, the tour included, lunch, free transportation, and of course snorkeling in what is called Deadman's Reef; which we were told was the islands best spot for snorkeling.
The tour was not quite as planned though, because the tour bus refused to come pick us up at our resort seeing that we were the only couple doing the tour. They said we were too far away, and that there were not enough people from our resort who booked the tour.
We had to take a $20 cab ride to the casino at Westin where the tour bus picked us up.
A good 20 minute drive or so, and we were finally at Paradise cove.
You walk up a narrow little walkway to a beach hut, where food is served. Here you can rent snorkel gear, lounge chairs, towels, and umbrellas for a very small price.
We rented a lawn chair. An employee at the beach shack set it up for us, and we were ready to go.
Paradise Cove is pristine and beautiful, with white sand beaches, crystal clear water, and a reef far out in the distance.
It took some time to swim out to the good snorkeling spots which are located very close to the small mountains of rock that rise up out of the water.Many say that only good swimmers should tour Paradise Cove, but at the beach hut you can rent out flotation belts in order to make the swim easier on you. If you take your time though, and just take in what you are seeing down below in the crytsal clear sea, you won't have an issue with becoming fatigue. I found that just drifting worked best.
The water is not scary deep, but it gets very deep when you are near the reefs.
Some areas in the water are so deep that it may even scare you, but if you relax, and just enjoy what you are seeing, you will adore the large craters and dips in the sea floor.
Far out you will be looking around 100 feet down, and it does not even seem that you are that deep until you look over at your partner and see just how far their body is from the surface. It's all pretty surreal.

The corals all seemed relatively dead at Paradise Cove, but the fish are there in an abundance, and sting rays seem to enjoy this area. One ray was around 10 feet long, and was literately 3 feet from shore. So be very, very careful when getting into the water- although they do not attack, their barbs are deadly, and odds are if you step on one, it will not hesitate to lash out on you. Try and scout it out before just flopping in!The thing I really loved about Paradise Cove is that while swimming out to the reef you will come across a huge landscape of green seaweed. In this seaweed you will notice large clumps... upon close inspection you will notice that these large hunks of seaweed are actually living sand dollars. They come to the weeds to collect them to their bodies for camouflage. If you don't look closely you could miss one amazing sea creature.
Now the coolest part is that the green sea bed ends onto a huge landscape of white sand. This sand is not barren though. Here you will find the shells of the former guests of sand dollars. I was able to find sand dollars here in bucket fulls... however they have been sitting down there for so long, that when you try to pick them up, they turn to dust.
I was able to find about 5 or 6 really good sized sand dollars that stood together. Some the size of my palm.I liked to call this area at Paradise Cove, Sand dollar Graveyard.
The waters here at Paradise Cove are pretty much filled with the same types of fish we saw at the resort, with the occasional sting ray, and a few odd balls that we didn't see in the waters at Fortuna Beach. We were looking primarily for sea turtles, but unfortunately it wasn't the right season.
The one thing we did see here in an abundance besides live sand dollars, and sand dollar shells were these odd blue fish that seemed to glow. I only wish I knew what they were called, but they had these spectacular blue dots on them that seemed to just light up. Like lightning bugs of the sea.
Out near the rocks, we came across about 4 or 5 Bahamian lobsters hiding in small pockets in the rocks. They have no claws!!!
The absolute best thing though that I spotted here were these gorgeous neon yellow and orange sea slugs. They were so easy to miss... but like I said, if you take your time you will see more than expected.
Not only were there neon yellow sea slugs, but I also came across some blue ones, and grey colored ones. They are so beautiful, and so graceful, just inching along pieces of coral.
Unfortunately my underwater camera had a hard time focusing in on the small sea slugs.

After swimming around for what felt like an eternity, we headed back in shore for some conch chips, and Bahamian lobster.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Unexso, Grand Bahama Island- Not To Be Missed!!!

Another gem nestles on Grand Bahama Island, is a little cove I like to call Paradise's creatures. (Well that's what I would have called it). It's actually called Unexso.
You can find all sorts of information on Unexso literately the moment you step off of your plane into the Freeport Airport. There will be brochures on racks as you leave the airport. Be sure to check em out, because there are so many activity brochures for you to grab.

What is Unexso?

Oh my God, it's just about the most mind blowing experience you will ever participate in. You have many choices though, at Unexso you can either have a dolphin encounter, a dolphin swim, an open ocean dolphin encounter, and so on. They also do shark dives!!!

We paid extra for the dolphin swim. The encounter is a little cheaper, but truly you wont experience the dolphins one on one, unless you do the dolphin swim.

You have to make reservations, and from wherever you are staying you need to take a cab into Porty Lucya, in order to take a ferry over to Unexso, which is hidden down a weird channel like cove. The ferry ride is part of the experience, and it is fantastic.
On the way I was able to look down into the water and see huge tropical fish swimming around. Not only that, around 10 minutes into the small ferry ride, you will see a huge abandoned pirate ship in the channel, which is just so... neat.



You will also see some of the locals shoe string fishing from the bulkheads.




Once you pull up you will see just about the cutest little atmosphere I think you will ever see. To the left there is like this adorable little hut covered in tropical leaves high up on a hill. You get off to the right, where you meet with your instructors.

We had a pretty lil' blond gal take us to our swim. The best thing about the swim was that it was only my boyfriend, I, and another couple of two. It was very private, and made it all the more comfortable.

Before hopping into the water, we were given a quick lesson on what to expect. We were also given the dolphin's names. Ones name was corral, but I cannot for the life of me remember the other ones name, simply because he was the behaved dolphin. We were told that corral at times could get fresh, which was true because she pounded my leg in, in the water with her tail. I still think she did it on purpose. hehe. Thankfully it didn't hurt... but it was one hell of a series of powerful thrusts to my leg.

After swimming around with the dolphins, the time was just about up for us to come out of the water.

First though, we were told to do certain hand signals to the dolphins. Once we did the hand signals, the dolphins would perform a trick, such as waving, spitting, speaking, and so on.

After that, we then took photos with them.

It wasn't over there though, because next we got to come out of the water and see the dolphins in all of their glory. They did flips, waved, and a slew of other awesome tasks.
The experience was not over yet though... nope. Before boarding our ferry, we were taken to a small area in the forest where a group of parrots and macaws were. Here we were able to kiss the birds (yes this one bird actually kisses!), pet them, and feed them. It really added to the enjoyment of the place. Unexso is not to be missed.

If you are going to Grand Bahama Island, you must, and I cannot stress it enough- you must take 2 hours out of your plans to take a trip to Unexso. An experience never ever to be forgotten.

Dolphins at Unexo, Grand Bahama Island, Flipping Video!

Dolphin Moonwalking at Unexo, Grand Bahama Island Video

Stingray Right Off Shore at Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach; Video

Puffer Fish That Lives In The Larger Reef At Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach

Beautiful Video Of Fish At Reef on Grand Bahamas Island