Andros Island, The Bahamas

I don't even know where to begin with this one. I feel as if I've been here forever even though its only been 9 days. Overall, the experience is nothing of what I expected(including the 45 degree temps at night!!) and the abundant liquor and absence of beer flowing on the islands. It's been a wild ride since the moment we landed.
We started the trip in Nassau on New Providence Island, kind of the most crazy place I've ever been. This is the most populated island in the Bahamas, and everyone is trying to pull a fast one on you. Even the traffic is ridiculous-horrible roads with no working stoplights where you average faster walking but everyone still drives. The dichotomy of tourist/local has never been clearer to me than in this place. All the tourists post up in these fancy hotels while all the islanders inhabit shanty towns. Two bridges connect New Providence with Paradise Island, the big resort island which Atlantis is on. In the morning a traffic jam heads to paradise and in the evening the same happens the way back. It seems if you live on this island you just can't escape working in the tourism business.

My time in Nassau I spent on a nice little boat, the Deja Vu which we sailed 35 miles to Andros. Andros faces similar problems to new providence but is filled with people who are genuine and hilarious. Bahamians are down, always relaxed. Its really a different pace of life.
We spend most of our time here out seeing the sights like the magnificent blue holes(huge cave networks that permeate the salt/freshwater layer) and snorkeling. We even play soccer with the local high school kids who continually show me up. I feel like I've been here forever.