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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Contrasts on the Bahamas

Contrasts is probably the best one word summary of the Bahamas. With over 700 islands and many more cays, it is a large and very distributed country with a lot of diversity. Even just within the city of Nassau, there are huge contrasts. You have the harbor area, where up to 6 (!) massive cruise ships come in at the same time, flooding town with souvenir hunting tourists (6 boats x 4000 people = 24’000 temporary guests).
Then you have paradise island, where the massive Atlantis hotel offers it all and the Yachts are bigger than any boat ever seen on a Swiss lake (not a good comparison but they are really big). Last but not least you have the residential areas, where you have to be careful where to go as crime is a challenge.

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