This is Nassau, the Bahamas !!!

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Once again, found me older pictures new to my blog that should be here. All started there for me and the Bahamas were my first “tourist” visit ever! from the USA…back in 1986! A popular destination from the USA and still many friends there vacationed in the Bahamas mostly now on cruises, Let me tell you about this is Nassau, the Bahamas !!! and memories forever, Hope you enjoy the post as I,

The Bahamas, in the long form the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, located north of the Caribbean Sea. It is an archipelago occupying approximately 700 islands and islets of the Lucay Islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Florida, northeast of Cuba, northwest of Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos. Its capital is Nassau, located on the island of New Providence.

The city of Nassau, formerly Charles Town, is the commercial and cultural center of the country, it is the largest city, whose extent is such that it occupies almost the entire island of New Providence and merges with it. The city center is rather on the northeast coast of the island, opposite Paradise Island on which is the Atlantis Paradise Island, a tourist complex that has become the main attraction of the archipelago. Nassau has a major port, Nassau Harbor, as well as Prince George Wharf, the main cruise ship terminal.

The Lynden Pindling International Airport (IATA code: NAS • ICAO code: MYNN) is the main airport in the
Bahamas Islands, located on the island of New Providence, west of Lake Killarney and nearly 15 km from
Nassau. The Bahamas Nassau airport: http://The Freeport airport: https://www.bahamas.com/getting-here/flying

John Berkely “Peanuts” Taylor was the main name behind the wonderful Drumbeat Club in 1964. Years after the closing of these clubs, he would re-open The Drumbeat again at The Nassau Beach Hotel in 1975 and subsequently at its final location near the British Colonial Hotel downtown Nassau. West Bay street, which is where I caught up with him.

Bahamas Nassau drumbeat club c1988 closed

I was staying at a hotel just steps from the British Colonial which name escapes me, last google shows still under renovation with no name, next to the El Greco hotel is now, and across from the public beach,here for the memories of always.

Bahamas Nassau hotel c1988

The Government House is the official residence of the Governor General of the Bahamas, located in Nassau. It was built in the colonial days and later continued in the role of official residence and office of the Governor General following political independence from the United Kingdom in 1973. The original Government House on this site was completed in 1737. The statue of Christopher Columbus, which stands at the harbourside entrance of the building, was reportedly designed in London by an aide to American novelist Washington Irving, a Columbus biographer. The 12-foot-tall representation was placed in front of Government House by Governor James Carmichael Smyth in 1830.

bahamas-nassau-government-house

The Queen’s Staircase is a walkway of 65 steps (102 feet or 31 meters). It was carved out of solid limestone rock by 600 slaves between 1793 and 1794 to create an escape route from the fort above and is a major landmark of Nassau. The stairs are located at Fort Fincastle Historic Complex near Bennet’s Hill in city center/downtown Nassau next to Princess Margaret Hospital and Grosvenor Campus of the University of the Bahamas.  The staircase has water cascading to a pool below, along the side over series of steps. At the bottom a walkway goes between high stone walls, tropical plants and trees. In the 19C the staircase were later named in honor of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland who ended slavery in the British Empire. The number of steps is by coincidence, equal to the number of years in Victoria’s reign.

bahamas-nassau-queens-staircases

A bit of history I like tell us that Nassau was founded by the English from Eleuthera Island in the late 17C under the name Charles Town. Destroyed by the Spaniards in 1684, it was rebuilt and renamed Nassau in honor of William III of Orange-Nassau in 1695.

The Bahamas tourist office on the Queen’s staircase: https://www.bahamas.com/vendor/queens-staircase

The Bahamas tourist office on Government House: https://www.bahamas.com/vendor/government-house

The Bahamas tourist office on Nassau: https://www.bahamas.com/islands/nassau-paradise-island

There you go folks, wonderful memories of my first trips abroad to the Bahamas islands. Nassau will stay in my vault of memories forever. Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Nassau, the Bahamas !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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