South Andros

I don't remember the specific dates anymore, (i am pretty sure it was in May) my boyfriend and I went to South Andros (along with my sister and her friend but they aren't important right now this post is about sir and I). We stayed at the Emerald Palms and we had LOTS OF FUN :D I was always afraid of the island life, (more specifically i was afraid of the bugs and extreme boredom) nevertheless, sir and I got it into our heads that we wanted to go to a family island. We had two criteria for choosing the island we would visit 1) it had to be close to Nassau, (i and not ready to venture far from Nassau, kind of ironic since I am currently in Holland) and 2) we wanted to go somewhere fairly quiet.

Our first choice was the Berry Islands (they were having a festival around the time we wanted to go) however we couldn't find anywhere nice there to stay so we decided we would go to Mangrove Cay. Mangrove Cay turned out to be a no go because the bed and breakfast we wanted to stay at was full so we were on the search again. It was frustrating trying to find an island to visit, I almost took it as a sign that we shouldn't go. But third time was a charm and finally we found a nice hotel that had room for us :D yay Emerald Palms!

Emerald Palms was a really nice hotel and the staff is extremely friendly. The rooms are beautiful and there are a lot of native trees on the property, we were lucky enough to get some coco plums. I would certainly recommend this hotel. (Be warned that the food at the hotel is really expensive though... Especially for a limited menu.) Another plus of staying at Emerald Palms was we were able to get free plane tickets because we bought our tickets through the two fly free promotions that was (probably still is) going on.

I must say that I had a GREAT time with sir and our two other companions, we made lots of happy memories and we had such a great time. We went swimming, bike riding and fishing. Unfortunately, sir and I suck at taking pictures so we don't have much pictures to show for the nice time we had... Nevertheless i have a few pictures that i can share.

Final thoughts, would i go back to South Andros? Of course! In a heart beat, i hated the bugs but I felt so free being away from the congestion in Nassau, its any wonder how anyone moves from the family islands to Nassau. We are actually thinking about doing another island sometimes in the future, our next choice is Rum Cay... We saw some pictures of the island and we were sold. Who would have though right? No one who knows me is going to believe that I fell in love with the family island life.

(I will add pictures later...lol)

some highlights from our vacation, we aren't good at taking pictures... thats something we have to work on...