Welcome To Paradise

That’s what you hear when you start your tour of Sandals Emerald Bay on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas…”Welcome to Paradise.”

From my post last night, it took us going around our elbows and back again to get there, but it was majestic when we arrived. The sun was shining brightly, it was hot {and humid like the South}, but it was glorious.

I won’t provide too much commentary on the pictures, only when needed :)….so enjoy all the pics below. And start planning your own trip! Tomorrow I’ll share with you how Andrew and I save up for our little vacays.

They seriously have some of the most beautiful Bougainvillea I’ve ever seen. And it grows immensely!

This is where we ate dinner the first night. Tidbits: Wear the OFF! provided in the room or else you’ll be eaten up by sand fleas….and, eat after the sun goes down…the flies like the food!

Sunrise the first morning. I woke up around 6:30 :) It was still 84 degrees out…

I almost forgot this one! It’s a collage photo from our night at the “French” restaurant…the food was AMAZING!!!

This is approximately where I got stuck on Monday on a paddle board…. We’d come way out {farther than we probably should have} and about the time we were ready to go back to shore, the winds/waves had shifted and I pretty much got pushed up against this cliff. It was awesome. Even more great was that apparently a shark {nurse} had been hanging out in this area. Thankfully {!!!} we didn’t see it, and we didn’t know it until a couple of days later. #holyheck