14th May, 2007

Last-minute Bahamas planning

We had a great Mother’s Day painting pottery at our local ceramics shop Art N Fun in Los Altos, CA., where we live. The idea was to do a handprint and footprint for the kids as a gift. I decided that it was far more fun to go do the projects with my wife there rather than try to surprise her with the completed projects. This was a great call as it took 2 of us to try to force the little guy into stamping his paint soaked hand onto the plate.

Then I got home and realized that we have not actually reserved any activities for the Bahamas! Hiho, hiho, a trip plannin’ we go…

Grand Bahama Island

I think these are the 2 longest lead items that we have to deal with:

1. Swimming with the Dolphins (what i want to do):

UNEXCO Dolphin Encounter

The Dolphin Close Encounter is $75 for adults, and $37.50 for kids 4-12. You only get about 5 min in the water with the dolphins. The Open Ocean Dolphin Encounter is $199 for adults and kids under 16 not allowed, but you get 25-30 min in the water with the dolphins.

Link to site: UNEXCO Website

2. Horseback riding on the beach (what my wife wants to do):

Pinetree Stables

Link: Pinetree Stables

This is $75/person and no kids under 8 allowed.

Anyway, Camp Lucaya at the Sheraton has all day programs for my older son, but not for the 10 month old. So now we are having to plan ahead for baby sitting for some critical hours. I’ll be calling the hotel because I can’t find any information I trust on nanny services in Freeport on the Web so far.

More trip planning:

Here’s my Yahoo! Trip Plan for the other stuff we bookmarked.

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