Personal Narrative: Adventures In The Bahamas

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Sensation
Warm sun gleaming down and eighty-five outside, a cool breeze and pizza buffet at my own disposal. An escape away from reality and into a relative paradise, no job nor school to worry about, just the concern of applying a generous amount of sunscreen. Sunsets over the cerulean waters are the main event of the evening, along with a fancy meal and a show or two. Adventures in the Bahamas guided by native islanders filled our days. I was accompanied by my family to enjoy a week long cruise on the Carnival Sensation.
Our planning for our family cruise began as soon as my sister, Jasmyne, signed a contract to perform in the shows on a Carnival ship. Jasmyne has always loved dancing and singing, entertaining crowds anywhere. My mom is …show more content…

Finishing up breakfast, we had to find our shore excursion guide. We already arranged to go reef snorkeling. We packed up everything we thought we would need and boarded the transportation bus to the docks where our excursion would begin. The driving laws in the Bahamas are extremely lenient and not enforced. As a result, everyone is a reckless driver and we experienced this first hand. Our bus ride seemed as if it was two hours long, yet in reality it took around an hour. My dad had already had enough excitement from the bus ride itself. Once funneling off the bus, we boarded the Ocean Mist catamaran. It took us about a half a mile off shore in a coral reef where we’d be snorkeling. On the way to our snorkeling spot, my mom asked the guides a quite obvious question, “So are there like sharks out here?” Our guide simply replied,”Well, we are in the ocean and in the ocean is where sharks live. So, there is a small chance you might encounter a shark.” Obviously, this made my mom a nervous wreck and she was the last to get into the water. We were then equipped with a matching pair of flippers and a pair of goggles along with a snorkel. The guides then explained the importance of things you should not touch. They said touching the wrong coral or shells could result in months in the hospital or even death. This seemed to sit well with our crowd of cruise goers. The snorkeling excursion was an experience to make Freeport a memorable one. We were able to see a diverse selection of fish and sea creatures. My mom had an encounter with a barracuda, which she said she could’ve gone without. Following the boat ride to shore and the bus ride returning to port, we passed through island venders to get back on the boat. And again, we were back sailing the ocean

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