Jay Bender

This was the highlight of the vacation. The island is beautiful. No natives, all cruisers and staff. We were on the 50 minute jet ski tour at 11am and we need to be there by 10:50 for a training video. We arrived and signed in. They told us to wait like 10 minutes and they would call us. We walked down the beach to the water and just lounged for a while. It’s really beautiful. The water is really clear and warm. The beaches are white w/thick sand and a steel drum band was playing in the distance. I had achieved what I was hoping for.

We thought we heard them calling us so we headed to the Jet Ski shack. The instructors were mad at us for keeping them waiting. Whatever! We were off on a bad foot and I could tell that the instructor thought I was some kind of a smart ass or something. After the video I needed to get my bag, again his eyes rolled. Finally we got out on the boats and had to follow this guy around to different islands where he told us some history and facts. It was cool, sort of. The jet skis are very tipsy though. They encourage you to go top speed but follow them to avoid rocks. We almost bit it a couple of times but being the brave boyfriend that I am, I managed to balance the boat before my girlfriend got wet. All in all the jet ski tour was all right. My GF had never been on one before so its was a nice thing, and the chance to jet ski in the Bahamas is rare, so I splurged. However the Jet Ski instructors were jerks. They reminded me of Skate Guards at a roller skating rink. Cocky, twirling a whistle, all they needed was a jacket that said JET SKI STAFF to make them cooler than they were. However, I guess their focus on safety is appropriate. Later that day apparently some one broke they're neck when the deviated from the line. Not to worry, RC makes you sign a full waiver. I wouldn't recommend this excursion. TOO EXPENSIVE.  You can jet ski in Nassau for $50 a 1/2 hour and you can do whatever you want and you don't have to watch any videos.

I had read that the food is disgusting on Coco Cay but I found it to be perfect. In fact I was so pleasantly surprised my girlfriend told me to shut up about it:  hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, mac salad, beans etc. (picnic food). There was Water and Punch to drink. There were some flies but it really didn't matter. There's plenty of shaded huts w/ tables and a steel drum band was playing. It was sort of like Disney meets Island Vacation. Little huts/ villages/shops/shacks and international employees running around yelling COCO LOCO HERE

Snorkeling is what to do. Relatively cheap to rent, if you have your own bring them, and prefect for that tropical icing on your Bahamas vacation. We walked down a bit to get away from everyone and got some chairs on the water. Saw stingrays, sea urchins and schools of fish, it was amazing. Had some very expensive Coco Locos which were good in more souvenir glasses and returned to the "Tender" (shuttle boat) at 4:15pm.

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