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Joanie Ogg CTC, MCC

The morning weather prior to the arrival in the Bahamas was beautiful and a very welcome change from yesterday’s in climate weather. My destination on the island was of course to find an internet café. The ship docked at the Grand Bahama Harbor which offered a variety of services. Since we arrived on a Sunday some of the stores and services were closed. The internet café right at the port was closed and I headed with a group of our members out to Port Lucaya Market Place.

There are two main shopping areas on the Island, the International Bazaar and the Port Lucaya Market Place. We had been told that the International Bazaar had been damaged during the last hurricane and many of the services had not yet been rebuilt so we opted for Port Lucaya. It is about a 20 minute drive and the cost is only $5.00 U. S. per person. Since our driver informed us that gasoline here is about $2.69 a gallon the price of $5.00 is really very low for such a distance.

The Lucuyan Beach is where you find some of the major hotels and the Sheraton Hotel is located right on Lucuyan Beach. Our Lucuya which is an all-inclusive resort is also very close to the shopping area. There are several nice jewelry stores, linen stores and other services at the market place. There was an internet café that charged $5.00 for 15 minutes and since I had brought my laptop with me off the ship I was able to connect using my own hardware. I purchased the all day pass so that I could work as long as needed and the cost was $20.00 for a 24-hour period. The benefit of course was that I was able to download needed files from my email and have them right there on my computer.

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