Continuing our times throughout our cruise, next port was Freeport, Bahamas. This was another beautiful city with awesome, clear-blue beaches. They also have very nice coral reefs, although it isn't as full with life as a lot of other places.
So this was the harbor we could see from the ship. The buildings are so colorful and vibrant. The weather was also really nice.
At Freeport, the all of our families went glass bottom boating. It was awesome. So before I get into details, this was where the boating place was located. Right outside the dock was a busy marketplace and there was so much stuff. We got fresh coconut water and it tasted soooooo gooooood. I also love these marketplaces becuase the shop owners are willing to bargain. If you want a bracelet in the USA, u pay the given price. But at these marketplaces, you ask them the price, and then u can ask to get it for a lower price or get a deal by guying two bracelets. Cool place :))
So this was the dock. The boat all the way on the right, all the way in he back (it is the tallest boat on the right) is the glass bottom boat. What it basically has are two glass windows at the bottom of the boat. I was really surprised because the windows were so small and there were only two of them. So everyone on the whole boat was supposed to peek through to the coral in the tiny windows. Well once we actually got to the coral reefs, you could see tons of fish. The water was clear enough that you could see the fish without looking through the glass as well.
This is another picture of the dock. From where I took this picture, if you looked down at the water, right there, you could see tons of fish as well. At least we knew there were fish in this area.
The lovely photoshopped version. I personally like the original. This picture looks dreamy and very vibrant. The colors stand out a lot, and there's no sharpness. I guess the original looks like it was gray-scaled compared to this picture because this one just has more color.
If you looked left to the dock, you could see these beautiful hotels. Or at least I think they are hotels. (It could be apartments) This picture actually is enhanced a bit too. Just more vibrancy and there's a little of that dreamy look. Imagine staying in that building!
This was taken on the glass boat. Obviously the back of the boat. The reefs weren't that far of the coast. (You can still see the land on the far right.)
Can you tell the difference between the one right above and this picture? It's obviously edited, but not by much. I added the option of having less clarity, which smooths out the picture. There is more contrast and vibrance too.
Guess what?!? We actually did see sharks! The captain said we would see sharks before we got on the boat. Everyone thought they were just saying that to get us on and pay the money. Well of course we actually did see them! Tons actually. They were Caribbean Reef sharks, the most common ones in the Caribbean. They look similar to Tiger Sharks. So all these sharks were in one area while we were heading back from the reefs. We started seeing them through the glass at the bottom of the boat. Then you could see them by just looking through the water. The people who worked on the boat had this hook with a fish on it and fed the sharks. It was real cool. I believe in all, there were about 7-8 sharks. We also fish everywhere. There were about four types of fish throughout the reefs. So we saw fish, coral, starfish, birds catching fish, and sharks (along with some other minor specimens). Pretty neat huh?
This is an "artsy" picture I took of the water. I really like this one in particular because of the detail. The water that is splashing off came in such detail.
So after the whole glass bottom boating experience, we waited for the buses to come. While waiting, this group of people were playing songs in costumes. They played really well. There were about four people, and they even played some american pop songs. I chose a black and white filter for this picture. It seems to fit the picture nicely.
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