Coco Cay

We sailed to Royal Caribbean’s private island, Coco Cay, in the Bahamas. This island was a trippy experience. It was as if we dropped anchor and the ship services were teleported to the island and a few more added. Much of the staff from the ship had to work the places on the island and most of the musicians played on the main stage at the island. The food was pretty much prepared on our ship and delivered early morn to the island. They had grills and everything to cook burgers and such.

The Bahamas are all low lying islands with very little landscape due to all the hurricanes. If you ask me, they all look fairly desolate, but will have these magnificent white sandy beaches. Our ship was anchored out and there were boats that transported people back and forth to the island. When you get to the small island there are all sorts of brightly colored buildings each with its own purpose. There were shops and bars and such. These shops were all run by our ships own shop keepers. Other huts provided services and gear for rent such as: snorkeling equipment, jet skis, paddle boats, kayaks, hobbie sail boats, and wet suits. There was a huge water slide and this “aqua park” with inflatable activities.

I went snorkeling. With my injured ankle I could not do much, but I still saw a great deal by simply floating around. Fish would just come around me with this incredible curiosity. It was amazing. There were so many colors of fish-yellow, blue, orange, green, red, purple, black, and every color in between. I saw a Barracuda and this gorgeous eel. There was a sunken ship to explore and further out there was a sunken plane, but with my ankle I just kept to the reef and ship wreck. It was a truly beautiful day.

In addition to snorkeling I walked around the island as it is not really that big. At one part of the island you can walk more then 100 feet out into the water whilst it remains shallow and below the knees. There were people out in the far distance that seemed as though they were walking on water. All around the island are thousands of lounge chairs and hammocks. It is a truly peaceful place especially when you get away from the central area where most people congregate. It was had a good, but trippy time.