Priceless
In following with my past post-trip posts, I am going to summarize for you SOME of my experiences in the Bahamas in a non traditional list.
Using a Bahamian ATM that sometimes gives you cash, and sometimes doesn't: $200
Understanding the sensitivity of foreign ATMs: Priceless
Getting your luggage back after it goes missing: $60
Learning to ask "perhaps my luggage arrived before me?" when your bags appear to be missing: Priceless
Eating during Easter on a remote island: $25 (for a chicken wrap!)
Realizing that Easter Monday is also a holiday: Priceless
Calling home to figure out another way to get cash (see ATM issue above): $88
Discovering that calls from "International Credit Card Phones" are maybe NOT the best way to contact the US: Priceless
Treating a sudden and mysterious heat-induced rash-allergy-thing by buying single doses of expired Benedry: $30
Remembering to pack non-expired packages of Benedryl when traveling to the tropics: Priceless
Drinking a few Kalik beers at the pool bar one evening before dinner: $12
Meeting nice, rich fishermen at the bar who want to show off their prowess by taking you on their multimillion dollar boat for the day: Priceless
Ordering a large cup of coffee from the only coffee-shop on Abaco: $4
Discovering that there's a reason the Bahamas are not known for their coffee: Priceless
Buying Wheat Thins at the local supermarket: $4.50
Understanding just what it means (cost-wise) to grocery shop on a very remote island: Priceless
Eating a good fish meal of grouper or conch: $20
Appreciating that that's pretty much all you'll be eating for dinner every night: Priceless
Souvenir Shopping: $100
Learning how difficult it is to buy souvenirs in places that don't really have touristy-shops: Priceless
Buying an 80's inspired post card of a woman with big frizzy hair wrapping her arms back over her head and around a Palm Tree: $0.50
Laughing for several minutes at the tacky, faded postcards on display: Priceless
Despite some of the "priceless" lessons I learned, I had a fabulous time!
Tomorrow I'll write more about the actual content of the trip.
Using a Bahamian ATM that sometimes gives you cash, and sometimes doesn't: $200
Understanding the sensitivity of foreign ATMs: Priceless
Getting your luggage back after it goes missing: $60
Learning to ask "perhaps my luggage arrived before me?" when your bags appear to be missing: Priceless
Eating during Easter on a remote island: $25 (for a chicken wrap!)
Realizing that Easter Monday is also a holiday: Priceless
Calling home to figure out another way to get cash (see ATM issue above): $88
Discovering that calls from "International Credit Card Phones" are maybe NOT the best way to contact the US: Priceless
Treating a sudden and mysterious heat-induced rash-allergy-thing by buying single doses of expired Benedry: $30
Remembering to pack non-expired packages of Benedryl when traveling to the tropics: Priceless
Drinking a few Kalik beers at the pool bar one evening before dinner: $12
Meeting nice, rich fishermen at the bar who want to show off their prowess by taking you on their multimillion dollar boat for the day: Priceless
Ordering a large cup of coffee from the only coffee-shop on Abaco: $4
Discovering that there's a reason the Bahamas are not known for their coffee: Priceless
Buying Wheat Thins at the local supermarket: $4.50
Understanding just what it means (cost-wise) to grocery shop on a very remote island: Priceless
Eating a good fish meal of grouper or conch: $20
Appreciating that that's pretty much all you'll be eating for dinner every night: Priceless
Souvenir Shopping: $100
Learning how difficult it is to buy souvenirs in places that don't really have touristy-shops: Priceless
Buying an 80's inspired post card of a woman with big frizzy hair wrapping her arms back over her head and around a Palm Tree: $0.50
Laughing for several minutes at the tacky, faded postcards on display: Priceless
Despite some of the "priceless" lessons I learned, I had a fabulous time!
Tomorrow I'll write more about the actual content of the trip.
posted by Follow the Frog at 5:12 PM
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