NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS

NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS

I was many times in Nassau and every time I stepped out from the ship I was surprised by something new. The closest place to the terminal is Junkanoo beach just about ten minutes walking. Water is absolutely stunning. Beach is very famous here and has everything you want.  They have local live band playing local music, they have grill food, and they serve drink, coconut, ice cream and more. If you want to separate yourself from the crowd you walk further but beach is not that sandy like on the Junkanoo, it is more natural.

Bar at the Junkanoo beach has really good WI-FI and it is free. On the way to the beach there is McDonalds, where I always stop to eat ice cream. There is frog pub and some local restaurants on the way to the beach. Since I was coming twice per week here, I bought a BTC sim card just for using internet and signal was even good on open sea too.  When you settle self down at the beach you can see open see and lighthouse too. Lighthouse is located on private area next to yoga beach, which I will explain later.

If you want to go to Cable beach, far away from Junkanoo beach, you can take a bus nearby McDonalds and tickets are $2 one way. It is nice to move from the crowd and go little bit further. You can see have people live here, nice houses and private small beach too. Taxi shuttle are all on the street but be patient because they always wait till van is full so they can take to the selected destination.

One of the places you must see is Atlantis- Paradise Island Bahamas. I believe this is the world famous place and it is worth to travel here. Atlantis is about 20 minutes by shuttle and Paradise Island is connected by bridge. Tickets are various, it depends what you want to do, I paid mine $120 for entrance. Tickets included: entrance to the aquarium, casino, and access to the beach, pool, Crazy River and famous slide. Food you can buy in any stop so I don’t recommend package with food. Place like Atlantis will show you how people can enjoy all activities in one place.

Hotels here are very nice, they have shopping mall with brand clothes; they have huge casino, open bars, aquarium, walking side, underground museum, slides, snorkeling and swimming with sharks and Crazy River. I was exploring Atlantis from 09.001m till 05.00 pm and I could not see everything. I went on Crazy River twice, but I like it so much. I did not have enough time to see beach near to the Atlantis, because I was impressed by aquarium and water museum and seeing all different kind of fishes and sea creatures I have never seen in my life before.

Only time I set down it was to eat pizza and have a coffee which was more expensive than on other places. I met some people there, they have been coming in Atlantis last 10 years for vacation and they never move from Atlantis. They stay 10 days here because they said no need to go anywhere else, everything you want you have here. However, if you have chances to Travel to Nassau do not miss the opportunity to see and visit Atlantis.

Charms of the wonderfull “Yoga Beach”

Other place I would like to recommend to visit is Yoga beach. It is called Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat (https://sivanandabahamas.org/)

Yoga beach can be founded on line, they offer yoga teaching class with certificate after 5 or more weeks. They have nice small separated buildings with private yard or little hotel, few apartments inside with balcony and sea view. Moreover, they have tent if you are fun of sleeping in real nature too.

I have never see such a peaceful and quiet beach as Yoga beach. It is so impressive with sand and clear water on one side and forest on the other.

Coming here it is kind of tricky. Since yoga place is located on Paradise Island, only way you can come to Yoga beach is by small taxi boat. Keith is boat driver and he works for Sivananda Yoga and he has schedule for going to the yoga place and back to the city Nassau. Pick up location is next to the sushi bar and all local people will guide you to the sushi restaurant.  I discovered yoga place with my friend Yuliya, she actually showed me how to get there since she knew I do yoga and she took me there. If you get lost, you can ask anyone for the direction to the boat to Yoga beach. When you come with a boat on Yoga beach, first you will walk through the forest and you will see platforms for yoga classes, small shop with souvenirs and path will take you to the reception kiosk, very small, with all information and you can pay one class or if you pay 5 or more classes you will get discount. I paid 5 classes just to see how it works, but my time was limited, I could not wait for afternoon class, so I used one platform in the shade with sea view only for myself. They give you a mat and when you leave you return the mat back.  Since I discovered this place and I was impressed how such a nature is close to the Atlantis and so many lizards and beards and silent I was keep coming here every time I had a chance. If you want to enjoy this private beach, you can walk from Atlantis here but it is around 30 minutes walking. Next to the Yoga beach, there are few houses and at the end of Island is Lighthouse I mention before you can see from Junkanoo beach. More about yoga beach see on my YouTube canal

I have never see such a peaceful and quiet beach as Yoga beach.  It is so impressive with sand and clear water on one side and forest on the other.

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NASAU, BAHAMI

NASAU, BAHAMI

Bila sam nekoliko puta u Nasau i svaki put kada sam izašla sa broda, bila sam iznenađena sa nečim novim za videti . Najbliže mesto pored pristaništa je Džunkanu plaža samo desetak minuta šetnje. Morska voda je apsolutno zadivljujuća. Plaža je veoma poznata ovde i ima sve što trebate. Imaju lokalni bend sa uživo muzikom , imaju roštilj , služe piće, kokos, sladoled i mnogo toga još. Ako želite da se odvojite od gužve na plaži produžite malo dalje ali plaža više nije tako peščana kao na Džunkano , mnogo je više prirodna.

Bar na Džunkano plaži ima veoma dobar WiFi internet i besplatan je. Na putu ka plaži nalazi se MekDonald’s, gde sam uvek stajala da jedem sladoled. Tu se još nalaze i „red frog pub“ i još drugi lokalni restorani na putu ka plaži. Pošto sam ja dolazila ovde više od dva puta nedeljno ja sam kupila Bahamsku BTC karticu samo da bih koristila internet i signal je bio dobar čak i na otvorenom moru. Kada se smestite na plaži , pogled će vam odvući otvoreno more i svetionik. Svetionik se nalazi na privatnom delu pored joga plaže, što ću objasniti kasnije .

Ako npr. želite da odete do Kabal plaže(Cable Beach) , malo dalje od Džunkano plaže ,možete da uzmete autobus blizu MekDonald’s i karte koštaju samo 2 dolara u jednom pravcu. Lepo je kad se odvojite malo od gužve i odete dalje. Na putu do Kabal plaže možete da vidite kako ljudi žive ovde i kakve su im kuće. Taksi se takođe može naći na ulici ali budite strpljivi jer oni uvek čekaju dok se kombi napuni.

Jedno od mesta koja morate da posetite je Atlantis ili rajsko malo ostrvo Bahama. Verujte da je ovo najpoznatije mesto na svetu i vredno je da se poseti i putuje ovde samo da bi se videlo. Atlantis je udaljen oko 20 minuta sa taksijem i Rajsko ostrvo je povezano sa mostom. Karte za ulaz su različite u zavisnosti šta želite da odradite a moje su koštale 120 dolara. Uključivala je ulaz u akvarijum, kazino, ulaz na plažu pored Atlantisa, bazen, ludu reku(spuštanje sa specijalnim dušekom kroz razne delove mesta pa prolazak i kroz tunel gde se vide ajkule u akvarijumu) i poznati strmi tobogan. Hranu možete da kupite bilo gde pa stoga ne bih preporučila ulaznicu sa uključenom hranom. Mesto kao što je Atlantis će vam odati utisak kako ljudi mogu uživati sve moguće aktivnosti na samo jednom mestu.

Hoteli su veoma lepi, imaju brendiranu odeću u tržnim centrima, zatim veliki kazino, otvorene barove, akvarijum, šetačku zonu, podzemni muzej, tobogan. Ja sam boravila u Atlantisu od 9 ujutru od 5 sati posle podne i nisam uspela da vidim sve. Možda razlog tome je taj što sam otišla da se spustim na ludu reku dva puta ali mi se jednostavno mnogo svidela. Nisam imala vremena da vidim plažu pored Atlantisa, zato što me oduševio akvarijum i vodeni muzej i prilika da vidim različite vrste riba, ajkula i ostalih morskih stvorenja koje pre nikad nisam videla u svom životu.

Jedini put kad sam sela je bilo da jedem picu i popijem kafu što je bilo mnogo skuplje nego na bilo kom drugom mestu. Tu sam upoznala neke goste koji tu dolaze već poslednjih 10 godina na odmor i nikad se nisu pomerili iz Atlantisa. Ostaju 10 dana ovde jer kako kažu nemaju potrebe da idu bilo gde kad u Atlantisu imaju sve. Bilo kako bilo, ako imate priliku da putujete u Nasau ne propustite priliku da posetite Atlantis.

Čari divne „joga plaže“

Druga mesta koja bih htela da preporučim za posetiti je joga plaža zove se pravim imenom Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat. (https://sivanandabahamas.org/)

Joga plaža može se pronaći u pretragama on line , nude časove joge sa sertifikatom posle 5 ili više sedmica. Imaju odvojenu zgradu sa privatnim dvorištem ili kao mali hotel, par apartmana unutra sa balkonom i pogled na more. Čak šta više imaju šatore ako se pristalica spavanja u prirodi na otvorenom.

Ja nisam nikad videla mirniju i tišu plažu kao što je joga plaža. Tako je impresivna sa peskom i čistom vodom sa jedne i šumom sa druge strane.

Dolazak ovde je malo komplikovaniji. Pošto je joga plaža na rajskom ostrvu , jedini put kojim se može doći ovde je sa malim čamcem. Dečko koji radi za Sivananda Joga , vozi čamac i ima raspored kad ide na joga mesto i nazad za Nasau. Mesto za ukrcaj je pored jednog suši bara . Ja sam otkrila joga plažu sa svojom drugaricom Julijom , u stvari ona mi je pokazala kako doći ovde jer je znala da ja radim jogu i odvela me je ovde. Ako se izgubite možete pitati bilo koga za za prevoz na joga plažu. Kada dođete na joga plažu sa malim čamcem, prvo ćete da prošetate kroz šumu i videćete platforme za vežbanje joge, malu radnju sa suvenirima i put će vas odvesti na kiosk koji je prijavnica ili recepcija gde možete naći sve potrebne informacije gde možete da platite jedan čas joge ili 5 i više gde ako platite više časova dobijate popust. Ja sam platila 5 časova samo da vidim kako to funkcioniše , ali moje vreme je bilo ograničeno , nisam mogla da čekam posle podnevne časove , tako da sam koristila jednu od platformi za jogu u hladovini samo za sebe. Daju su mi prostirku za jogu i kad sam završila sa vežbanjem vratila sam im prostirku. Pošto sam ja otkrila ovo mesto i ostala impresionirana kakva priroda je tako blizu Atlantisa i toliko guštera i ptica i tišine na jednom mestu, onda sam počela da dolazim ovde kad god sam imala priliku za to. Ako želite da uživate na ovom privatnoj plaži , možete takođe doći šetajući od Atlantisa i potrebno je oko 30 minuta šetnje. Pored joga plaže nalazi se par privatnih kuća i na kraju ostrva je svetionik koji sam prethodno spomenula da se vidi sa Džunkanu plaže. Više o joga plaži na mom YouTube kanalu ovde:

Nikad nisam videla mirniju i tišu plažu kao što je Joga plaža . Tako je impresivna sa peskom i čistom vodom sa jedne i šumom sa druge strane.

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