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I went to visit a friend who is studying in Boston and we decided to make a trip to Bahamas, Nassau. After that we back to Boston then head up to Niagara Falls, Canada. From there we went to Washington D.C. and after that to New York and from New York to back home to Finland..

Bahamas

We fly over Greenland, picture from ariplane.

5.6. Helsinki-London-New York-Boston

This day was a nightmare, I didn't sleep at all because my bus to Helsinki-Vantaa airport left 3:50am and after that it was just travelling. My plane to London was supposed to leave at 8am but it was late over an hour. So when I get to London I had to run to make it to my connection flight to JFK airport. I just watched movies the whole flight. After I arrived to the airport I took a taxi to Lucky Star bus station in Chinatown. I bought a ticket to Boston, and it took like 20minutes to found the right bus. My taxi driver left me a wrong place and it took a while to make sence where I were suppose to go. But after a lot of questions I found the right one, it costed only $15 to Boston by the way.

We fly over Greenland, picture from ariplane.
Well, it took 4hours to make it to the Boston bus station and my friend was there to pick me up. We took a taxi to his school and I borough some girls ID to get in to dormitory. :D Then we just hang out in one of his friend room and everybody wanted to meet me. It was a little exhausting after a long day of travelling but i survived. We went to sleep way after midnight..

6.6.

And get up at 4:30am. It was a bitch.. But when you know you are leaving to the Bahamas that will get you some extra energy. And a BIG cup of coffee of corse.. Well, our plane took of at 8am and we had connection flight in Charlotte. After 6hours total travelling we were at the Nassau airport! After all that immigration hassle we took a taxi to our hotel, Nassau Palm Hotel.

Me drinking first rum drink in the Bahamas! :D
And after showers we went to take a walk around. We went to see the Strawmarket and some beaches and in the evening we went to eat in this nice restaurant nearby, I don't remember the name unfortunately. We ate conch of corse and I tasted this drink called Pink Sand, there was lot of rum in that little glass! :D  But still went sleep early because we were really tired. I had been travelling more than 48h, and had no time to sleep more than few hours..

7.6.

After breakfast we decided to go to Paradise Island. Ferry there and back cost $6. We went to see the Atlantis of corse. It is HUGE! I decided that when I'm rich I will definedly book a room from there. It's just amazing.. Well after some picture takings we went to the casino and I won $39!!! It was fun of corse :D Well, then we just walked around and found this nice beach: white sand, clear blue water, people driving jet skies and so on.

View from Starbucks.
. We walked along the beach and ended up in the Atlantis beach. We just keep walking and after a while it felt that we were somewhere where we were not supposed to be:D We were middle of the Atlantis hotel! We were just walking and trying to find a way out, it was only for those who have a room in Atlantis so we just tried to look like that we belonged there. :P We went inside the Atlantis and we were trying to find the casino because we know how to get out from there. And after a while we found it, and nobody didn't stop us and asked what we were doing there, little weird.. Well at the evening some others students from the school were my friend is studying arrived and we went to beach.. We went to eat at the same place and I ordered grilled conch, it was good really! :D

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Paradise Island beach.
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This is the day to remember whole my life, we went to swim with the dolphins! It was just awesome!! We booked that trip from our hotel, it was  like $165, expensive but totally worth it. Bus pick us up from our hotel and we went to Paradise Island because the ferry leaves from there. The island where the Dolphins Encounters is Blue Lagoon. And it was a paradise on earth. After a 15min of orientation we went to swim with the dolphins. Our dolphins was Jake, and he is the FLIPPER from the movie Flipper! Or one of the dolphins who shared the role.. So I have kissed a moviestar!:P I huged it, danced with it and of corse the foot push! It was just amazing, you have to try it to understand it.. Trip took like 4hours and it was one of the best trips in my life. After that I was so tired that we just watched movies and I went to bed but others went to a nightclub.

We fly over Greenland, picture f…
We fly over Greenland, picture f...
We fly over Greenland, picture f…
We fly over Greenland, picture f...
Me drinking first rum drink in t…
Me drinking first rum drink in t...
View from Starbucks.
View from Starbucks.
Paradise Island beach.
Paradise Island beach.
Shark from the Atlantis hotel.
Shark from the Atlantis hotel.
Atlantis Hotel.
Atlantis Hotel.
View from our beach.
View from "our" beach.
Arriving the Blue Lagoon Island.
Arriving the Blue Lagoon Island.
Easy-going hotel near everything
I really really liked this hotel! It wasn´t too much luxury and there was this easy going feeling in everything. But who really needs a luxury in a outdoor holiday? Everything was in a walking distance. You could reach Straw Market in 15 minutes and the place where boats leave to Paradise Island was also close.

There is two outdoor pools, restaurant which wasn´t too expensive, bar.. It was really clean (our room was cleaned once a day), bathrooms and shower were great, once there was a little problem with water pressure but it was fixed right away. We had a fridge, AC, safetybox.. It was just perfect for me!
Swimming with dolphins!
It is a little bit expensive (swimming was $165 and close encounters was $85) but so totally worth it! They have two programmes and I did the Swim-With-The-Dolphins. After a orientation, it´s about 30 minute swim with the dolpin! You will be able to kiss, hug and feed these amazing mammals! And the highlight is the incredible foot push!! That alone is worth all dollars you spend in this.. This was one highlights in my holiday. Everything was well organised and the place was incredible.

The whole programme takes like 3 hours including boat trip from Paradise Island Ferry Terminal to Blue Lagoon Island where the Encounters is located. It is truely a paradise on earth and a once in a lifetime experience. And it is a home of Universal Pictures "Flipper"!
11,650 km (7,239 miles) traveled
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