Never Rent a Scooter While on Vacation in the Tropics

What blows me away about tourists in Nassau, is that they rent scooters to tour the island. They wear bathing suits and flip flops, and tool around the island as if it were a kiddie car ride. They have to drive on the left hand side of the road, which they are unaccustomed too. The traffic density in Nassau is wild.

With all of these factors, I see tourists having a bad day all of the time, when car and scooter collide. When you drive on the left hand side of the road and you are not used to it, you always look the wrong way first.

Here a scooter was nailed at a T intersection on Eastern Road when they pulled out. It tied up traffic for an hour because there is no way to detour.

If you want to have a safe, happy holiday, never rent a scooter while on vacation in the Tropics.

Go To Eleuthera Man

I had an interesting day yesterday. My buddy Dave works for a billionaire and consequently has access to the One & Only Ocean Club.

Most people will recognize the name One & Only Ocean Club as the place where the James Bond movie Casino Royale was filmed. Dave asked me if I wanted to play tennis. I quickly accepted.

Dave has spent most of his life surfing or kite boarding out of North Carolina. He is tanned and fit and ten years younger than me. He cleaned my clock at tennis, but nonetheless I had a great time.

Dave is also involved in the rental of beautiful seaside cottage in Eleuthera, one of the out islands of the Bahamas. Last night I put up a website to publicize Dave's cottage rental.

The URL for the website is:

http://www.bahamasrentals.blogspot.com/

It is a basic listing, but in the coming days and weeks, Dave (and I) will enhance the information there. But for now, you can always email him from the website. And if he asks to play tennis, always say yes, but be prepared to run a lot.